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Proportion of children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC)

Definition

A percentage of unique/individual children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC), divided by the population aged 0-17 years published in Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Number of unique/individual children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC)

 

Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  FLAG_AS_AT_PLACEMENT
  CARE_CATEGORY
  AGED_M_END_DT

 

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Denominator

Population of individuals aged 0-17

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Computation

A count of unique children identifiers where placement flag is equal to 'Y' at 30 June, and Care Category = 'OOHC'.

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Disaggregation

Demographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED Aboriginality

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset DISTRICT  

 

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Quality Statement

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Framework Dimensions

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of unique children identifiers where placement flag is equal to 'Y' at 30 June, and Care Category = 'OOHC'.

Description

A percentage calculated by dividing the number of unique/individual children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC), by a count of the population of individuals aged 0-17, during the reporting period, multiplied by 100. 

Denominators

Population of individuals aged 0-17

Disaggregation

Demographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED Aboriginality

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset DISTRICT  

 

Comments

In 2017-18 changes were made to OOHC counting rules to better align those with national reporting and to also better reflect the legal status of clients in OOHC. The result as at 30 June 2018 is not directly comparable to historic data previously published. When adjusted to make them comparable, there was a decrease of 27.3% in the number of children and young people in OOHC, compared to 30 June 2017. Compared to 30 June 2016, there was a decrease of 44.5% in the number of children and young people in OOHC as at 30 June 2018.

District reflects where the child/young person's case plan is held at the end of the period.

Data limitations:

  • In 2017-18 changes were made to OOHC counting rules to better align those with national reporting and to also better reflect the legal status of clients in OOHC. The result for this measure as at 30 June 2018 is not directly comparable to historic data previously published.
  • The LGA is derived based on the postcode 2019 to LGA 2020 concordance sourced from the ABS. The postcode is based on the location at contact of the CYP when the ROSH reports were received in the Helpline during the year. A new postcode 2022 to LGA 2022 concordance from the ABS are currently being reviewed and will be applied from 2023-24 onwards.

 

Origin

Data source:

  • KiDS – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data up to 2016-17
  • ChildStory – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data from 2017-18
  • ABS Estimated Resident Population, NSW at 30 June Preliminary (Catalogue 3101.0 Table 51)

Custom Fields

DCJ - Domain
 Out-of-Home Care

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