National Comparison

Australian Child Protection: State by State

How does each state and territory perform on child protection notifications, substantiations, out-of-home care, and family support? ROGS 2026 data for direct comparison.

274,944

National notifications

8,592

Substantiations

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Children in OOHC

16,009

Kinship care households

Full Comparison

ROGS 2026 child protection data. Click a state to see its deep dive.

Metric	QLD	NSW	VIC	WA	SA	NT	TAS	ACT	National
Notifications	—	114,160	99,987	15,079	22,262	10,785	4,175	8,496	274,944
Indigenous notifications	—	25,096	9,031	6,039	5,536	8,241	1,087	1,258	56,288
Substantiations	—	3,171	3,809	796	440	0	222	154	8,592
Indigenous substantiations	—	1,192	485	405	81	0	82	47	2,292
Substantiation rate	—	62.2	39.7	54.3	26.2	34.7	75	31	48
Children in OOHC (on orders)	—	6,262	2,553	2,654	1,766	730	—	178	—
Children in OOHC (no order)	—	63	494	174	19	—	—	5	—
Kinship care households	2,399	4,827	5,092	1,507	1,588	63	277	256	16,009
Foster carer households	1,880	3,018	805	837	826	242	229	143	7,980
Children placed with kin	—	7,523	7,601	2,398	2,305	77	427	327	20,658
Protective intervention spend	$414K	$808K	$579K	$309K	—	—	$42K	$29K	$2.3M
Care services spend	$2.0M	$2.0M	$1.3M	$698K	—	—	$136K	$101K	$7.2M
Intensive family support spend	$167K	$152K	$249K	$22K	$75K	—	$17K	$11K	$703K
Re-substantiation within 12m	—	20.2	15.3	16.9	18.7	14.7	14.5	14.6	—