Aged Care Data Snapshot-2018: Notes

Aged care data snapshot—2018
Contents
Population
Providers and Services data
Client summary
Expenditure summary
Assessments and approvals 2016-17
Assessments and approvals 2017-18
Home Care
Residential Care
Transition Care
Home Support
Notes
This file is the final incremental release of the 2018 Aged care data snapshot.
Population
Total population (estimated) by sex as at 30 June 2018
Sex NSW Vic Qld
('000)
Female 3,982 3,161 2,577
Male 3,934 3,104 2,570
Persons 7,916 6,265 5,147
Total population (estimated) by sex and age at 30 June 2018

Sex by age NSW Vic Qld
Female
0–4 251,385 196,970 168,342
5–9 242,667 189,544 167,631
10–14 230,761 178,178 161,685
15–19 226,628 177,053 157,333
20–24 252,237 205,179 173,696
25–29 278,934 231,422 181,981
30–34 287,657 242,098 184,300
35–39 273,880 225,773 175,961
40–44 256,036 206,606 168,682
45–49 267,718 216,420 178,581
50–54 243,898 195,427 160,080
55–59 250,659 192,516 159,165
60–64 226,394 173,235 139,351
65–69 198,667 151,822 121,923
70–74 171,461 130,653 103,460
75–79 122,388 93,578 70,951
80–84 91,113 70,320 48,638
85-89 67,745 51,927 34,870
90+ 41,311 31,807 20,758
Total female 3,981,539 3,160,528 2,577,388
Male
0–4 265,065 207,974 177,244
5–9 257,430 200,043 176,515
10–14 245,158 188,545 171,423
15–19 240,144 185,521 165,069
20–24 263,873 213,732 180,996
25–29 284,330 232,712 186,629
30–34 288,373 242,295 185,198
35–39 273,648 226,117 175,906
40–44 252,449 204,429 165,503
45–49 259,916 209,622 174,525
50–54 237,639 188,601 156,619
55–59 242,726 184,804 154,650
60–64 217,535 164,117 135,732
65–69 190,694 142,360 120,465
70–74 164,408 121,154 101,377
75–79 111,775 84,203 66,907
80–84 74,153 56,597 41,166
85-89 40,396 31,786 21,269
90+ 24,634 19,469 12,661
Total male 3,934,346 3,104,081 2,569,854
All persons
0–4 516,450 404,944 345,586
5–9 500,097 389,587 344,146
10–14 475,919 366,723 333,108
15–19 466,772 362,574 322,402
20–24 516,110 418,911 354,692
25–29 563,264 464,134 368,610
30–34 576,030 484,393 369,498
35–39 547,528 451,890 351,867
40–44 508,485 411,035 334,185
45–49 527,634 426,042 353,106
50–54 481,537 384,028 316,699
55–59 493,385 377,320 313,815
60–64 443,929 337,352 275,083
65–69 389,361 294,182 242,388
70–74 335,869 251,807 204,837
75–79 234,163 177,781 137,858
80–84 165,266 126,917 89,804
85-89 108,141 83,713 56,139
90+ 65,945 51,276 33,419
Total persons 7,915,885 6,264,608 5,147,242
Total population (estimated) by Remoteness Area (a) at 30 June 2018

Remoteness Area NSW Vic Qld
Total population
Major cities 5,950,434 4,868,479 3,210,861
Inner regional 1,465,601 1,138,728 1,026,560
Outer regional 458,869 254,113 752,499
Remote 34,003 3,288 91,450
Very remote 6,979 .. 65,872
Total 7,915,885 6,264,608 5,147,242
Population aged 65 years or over

Major cities 871,914 692,300 447,389
Inner regional 316,082 236,850 193,961
Outer regional 103,704 55,625 105,752
Remote 5,962 901 9,091
Very remote 1,083 .. 8,253
Total 1,298,745 985,676 764,445
Population aged 70 years or over

Major cities 612,596 486,572 306,219
Inner regional 218,466 164,715 131,303
Outer regional 73,139 39,585 73,067
Remote 4,546 621 5,753
Very remote 637 .. 5,716
Total 909,384 691,494 522,057
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians(b) aged 50 years or over

Major cities 17,482 4,106 9,131
Inner regional 13,217 3,053 6,290
Outer regional 7,891 1,269 10,701
Remote 1,240 20 2,380
Total 40,530 8,448 32,684
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–64 years

