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Logan and Brisbane West

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* Service centres on map last updated December 2007.

Area and population (a)

Area Km2	3,241
Total population	399,974
Population aged 18+	289,563
Population aged 0-17	110,411

(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

Logan and Brisbane West zone data for the years 2005-06 through to 2007-08 (a)

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Intake
Intakes	7,688	9,196	9,051
Child concern reports	2,657	4,816	6,250
Notifications	5,031	4,380	2,801
Other protective advice	n/a	n/a	n/a
Children notified	3,709	3,538	2,485
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	245	250	361
Temporary assessment orders	91	101	177
Court assessment orders	154	149	184
Notifications requiring investigation by outcome	5,031	4,380	2,362
Investigations finalised	3,275	3,391	2,340
Substantiations	1,883	1,580	932
Unsubstantiations	1,137	1,572	1,331
No investigation and assessment outcome	255	239	77
Investigations not yet finalised	1,756	989	22
Children subject to substantiations	1,411	1,339	843
Ongoing intervention (b)
Child protection orders (CPO)	1,024	978	992
Protective orders (CPO and CAO)	1,032	990	1,011
Children living away from home	1,028	1,012	1,070
Percentage of Indigenous children placed with kinship or Indigenous carer	64 %	55 %	57 %
Approved carer families	461	483	495

(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