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• Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
• 1 Demographics and characteristics
• 2 Health and well-being
• 3 Children and crime
• 4 Economic well-being
• 5 Childcare and education
• 6 Children in communities
• 7 Harm and injury
• Appendices
• About

Foreword

Commissioner's foreword

The Commission for Children and Young People has legislative responsibility to monitor and report on the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in NSW.

I am pleased to release the databook, A Picture of NSW Children. This work is the result of collaboration with the NSW Social Policy Research Centre at the University of NSW and is made possible by the generosity of a number of agencies committed to collecting data on the lives of children in NSW.

The data book builds on the Commission’s Kids Stats and provides demographic information on the children and young people of NSW aged 0-17 years and their families. In addition, data is also provided on aspects of their lives including child care and education, health and well-being, economic well-being, harm and injury, crime, and information about the communities they live in.

Every effort has been made to provide the most up-to-date data for NSW. It is my intention to periodically update the book to include new data releases.

The Picture highlights that children in NSW are generally doing well, however there are some areas of concern.

I hope that having this collection of data will assist our understanding of children, help to inform our responses to issues for children, and highlight areas where more information is needed.

Megan Mitchell
Commissioner
May 2011