Major cities 12,063 2,920 6,495
Inner regional 9,323 2,089 4,443
Outer regional 5,401 911 7,586
Remote 905 15 1,854
Total 28,226 5,935 23,516
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–69 years

Major cities 14,366 3,474 7,728
Inner regional 11,001 2,490 5,299
Outer regional 6,510 1,066 8,972
Remote 1,062 20 2,123
Total 33,558 7,050 27,784
Total population aged 65 years or over and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–64 years
Major cities 883,976 695,220 453,883
Inner regional 325,405 238,939 198,404
Outer regional 109,105 56,536 113,337
Remote 6,866 916 10,944
Very remote 1,618 .. 11,392
Total 1,326,971 991,611 787,961
Total population aged 70 years or over and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–69 years
Major cities 626,962 490,045 313,947
Inner regional 229,467 167,205 136,603
Outer regional 79,649 40,651 82,039
Remote 5,607 642 7,876
Very remote 1,256 .. 9,376
Total 942,942 698,544 549,841
(a) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
(b) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population projections align closely to ABS Cat. no. 3238.0 ― Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Stra
adjusted to include Other Territories.
.. Not applicable - nil or rounded to zero
All tables:
Department of Health projections of the total population are based on Statistical Area 2 (SA2) population projections prepared by the Australian Bureau of
agreed to by the Department of Health. Data are based on the 30 June 2012 Estimated Resident Population (ERP) (2011 Census-based).
WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust
('000)
1,460 883 265 212 128 12,666
1,493 872 262 210 138 12,584
2,953 1,755 527 422 266 25,250
100,145 51,197 14,896 13,866 10,297 807,098

93,412 51,478 15,483 13,161 9,730 783,106
87,998 49,831 15,455 11,826 8,762 744,496
85,105 50,430 15,494 12,249 8,164 732,456
97,376 54,502 14,798 16,243 9,498 823,529
116,876 56,352 14,780 17,966 11,607 909,918
122,132 58,957 15,588 17,564 11,731 940,027
107,473 56,530 15,599 16,076 10,363 881,655
96,910 53,586 15,508 14,075 9,001 820,404
98,706 58,930 18,078 14,699 8,992 862,124
88,286 56,453 17,593 12,715 7,575 782,027
85,305 58,391 19,375 11,935 7,010 784,356
74,657 53,629 18,146 10,271 5,550 701,233
63,562 48,994 16,234 9,011 3,939 614,152
50,822 42,873 13,804 7,530 2,511 523,114
35,888 30,452 9,601 4,921 1,418 369,197
25,834 22,787 6,883 3,500 784 269,859
18,335 17,065 4,712 2,437 452 197,532
10,801 11,021 2,692 1,548 194 120,143
1,459,622 883,458 264,719 211,593 127,578 12,666,425
105,075 54,109 15,782 14,544 10,926 850,719

97,778 54,470 16,792 13,792 10,008 826,828
90,837 52,394 16,827 12,441 9,285 786,910
87,765 52,706 16,519 12,776 8,843 769,343
103,864 57,759 16,187 17,224 10,784 864,419
123,998 59,347 15,088 18,616 12,625 933,345
131,363 60,614 15,259 18,058 12,744 953,904
114,620 57,173 15,192 16,360 11,222 890,238
101,017 53,872 15,071 14,422 9,527 816,290
102,945 58,716 17,350 14,287 9,447 846,808
90,667 55,632 16,694 12,294 8,110 766,256
85,540 56,249 18,341 11,459 7,650 761,419
73,870 51,314 17,597 9,567 6,226 675,958
62,289 46,013 16,220 8,217 4,693 590,951
50,008 39,390 13,775 6,644 3,068 499,824
33,055 26,926 9,285 4,382 1,664 338,197
21,006 18,265 5,665 2,787 776 220,415
11,058 10,178 2,875 1,519 331 119,394
6,514 6,573 1,643 965 142 72,619
1,493,268 871,700 262,162 210,354 138,071 12,583,835
205,220 105,306 30,678 28,410 21,223 1,657,817

