Outcomes at a glance
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Wellbeing
| Areas of progress for young South Australians include… | |
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have at least one friend in whom they can confide (2023) |
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attended at least one cultural venue or event (2021-22) |
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participated in organised activities outside of school hours (2023) |
| Area of concern for SA include… | |
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of four-year olds were not enrolled in a preschool program in the year before attending fulltime school (2022) |
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of children and young people did not feel connected to an adult at school (2023) |
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increase in the rate of suicide for children and young people between 2014 and 2022 |
Health
| Area of progress for SA include: |
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of pregnant women don’t smoke during pregnancy (2021) |
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of pregnant women attended their first antenatal visit in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy (2021) |
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of children aged five and below are fully immunised (2022) |
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of children and young people consider themselves to be in good or excellent health (2023) |
| Areas of concern for young South Australians include: | |
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reported ever having at least one potentially unsafe or binge-drinking behaviour (2022) |
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the rate of STIs compared to SA general population (2023) |
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reported not meeting vegetable consumption guidelines (2022) |
Safety
| Areas of progress for young South Australians include … | |
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reduction in police cautions or fines for not being safely restrained in the car (2022-23) |
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in out-of-home care were in home-based care (June 2022) |
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of youth offenders were diverted from the youth justice system (2021-22) |
| Areas of concern for SA include … |
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young people per 10,000 were homeless (2021) |
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higher than the national rate of children and young people in out-of-home-care (June 2022) |
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the substantiation notification (child protection) rate for infants (birth to 12 months), compared to children 1-9 years (2021-22) |
Education
| Areas of progress for young South Australians include … | |
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were fully engaged in school, work or further education (2022) |
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of young people with a disability were partially or fully engaged in school, work or further education (2021) |
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completed a senior certificate of education qualification (2021) |
| Areas of concern for SA include … | |
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of 4-6 year olds were vulnerable in one or more of five domains under the AEDC (2021) |
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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 … | |
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had a driver’s licence (2022) |
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were enrolled to vote (2022) |
| Areas of concern for SA Year 9 include … | |
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NAPLAN results in all three domains: reading, writing and numeracy, in comparison with Australia. (2023) |
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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 |
Health
| Area of progress for SA include: |
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| 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 … |
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| 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) |
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) |