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Far Northern

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* Service centres on map last updated December 2007.

Area and population (a)

Area Km2	273,162
Total population	253,426
Population aged 18+	186,607
Population aged 0-17	66,819

(a) Estimated residential population as at 30/6/2006 based on Australian Bureau of Statistics 32350-0, population by age and sex, Australia. Release date 24/7/2007.

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Zone data

Far Northern zone data for the years 2005-06 through to 2007-08 (a)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Intake
Intakes	5,384	7,053	6,038
Child concern reports	2,471	4,373	4,159
Notifications	2,913	2,680	1,879
Other protective advice	n/a	n/a	n/a
Children notified	2,352	2,330	1,765
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	245	136	346
Temporary assessment orders	84	56	162
Court assessment orders	161	80	184
Notifications requiring investigation by outcome	2,913	2,680	1,168
Investigations finalised	2,117	2,019	1,159
Substantiations	1,245	729	490
Unsubstantiations	837	1,235	641
No investigation and assessment outcome	35	55	28
Investigations not yet finalised	796	661	9
Children subject to substantiations	994	642	459
Ongoing intervention (b)
Child protection orders (CPO)	493	445	557
Protective orders (CPO and CAO)	505	453	567
Children living away from home	522	494	608
Percentage of Indigenous children placed with kinship or Indigenous carer	81 %	68 %	67 %
Approved carer families	290	258	299

(a) The definitions used for each indicator are identified in the relevant tables under Our Performance.

(b) Figures are point in time, as at final day of reference period.

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Last updated

20 February 2009