191,190 105,948 32,275 26,953 19,738 1,609,934
178,835 102,225 32,282 24,267 18,047 1,531,406
172,870 103,136 32,013 25,025 17,007 1,501,799
201,240 112,261 30,985 33,467 20,282 1,687,948
240,874 115,699 29,868 36,582 24,232 1,843,262
253,495 119,571 30,847 35,622 24,475 1,893,931
222,093 113,703 30,791 32,436 21,585 1,771,893
197,927 107,458 30,579 28,497 18,528 1,636,694
201,651 117,646 35,428 28,986 18,439 1,708,932
178,953 112,085 34,287 25,009 15,685 1,548,283
170,845 114,640 37,716 23,394 14,660 1,545,775
148,527 104,943 35,743 19,838 11,776 1,377,191
125,851 95,007 32,454 17,228 8,632 1,205,103
100,830 82,263 27,579 14,174 5,579 1,022,938
68,943 57,378 18,886 9,303 3,082 707,394
46,840 41,052 12,548 6,287 1,560 490,274
29,392 27,242 7,587 3,956 784 316,926
17,316 17,595 4,335 2,513 335 192,762
2,952,890 1,755,158 526,881 421,947 265,649 25,250,261
2,319,055 1,298,608 .. 421,308 .. 18,068,745

231,987 215,854 353,634 639 .. 4,433,003
210,986 178,288 162,097 .. 147,992 2,164,844
101,698 46,788 8,700 .. 57,827 343,753
89,164 15,620 2,450 .. 59,830 239,916
2,952,890 1,755,158 526,881 421,947 265,649 25,250,261
300,424 223,228 .. 53,420 .. 2,588,674

37,733 47,747 64,773 41 .. 897,188
34,977 39,148 36,369 .. 12,894 388,468
9,348 8,337 1,607 .. 3,110 38,356
6,691 2,077 640 .. 3,968 22,712
389,172 320,537 103,389 53,461 19,972 3,935,397
204,973 157,368 .. 36,205 .. 1,803,933

23,748 32,747 46,458 28 .. 617,467
24,575 28,166 22,946 .. 7,546 269,024
6,334 5,944 1,146 .. 1,651 25,995
3,690 1,305 385 .. 2,143 13,876
263,321 225,530 70,935 36,233 11,340 2,730,294
5,646 3,234 .. 949 .. 40,547

1,135 620 2,395 - .. 26,710
2,604 1,926 2,405 .. 2,886 29,682
2,757 255 116 .. 2,992 9,760
3,598 710 70 .. 6,610 15,872
15,741 6,745 4,987 949 12,488 122,572
4,196 2,289 .. 746 .. 28,708

853 434 1,706 - .. 18,848
1,831 1,313 1,608 .. 2,075 20,724
2,076 198 88 .. 2,200 7,334
2,616 542 52 .. 4,746 11,630
11,571 4,775 3,454 746 9,021 87,244
4,856 2,689 .. 856 .. 33,969

999 502 1,998 - .. 22,290
2,189 1,574 1,908 .. 2,403 24,622
2,374 224 99 .. 2,542 8,444
3,058 613 65 .. 5,610 13,626
13,475 5,603 4,070 856 10,555 102,950
304,620 225,517 .. 54,166 .. 2,617,382

38,586 48,181 66,480 41 .. 916,036
36,807 40,461 37,977 .. 14,969 409,191
11,424 8,534 1,695 .. 5,311 45,690
9,307 2,619 692 .. 8,714 34,341
400,743 325,312 106,843 54,207 28,993 4,022,641
209,829 160,057 .. 37,061 .. 1,837,902

24,748 33,249 48,457 28 .. 639,757
26,764 29,739 24,854 .. 9,949 293,646
8,707 6,169 1,245 .. 4,193 34,439
6,748 1,919 450 .. 7,753 27,501
276,796 231,133 75,005 37,089 21,895 2,833,244
. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2001 to 2026 (which are 2011 Census-based),
tions prepared by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the Department of Health according to assumptions
P) (2011 Census-based).
Providers and Services
Operational aged care services, 30 June 2018
Category NSW Vic Qld
Number of operational aged care services
Residential Aged Care 882 760 456
Home Care Program 794 677 570
Transition Care Program 33 19 11
Short Term Restorative Care Program 12 14 11
Innovative Pool 4 1 -
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program 2 2 6
Multi-purpose Services 64 11 34
Total 1,791 1,484 1,088
Number of operational aged care services by Remoteness Areas(a)

