In financial year 2017, almost 50 percent of the children in Victoria, Australia who were living in out-of-home care were living in kinship care. Comparatively, less than one percent of children living in out-of-home care were living independently. Kinship care indicates when a child has been taken from the care of their birth parents and put under the care of, usually, relatives. However, this can also extend to family friends.
Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care*
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Sentencing Advisory Council. (June 27, 2019). Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/
Sentencing Advisory Council. "Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care*." Chart. June 27, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/
Sentencing Advisory Council. (2019). Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/
Sentencing Advisory Council. "Share of Children Living in Out-of-home Care in Victoria, Australia in Financial Year 2017, by Type of Care*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/
Sentencing Advisory Council, Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Share of children living in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia in financial year 2017, by type of care* [Graph], Sentencing Advisory Council, June 27, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073051/australia-children-in-out-of-home-care-victoria-by-type-of-care/