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Population rate of children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) per 1,000 of NSW population aged 0-17 years (DCJ Reporting)

Definition

The rate of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) is calculated as the number of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC, divided by the Aboriginal population aged 0-17 years published in Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), multiplied by 1,000.

Population used in rate calculation are based on Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2001 to 2026 and ABS Estimated Resident Population, NSW, LGA by age and sex, at 30 June.

Indicator Summary

Numerator

 

Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  FLAG_AS_AT_PLACEMENT
  ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED
  EVENT_START_DT
  EVENT_END_DT
  AGED_M_END_DT

 

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Denominator

The Aboriginal population aged 0-17 years comes from the Census data of Aboriginal child population by age and LGA to calculate percentage of Aboriginal population in each District using an LGA-district concordance file.

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Computation

The numerator is the count of unique Child Identifiers where Placement Flag is equal to 'Y' in the reporting period. The report date must be after or equal to the Event Start Date and the Event End Date is empty.  For Aboriginal children and young people, the status must be equal to 'Aboriginal'. 

The denominator is the population aged 0-17 years.  For Aboriginal, the status must be equal to 'Aboriginal.' 

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Disaggregation

This indicator may be disaggregated by:

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT District
  CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT Cluster*

* Cluster is a grouping of districts using the district of case management responsibility variable.

Demographic Breakdowns

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

The Operational Business Review disaggregates by District and Aboriginality.

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics disaggregates by District and Aboriginality.

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Reporting Information

The Operational Business Review reports on a monthly basis. 

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics reports on an annual basis.

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Quality Statement

Accuracy of Indigenous Status Data
Statuses: [FACSIAR Data Governance Committee: Qualified, Oct. 13, 2023]
The accuracy of data held about Indigenous Status in current collections is poor for several factors. Firstly, the number of...

Framework Dimensions

Rationale

The rate of children and young people per 1,000 an indication of the extent to which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are overrepresented in child protection services.  Overrepresentation can reflect the uneven distribution of structural and relative disadvantage in a population, in addition to risk factors including economic and social factors, and can indicate a greater need for appropriate supports and services. This indicator is the key input into disproportionality ratios.

Alignment: This aligns with national reporting in Report on Government Services (RoGS).

Benchmark

By 2031, reduce the rate of overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (0-17 years old) in out-of-home care by 45 per cent.  The baseline is 54.2 per 1,000 children in 2019. 

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

The numerator is the count of unique Child Identifiers where Placement Flag is equal to 'Y' in the reporting period. The report date must be after or equal to the Event Start Date and the Event End Date is empty.  For Aboriginal children and young people, the status must be equal to 'Aboriginal'. 

The denominator is the population aged 0-17 years.  For Aboriginal, the status must be equal to 'Aboriginal.' 

Denominators

The Aboriginal population aged 0-17 years comes from the Census data of Aboriginal child population by age and LGA to calculate percentage of Aboriginal population in each District using an LGA-district concordance file.

Disaggregation

This indicator may be disaggregated by:

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT District
  CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT Cluster*

* Cluster is a grouping of districts using the district of case management responsibility variable.

Demographic Breakdowns

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

The Operational Business Review disaggregates by District and Aboriginality.

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics disaggregates by District and Aboriginality.

Comments

Data ageing:

  • Data ageing is two months, unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the data for this indicator will be available two months after the end of the month in which the data first becomes available.

Data changes:

Data limitations:

  • Nil.

Data source:

Custom Fields

DCJ - Domain
 Out-of-Home Care

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