Residential Aged Care
Major Cities 564 471 266
Inner Regional 228 213 105
Outer Regional 84 74 71
Remote 6 2 8
Very Remote - .. 6
Home Care Program
Remote 2 3 8
Very Remote 2 .. 20
Transition Care Program
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
Short Term Restorative Care Program
Major Cities 6 10 9
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
Innovative Pool
Major Cities 2 1 -
Inner Regional 2 - -
Outer Regional - - -
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
Major Cities 1 1 1
Inner Regional - 1 -
Outer Regional 1 - -
Remote - - 2
Very Remote - .. 3
Multi-purpose Services
Major Cities - - -
Remote 11 - 9
Very Remote 4 .. 12
(a) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
Operational aged care places, 30 June 2018

Number of operational aged care places (a)
Residential Aged Care 70,536 54,599 38,864
Transition Care Program 1,378 1,000 733
Multi-purpose Services 1,171 378 580
Total 73,238 56,221 40,387
Number of operational aged care places by Remoteness Areas(a,b)

Residential Aged Care
Major Cities 50,009 39,287 25,852
Inner Regional 16,344 12,544 7,934
Outer Regional 4,083 2,748 4,685
Remote 100 20 239
Very Remote - .. 154
Transition Care Program
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
Short Term Restorative Care Program
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
Innovative Pool
Major Cities 11 4 -
Inner Regional 12 - -
Outer Regional - - -
Remote - - -
Very Remote - .. -
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
Inner Regional - 30 -
Outer Regional 13 - -
Remote - - 35
Very Remote - .. 40
Multi-purpose Services
Major Cities - - -
Remote 182 - 187
Very Remote 42 .. 162
Number of residential aged care places by service size

1–20 places 395 876 275
21–40 places 4,277 4,220 2,030
41–60 places 9,413 9,474 3,950
61+ places 56,451 40,029 32,609
(a) Following the Increasing Choices changes on 27 February 2017, places for the Home Care Packages program are now assigned to consumers and not to
Program are no longer reportable here.
(b) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
Allocated aged care places, 30 June 2018

(a,b)
Number of allocated aged care places
Residential Aged Care 82,169 65,366 48,502
Transition Care Program 1,378 1,000 733
Multi-purpose Services 1,209 378 589
Total 84,909 66,988 50,034
Program are no longer reportable here.
(b) Allocated aged care places include operational aged care places, unused (e.g. not currently operational) places, and places that are approved but not ye
- nil or rounded to zero
Ownership types of aged care approved providers, 30 June 2018

Ownership type of provider
Residential Aged Care places
Private for-profit 25,091 29,231 15,655
Religious 17,555 7,173 12,666
Community-based 10,785 7,520 3,571
Charitable 16,313 5,427 5,719
Religious/Charitable - 67 -
State and Territory government 405 5,008 1,112
Local government 387 173 141
Home Care recipients(a)

Private for-profit 7,046 2,597 2,876
Religious 6,656 7,053 7,747
Community-based 6,522 4,268 3,547
Charitable 9,504 5,364 4,088
State and Territory government 64 3,116 124
Local government 626 1,051 132
home care approved provider type are provided for 30 June 2018.
240 246 73 26 12 2,695

216 147 96 44 55 2,599
9 4 3 1 1 81
6 4 3 1 2 53
1 2 1 - - 9
2 6 3 - 14 35
39 26 3 - 1 178
513 435 182 72 85 5,650
192 161 .. 26 .. 1,680

17 39 45 - .. 647
21 43 23 .. 5 321
4 3 3 .. 7 33
6 - 2 .. - 14
144 105 .. 44 .. 1,577

30 17 77 - .. 657
27 20 16 .. 9 261
10 3 3 .. 20 49
5 2 - .. 26 55
6 3 .. 1 .. 43
1 1 2 - .. 27
2 - 1 .. 1 11
- - - .. - -
- - - .. - -
4 4 .. 1 .. 34
1 - 3 - .. 13
1 - - .. 1 5
- - - .. 1 1
- - - .. - -
1 1 .. - .. 5
- - 1 - .. 3
- 1 - .. - 1
- - - .. - -
- - - .. - -
- 1 .. - .. 4
- - 1 - .. 2
- 1 - .. - 2
- - - .. 1 3
2 4 2 .. 13 24
- - .. - .. -
2 1 - - .. 24
17 11 3 .. - 83
13 9 - .. - 42
7 5 - .. 1 29
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16,811 18,112 5,065 2,630 525 207,142

