◆Child Safety at Home
Trusted sources

Where our data comes from — and where to go next

Every statistic on this site traces to one of the organisations below. They are the authorities that count, research and prevent child harm in Australia. Bookmark them; they update their data as we do.

Prevention & support

Safety organisations

🛡️ Kidsafe AustraliaThe Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia — home, playground, road and water safety. ↗ 💧 Royal Life Saving AustraliaDrowning prevention, the Keep Watch program and the annual National Drowning Report. ↗ ⚠️ ACCC Product Safety AustraliaRecalls, mandatory standards, and button-battery safety — the national product-safety regulator. ↗ ☎️ Poisons Information Centre — 13 11 2624/7 poisons advice for the whole of Australia, plus prevention and first-aid guidance. ↗ 🌙 Red NoseSafe sleeping and sudden infant death prevention, education and bereavement support. ↗ 🏠 Raising Children NetworkAustralia's government-funded parenting website — home safety, first aid and child development. ↗ 📱 eSafety CommissionerAustralia's online-safety regulator — cyberbullying reporting and guidance for children and teens. ↗ 🤝 NAPCANNational Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect — runs National Child Protection Week. ↗
Data & research

The evidence behind the numbers

📊 AIHW — Australian Institute of Health and WelfareNational injury surveillance, hospitalisations and child protection statistics. ↗ 🔢 ABS — Australian Bureau of StatisticsPopulation, causes of death, and the Personal Safety Survey underpinning harm-exposure data. ↗ 📚 AIFS — Australian Institute of Family StudiesThe Growing Up in Australia longitudinal study, and child-protection and family research. ↗ 🩹 AIHW — Injury in AustraliaThe core report tracking injury hospitalisations and deaths, including by cause and age. ↗ 🧩 AIHW — Child Protection AustraliaNational data on children on care and protection orders, substantiations and out-of-home care. ↗ 📄 National Drowning ReportRoyal Life Saving's annual analysis of drowning deaths across Australia. ↗

Links point to official organisation homepages and report hubs. If a report has moved, search the organisation's site for the current edition.

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