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Ipswich and Western

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* Service centres on map last updated December 2007.

Area and population (a)

Area Km2	419,660
Total population	468,586
Population aged 18+	341,952
Population aged 0-17	126,634

(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

Ipswich and Western zone data for the years 2005-06 through to 2007-08 (a)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Intake
Intakes	8,431	8,815	8,762
Child concern reports	4,094	5,416	5,897
Notifications	4,337	3,399	2,865
Other protective advice	n/a	n/a	n/a
Children notified	3,350	2,882	2,587
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	369	305	440
Temporary assessment orders	124	67	176
Court assessment orders	245	238	264
Notifications requiring investigation by outcome	4,337	3,399	2,457
Investigations finalised	2,407	2,333	2,440
Substantiations	1,245	1,050	1,161
Unsubstantiations	1,038	1,201	1,203
No investigation and assessment outcome	124	82	76
Investigations not yet finalised	1,930	1,066	17
Children subject to substantiations	991	923	1,085
Ongoing intervention (b)
Child protection orders (CPO)	1,006	1,021	1,207
Protective orders (CPO and CAO)	1,022	1,049	1,220
Children living away from home	1,045	1,064	1,226
Percentage of Indigenous children placed with kinship or Indigenous carer	53 %	47 %	44 %
Approved carer families	477	511	585

(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