406 347 109 58 29 4,060
83 32 10 10 10 475
8 16 3 - - 54
48 164 49 - 349 860
780 607 102 - 6 3,624
18,136 19,278 5,338 2,698 919 216,215
14,137 13,857 - 2,630 .. 145,772

1,240 2,340 3,834 - .. 44,236
1,099 1,733 1,142 .. 320 15,810
215 182 66 .. 205 1,027
120 - 23 .. - 297
356 253 - 58 .. 2,725

20 94 84 - .. 1,060
30 - 25 .. 29 275
- - - .. - -
- - - .. - -
61 32 - 10 .. 331
12 - 10 - .. 96
10 - - .. 5 43
- - - .. 5 5
- - - .. - -
8 10 - - .. 33
- - 3 - .. 15
- 6 - .. - 6
- - - .. - -
- - - .. - -
- 33 - - .. 165
- - 36 - .. 66
- 37 - .. - 50
- - - .. 18 53
48 94 13 .. 331 526
- - - - .. -
73 19 - - .. 510
441 255 102 .. - 1,936
173 254 - .. - 796
93 79 - .. 6 382
160 105 105 - 47 1,963

1,535 1,550 346 21 116 14,095
2,884 2,810 848 137 - 29,516
12,232 13,647 3,766 2,472 362 161,568
are now assigned to consumers and not to services. Correspondingly, places data for the Home Care Packages
t. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
22,121 18,926 5,357 3,425 670 246,536

406 347 109 58 29 4,060
83 32 10 10 10 475
8 16 3 - - 54
48 164 49 - 349 860
810 607 102 - 6 3,701
23,476 20,092 5,630 3,493 1,064 255,686
are now assigned to consumers and not to services. Correspondingly, places data for the Home Care Packages
es, and places that are approved but not yet operational.
6,394 5,917 787 801 135 84,011

4,769 5,134 1,640 581 85 49,603
2,058 2,173 1,137 462 305 28,011
3,223 3,870 1,444 786 - 36,782
- - - - - 67
66 809 57 - - 7,457
301 209 - - - 1,211
1,715 606 409 171 125 15,545

1,875 1,483 472 214 113 25,613
585 728 739 337 260 16,986
3,804 3,294 692 594 5 27,345
86 550 18 - - 3,958
181 194 - - 216 2,400
are now assigned to consumers and not to services. Correspondingly, information on recipient numbers by
Client summary
Aged care clients at 30 June 2018(a,b)
Program type NSW Vic Qld
Residential care
Permanent 60,868 47,950 33,551
Respite 2,318 1,355 874
Total residential care 63,186 49,305 34,425
(c)
Home Care
Home Care Packages levels 1–2 19,027 16,283 10,557
Total Home Care Packages 30,418 23,449 18,514
Commonwealth Home Support Program .. .. ..
Transition Care 1,258 908 659
Short Term Restorative Care 61 87 80
(a) Data are presented at the program level only. An individual may receive services under more than one aged care program, therefore the number of uni
(b) State or territory is based on the location of the service provider outlet.
(c) Home care client care level is based on claim data for June 2018. For a small number of cases where claim data for this period had not been received a
client at entry to Home Care.
.. Not applicable
Aged care clients during 2017–18 financial year (a,b,c)

Program type NSW Vic Qld
All clients
Residential care
Permanent 81,625 63,987 44,892
Respite 25,169 15,329 8,892
Residential care 92,670 71,690 49,158
(d)
Home Care
Home Care Packages 39,363 28,685 23,844
Commonwealth Home Support Program 236,713 224,910 184,155
Transition Care 7,782 6,777 4,383
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) clients(e) aged 50 years and over
Residential care
Permanent 671 144 674
Respite 246 54 136
Residential care 795 182 743
Home Care
Home Care Packages levels 1–2 942 455 456
Home Care Packages levels 3–4 422 134 262
Home Care Packages 1,208 555 645
Commonwealth Home Support Program 6,742 3,242 5,425
Transition Care 89 18 58
Clients aged 65 years and over and ATSI clients aged 50-64 years
Residential care
Permanent
50–64 years (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients only) 140 21 169
65–69 years 2,750 2,027 1,620

