Child Protection and Out-of-Home Care Data Local Government Area Heat Maps

These heat maps provide the five most recent years (2018/19 – 2022/2023) of child protection and OOHC data by LGA and by DCJ district boundaries across NSW.

The data can be disaggregated by Aboriginality and is available for the last five financial years (2018/19 – 2022/2023).

The maps can be used by DCJ Commissioning and Planning teams, Targeted Earlier Intervention service providers and the broader sector to understand the need for services and support across the state, and to support local service planning design and delivery.

There are seven maps provided, each presents data about the number and percentage of children and young people by LGA for the following measures:

• Number of children and young people in concern reports and children in Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) reports (including a breakdown by Aboriginality)
• Number of children and young people in concern reports and children in ROSH reports in each LGA as a percentage of the population in that LGA (including a breakdown by Aboriginality)
• Number of Aboriginal children and young people in concern reports and children in ROSH reports in each LGA as a percentage of all children and young people in concern and ROSH reports respectively in that LGA
• Number of Children and young people who were in out-of-home care at 30 June each year (including a breakdown by Aboriginality)
• Number of Children and young people who were in out-of-home care at 30 June each year as a percentage of the population in that LGA
• Number of Aboriginal children and young people who were in out-of-home care in an LGA as a percentage of all children and young people in OOHC in that LGA
• Population of children and young people (0- 17 years) by LGA