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Service centre zones and data

Queensland zone map

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Queensland data

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

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Intake
Intakes	62,496	70,126	71,885
Child concern reports	28,884	41,615	46,882
Notifications	33,612	28,511	25,003
Other protective advice	n/a	n/a	n/a
Children notified	25,687	24,102	22,333
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	2,871	2,253	2,958
Temporary assessment orders	966	716	1,407
Court assessment orders	1,905	1,537	1,551
Notifications requiring investigation by outcome	33,612	28,511	25,003
Investigations finalised	22,564	21,993	18,854
Substantiations	13,184	10,108	8,028
Unsubstantiations	8,374	10,734	10,021
No investigation and assessment outcome	1,006	1,151	805
Investigations not yet finalised	11,048	6,518	6,149
Children subject to substantiations	10,177	8,845	7,331
Ongoing intervention (b)
Child protection orders (CPO)	6,323	6,272	6,942
Protective orders (CPO and CAO)	6,446	6,391	7,040
Children living away from home	6,654	6,493	7,134
Percentage of Indigenous children placed with kinship or Indigenous carer	59 %	57 %	57 %
Approved carer families	3,095	3,227	3,705

(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