70–74 years 5,027 3,700 3,046
75–79 years 7,977 6,054 4,891
80–84 years 13,464 10,696 7,794
85–89 years 20,523 16,428 11,093
90+ years 29,235 23,147 14,968
65+ years, ATSI status unknown 148 35 79
Total older clients 79,116 62,073 43,581
Respite
65–69 years 1,006 546 403

70–74 years 1,783 1,028 740
75–79 years 2,965 1,740 1,136
80–84 years 4,857 3,064 1,813
85–89 years 6,567 4,176 2,223
90+ years 7,144 4,418 2,290
65+ years, ATSI status unknown 1 - -
Residential care
65–69 years 3,289 2,372 1,823

70–74 years 5,925 4,283 3,441
75–79 years 9,373 6,969 5,479
80–84 years 15,622 12,306 8,673
85–89 years 23,326 18,458 12,111
90+ years 32,076 25,164 15,986
65+ years, ATSI status unknown 149 35 79
Home Care
Levels 1-2
65–69 years 1,302 1,272 913

70–74 years 2,674 2,492 1,747
75–79 years 4,363 3,584 2,571
80–84 years 6,477 5,083 3,655
85–89 years 7,571 5,032 4,117
90+ years 5,954 3,289 3,142
65+ years, ATSI status unknown 3,861 3,709 2,017
Levels 3-4
65–69 years 780 728 756

70–74 years 1,638 1,222 1,284
75–79 years 2,477 1,548 1,678
80–84 years 3,186 1,924 2,206
85–89 years 3,759 1,989 2,391
90+ years 3,513 1,753 2,070
Home Care Packages
65–69 years 1,857 1,849 1,428

70–74 years 3,803 3,485 2,665
75–79 years 6,017 4,797 3,704
80–84 years 8,593 6,531 5,165
85–89 years 10,037 6,539 5,747
90+ years 8,326 4,669 4,573
Commonwealth Home Support Program
50–64 years (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients only) 2,577 977 2,250
65–69 years 21,083 25,086 18,044

70–74 years 34,971 37,382 31,071
75–79 years 44,776 44,199 38,409
80–84 years 51,823 48,219 40,017
85–89 years 45,601 39,864 32,210
90+ years 29,839 24,559 19,255
Transition Care
65–69 years 558 400 404

70–74 years 1,023 656 591
75–79 years 1,402 1,007 774
80–84 years 1,851 1,390 904
85–89 years 1,726 1,669 909
90+ years 1,053 1,346 551
65+ years, ATSI status unknown - - -
Short Term Restorative Care
65–69 years 26 53 53
70–74 years 47 92 99
75–79 years 75 105 87
80–84 years 74 123 63
85–89 years 68 84 65
90+ years 38 58 30
65+ years, ATSI status unknown - - -
Total older clients 331 518 401
(a) Client numbers are distinct counts of clients at any time in the 12 month period to 30 June.
(b) Data are presented at the program level only. An individual may receive services under more than one aged care program throughout the year, therefo
determined.
(c) State or territory is based on the location of the service provider outlet, except Commonwealth Home Support Program which is based on the location o
Data Exchange. Where a person moved from one state to another they are counted uniquely in each state. Thus, a person who moved between states wit
people across states greater than the number of unique individuals receiving services under the program.
(d) Home care client care level is based on the claim data during 2017-18 and reflects the care level being claimed for at the end of the financial year, or at
claim data for this period had not been received at time of reporting, client care level is based on the care level of the client at entry to Home Care.
(e) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recipients is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore th
and Torres Strait Islander recipients.
15,112 16,206 4,478 2,290 468 180,923

231 714 104 49 29 5,674
15,343 16,920 4,582 2,339 497 186,597
3,825 3,973 1,484 705 483 56,337

4,421 2,882 846 611 236 35,510
8,246 6,855 2,330 1,316 719 91,847
.. .. .. .. .. ..
350 337 98 47 26 3,683
36 14 2 9 7 296
care program, therefore the number of unique individuals accessing aged care cannot be determined.
ata for this period had not been received at time of reporting, client care level is based on the care level of the
20,045 21,600 6,216 3,176 605 241,723

