Queensland Government
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services

Table of contents:

Queensland zone map

In August 2009, new Department of Communities regions came into effect. All data prior to this are reported against the previous child safety zones. Data for 2009-10 onwards can be found in the regional data section of this site.

Please select a zone to see the Child Safety service centres in that location.

Queensland zone map Far Northern Northern Central Ipswich and Western Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast Logan and Brisbane West Brisbane South and Gold Coast Logan and Brisbane West Brisbane South and Gold Coast

Queensland data

Queensland zone data for the years 2006-07 through to 2008-09
 2006-072007-082008-09
Intake
Intakes 70,126 71,885 83,070
Child concern reports 41,615 46,882 59,662
Notifications 28,511 25,003 23,408
Children subject to a child concern report 32,477 36,392 44,589
Children subject to a notification 24,102 22,333 20,959
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders 2,253 2,958 3,321
Temporary assessment orders 716 1,407 1,612
Court assessment orders 1,537 1,551 1,709
Substantiations 10,108 8,028 7,315
In need of protection - 4,038 4,397
Not in need of protection - 3,990 2,918
Children subject to a substantiation 8,845 7,331 6,628
Ongoing intervention (a)
Total children subject to ongoing intervention - 8,263 10,647
Intervention with parental agreement 1,389 1,490 2,821
Child protection orders (CPO) 6,272 6,942 7,826
Children subject to protective orders (CPO and CAO) 6,391 7,040 7,942
Children living away from home 6,493 7,134 7,590
Percentage of Indigenous children living away from home placed with kin, other Indigenous carers or Indigenous residential care services 58.5% 56.7% 58.2%
Approved carer families (b) 3,227 3,705 4,082

Notes:

  • 1. The definitions used for each indicator are identified in the relevant tables on the Our performance site.
  • (a) Figures are point in time, as at final day of reference period.
  • (b) From 31 August 2009, enhancements to the Integrated Client Management System (ICMS) took place, including an audit and cleansing of carer records. This included closing down those records where a carer was no longer caring for a child, or the approval was no longer valid. As a result, carer families data reported for 30 September 2009 and onwards are not comparable to previous years.