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Understanding your local area

Each community has different priorities and needs. The TEI program is flexible, responsive and locally based, so that people can get the right support. Here you will find a variety of DCJ and external data to support local planning and service design.

Child Protection and Out of Home Care LGA data

DCJ child protetction and out of home care data for 2018/19 – 2022/2023 (5 years) by LGA and by DCJ district boundaries across NSW. The data is provided in a heat map format.

Access to the Heat Maps


Data Exchange (DEX) Community Data Profiles

DEX Community Profiles reports combine a number of publicly available population-level datasets to show a picture of the community selected based on location. This allows for a rich picture of the community, location and region in which services are delivered, and where clients come from.  The reports include details on the following:

  • Population Demographics
  • SEIFA Deciles
  • Physical Health
  • Mental Health
  • Disability
  • Personal and Family Safety
  • Community Participation and Networks
  • Age Appropriate Development
  • Managing Money
  • Material Wellbeing
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Family Functioning
  • Housing
  • Defence
Important to know about the DEX Community Profiles report
  • There are three editions of this report.  The latest version contains 2021 Census data.
  • Population data is broken down into Statistical Area 2, 3 and 4 rather than by LGA.
  • To access the report, a DEX log in is required.  Click the ‘Portal Login’ tab at: https://dex.dss.gov.au/ 

Data by topic

Crime

Crime related data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.

about Crime
Economic

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics about incomes, employment and socio- economic advantage and disadvantage.

about Economic
Housing

A dashboard of housing data at a local government level, including data about housing supply and affordability.

about Housing
Human services searches

Infoxchange Service Seeker dashboard is a comprehensive database of 430,000 government, NGO and support services.

about Human services searches
Maternal health

HealthStats NSW brings together data from many sources to produce statistical information about the health of NSW residents.

about Maternal health

Need more support?

If you require any assistance or have any questions about the data displayed on this page, please reach out to tei@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Last updated:

05 Apr 2024