3,083 7,290 1,527 637 274 61,993
21,645 24,787 7,034 3,500 777 270,490
6,345 6,415 2,112 1,125 688 83,041

6,151 3,933 1,149 867 337 48,002
11,036 8,983 2,958 1,761 942 116,843
6,943 87,053 26,375 12,183 4,711 783,043
2,727 2,454 606 269 139 25,113
156 86 19 39 45 1,638
349 98 54 11 213 2,209
155 35 23 4 128 777
455 120 64 14 302 2,665
180 125 46 43 350 2,587

133 73 22 14 102 1,155
267 169 62 49 419 3,357
501 1,749 536 117 1,886 20,198
19 25 10 1 13 233
- 1 1 1 8 33
97 17 4 1 44 490
643 672 235 96 59 8,084

1,237 1,243 432 194 70 14,907
2,100 2,026 645 310 105 24,053
3,462 3,384 1,104 564 96 40,480
4,955 5,486 1,576 785 119 60,860
7,066 8,279 2,049 1,174 99 85,924
20 24 1 - - 306
19,560 21,107 6,045 3,124 592 234,798
43 8 3 - 32 198
164 283 66 22 22 2,503

261 528 118 56 45 4,548
414 876 206 88 47 7,436
588 1,446 300 127 53 12,209
779 1,925 396 158 40 16,217
756 2,019 387 176 29 17,167
- - - - - 1
3,005 7,085 1,476 627 268 60,278
127 23 5 1 71 614
759 818 279 110 73 9,492

1,398 1,502 509 220 97 17,314
2,322 2,428 766 358 129 27,713
3,756 4,050 1,252 634 128 46,272
5,319 6,303 1,793 864 144 68,116
7,429 9,075 2,224 1,257 119 93,150
20 24 1 - - 307
21,110 24,199 6,828 3,444 761 262,671
47 45 8 13 93 808
267 273 95 45 101 4,248

564 540 213 115 119 8,428
914 899 337 164 122 12,889
1,458 1,438 488 291 100 18,915
1,655 1,719 554 264 75 20,907
1,365 1,447 402 231 41 15,823
978 860 395 139 102 12,024
6,251 6,353 2,088 1,121 648 81,765
34 23 3 3 31 381
367 187 72 39 30 2,934

632 405 138 109 54 5,424
967 564 197 133 60 7,555
1,224 792 247 193 65 9,780
1,454 995 258 185 46 11,020
1,351 930 203 201 39 9,996
1,227 637 191 165 38 6,834
5,991 3,884 1,110 860 325 46,817
70 57 10 15 116 1,057
556 397 155 74 122 6,393

1,067 817 309 201 155 12,407
1,644 1,260 492 266 172 18,218
2,369 1,943 661 420 153 25,700
2,750 2,361 749 392 109 28,544
2,419 2,072 542 388 74 22,949
1,999 1,357 552 284 135 17,674
10,808 8,886 2,899 1,751 897 114,656
203 764 179 37 857 7,844
526 8,407 2,844 1,305 678 77,973

735 14,173 4,355 2,021 767 125,475
1,068 17,256 5,411 2,459 831 154,409
1,306 18,866 5,884 2,584 681 169,380
1,350 15,696 4,485 1,982 396 141,584
1,194 10,011 2,497 1,215 181 88,751
783 6,958 2,351 1,004 238 50,250
6,382 85,173 25,655 11,603 4,391 765,416
4 7 3 - 2 73
160 150 44 15 26 1,756

236 262 74 33 26 2,899
390 406 122 59 26 4,184
530 521 139 57 27 5,416
663 587 142 52 20 5,762
687 490 66 52 9 4,250
- - - - - -
2,670 2,423 590 268 136 24,340
- - 1 1 2 14
8 9 3 3 9 164
16 9 3 4 10 280
14 22 3 8 8 322
35 15 2 13 9 334
49 19 4 6 5 300
31 9 3 4 1 174
- - - - - -
153 83 19 39 44 1,588
care program throughout the year, therefore the number of unique individuals accessing aged care cannot be
rt Program which is based on the location of the client according to the most recent client record in the DSS
s, a person who moved between states within the year will be double counted, making the total number of
ed for at the end of the financial year, or at departure from packaged care. For a small number of cases where
of the client at entry to Home Care.
d Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the number of Aboriginal
Expenditure summary
Commonwealth Government expenditure on aged care services, 2017–18 financial year (a)
Program Type NSW Vic Qld
Residential care subsidies (Health) 3,726,301 2,999,726 2,067,147

