Outcomes at a glance

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Health

Area of progress for SA include:
of pregnant women don’t smoke during pregnancy (2021)
of pregnant women attended their first antenatal visit in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy (2021)
of children aged five and below are fully immunised (2022)
of children and young people consider themselves to be in good or excellent health (2023)
Areas of concern for young South Australians include:
reported ever having at least one potentially unsafe or binge-drinking behaviour (2022)
the rate of STIs compared to SA general population (2023)
reported not meeting vegetable consumption guidelines (2022)

 

Safety

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …
  reduction in police cautions or fines for not being safely restrained in the car (2022-23)
in out-of-home care were in home-based care (June 2022)
of youth offenders were diverted from the youth justice system (2021-22)
Areas of concern for SA include …
young people per 10,000 were homeless (2021)
higher than the national rate of children and young people in out-of-home-care (June 2022)
the substantiation notification (child protection) rate for infants (birth to 12 months), compared to children 1-9 years (2021-22)

Wellbeing

Areas of progress for young South Australians include…
have at least one friend in whom they can confide (2023)
attended at least one cultural venue or event (2021-22)
participated in organised activities outside of school hours (2023)
Area of concern for SA include…
of four-year olds were not enrolled in a preschool program in the year before attending fulltime school (2022)
of children and young people did not feel connected to an adult at school (2023)
increase in the rate of suicide for children and young people between 2014 and 2022

 

Education

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …
were fully engaged in school, work or further education (2022)
of young people with a disability were partially or fully engaged in school, work or further education (2021)
completed a senior certificate of education qualification (2021)
Areas of concern for SA include …
of 4-6 year olds were vulnerable in one or more of five domains under the AEDC (2021)
NAPLAN results for SA Years 3, 5 and 7 in all three domains: reading, writing and numeracy, in comparison with Australia (2023)

Preparing for adulthood

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …  
had a driver’s licence (2022)
were enrolled to vote (2022)
Areas of concern for SA Year 9 include …  
NAPLAN results in all three domains: reading, writing and numeracy, in comparison with Australia. (2023)

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Health

Area of progress for SA include:
92% of pregnant women don’t smoke during pregnancy (2021)
84% of pregnant women attended their first antenatal visit in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy (2021)
92% of children aged five and below are fully immunised (2022)
79% of children and young people consider themselves to be in good or excellent health (2023)
Areas of concern for young South Australians include:
63% reported ever having at least one potentially unsafe or binge-drinking behaviour (2022)
3 times the rate of STIs compared to SA general population (2023)
86% reported not meeting vegetable consumption guidelines (2022)

 

Safety

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …
35% reduction in police cautions or fines for not being safely restrained in the car (2022-23)
84% in out-of-home care were in home-based care (June 2022)
30% of youth offenders were diverted from the youth justice system (2021-22)
Areas of concern for SA include …
57 young people per 10,000 were homeless (2021)
1.5 times higher than the national rate of children and young people in out-of-home-care (June 2022)
3 times the substantiation notification (child protection) rate for infants (birth to 12 months), compared to children 1-9 years (2021-22)

Wellbeing

Areas of progress for young South Australians include…
89% have at least one friend in whom they can confide (2023)
85% attended at least one cultural venue or event (2021-22)
89% participated in organised activities outside of school hours (2023)
Area of concern for SA include…
18% of four-year olds were not enrolled in a preschool program in the year before attending fulltime school (2022)
39% of children and young people did not feel connected to an adult at school (2023)
20% increase in the rate of suicide for children and young people between 2014 and 2022

 

Education

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …
88% were fully engaged in school, work or further education (2022)
82% of young people with a disability were partially or fully engaged in school, work or further education (2021)
93% completed a senior certificate of education qualification (2021)
Areas of concern for SA include …
24% of 4-6 year olds were vulnerable in one or more of five domains under the AEDC (2021)
LOWER NAPLAN results for SA Years 3, 5 and 7 in all three domains: reading, writing and numeracy, in comparison with Australia (2023)

Preparing for adulthood

Areas of progress for young South Australians include …  
57% had a driver’s licence (2022)
74% were enrolled to vote (2022)
Areas of concern for SA Year 9 include …  
LOWER NAPLAN results in all three domains: reading, writing and numeracy, in comparison with Australia. (2023)
All children and young people