Residential care subsidies (DVA) 327,572 247,840 207,096
Home Care Packages
Home Care levels 1–2 217,982 203,408 115,670
Home Care levels 3–4 401,802 294,451 270,425
Home Care all levels 619,784 497,859 386,095
Basic support at home
Home Support (CHSP)(c) 572,325 700,409 614,288
(d)
Home Support (CoS) 64,544 15,089 13,962
WA HACC(e) Program .. .. ..
(f)
Veterans Home Care (DVA) - - -
(f)
Community Nursing (DVA) - - -
Flexible Care and short term aged care

Multi-Purpose Services 60,964 15,033 26,276
NATSIFACP 790 6,299 11,257
Innovative pool 553 110 -
Transition Care 90,736 69,647 44,888
Short Term Restorative Care 3,206 5,046 4,105
Continence Aids Assistance - - -
Other aged care

Access and Information 47,570 37,126 25,246
Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) 42,855 30,824 22,237
Other access and information services 4,715 6,302 3,010
Rural and Remote Building Fund 12,104 6,400 34,180
Zero Real Interest Loans (ZRIL) - - -
Bond Management - - -
Accommodation Bond Guarantee Scheme - 83 -
Aged Care Quality 42,509 9,307 4,508
Total Expenditure(g) 5,568,958 4,609,974 3,439,048

(a) Figures in these expenditure tables are formatted as thousands, with the underlying values representing actual dollars.
(b) 'Other' includes Government expenditure that cannot be attributed to an individual state or territory. 'Other' expenditure are counted in Australian to
(c) Commonwealth Home Support Program.
(d) Commonwealth Continuity of Support Program. This program ensures that older people with a disability currently receiving state and territory-manage
Insurance Scheme, receive ongoing support.
(e) Home and Community Care program.
(f) Expenditure for DVA Veterans Home Care and Community Nursing programs are not available by state/territory.
(g) Excludes aged care revenue such as recoveries and cross-billing, and additional Commonwealth Government expenditure not listed separately above, s
through the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, etc.
.. Not applicable - Nil or rounded to zero
State and Territory Government expenditure on aged care services, 2017–18 financial year (a)
Program Type NSW Vic Qld
Residential care 27,000 64,900 62,300

Home Care Packages 1,400 7,400 8,100
Basic support at home
WA HACC(b) Program .. .. ..
Total Expenditure 28,400 72,300 70,400

(a) Figures in these expenditure tables are formatted as thousands, with the underlying values representing actual dollars.
(b) Home and Community Care program.
.. Not applicable - Nil or rounded to zero
WA SA Tas ACT NT Other(b) Aust
($'000)
955,254 1,040,884 266,059 126,840 37,042 - 11,219,254
74,500 86,003 28,919 11,082 1,890 - 984,902
52,328 47,192 18,043 11,679 13,227 681 680,212

201,682 99,118 32,759 35,059 15,222 1,351 1,351,868
254,010 146,310 50,802 46,738 28,449 2,032 2,032,079
38,633 203,595 88,047 31,000 17,759 16,743 2,282,799

39 18,090 4,697 807 337 122 117,688
194,916 .. .. .. .. .. 194,916
- - - - - 109,381 109,381
- - - - - 138,120 138,120
29,682 32,217 4,270 - 349 - 168,791

1,384 6,884 751 - 9,175 - 36,540
299 319 082 - - - 1,362
26,809 22,943 7,480 3,313 1,733 0 267,550
1,508 1,055 194 423 423 708 16,667
- - - - - 90,409 90,409
14,186 12,940 3,516 6,088 1,858 57,700 206,229

12,763 11,384 3,352 1,378 1,695 - 126,487
1,422 1,556 165 4,710 163 57,700 79,742
12,625 4,675 3,170 200 - - 73,354
- - - - - 2,971 2,971
- - - - - 226 226
- - - - - - 83
1,184 2,425 687 15,931 4,969 36,423 117,942
1,605,030 1,578,341 458,673 242,421 103,985 454,835 18,061,266

ual dollars.
r' expenditure are counted in Australian totals.
ently receiving state and territory-managed specialist disability services, who are not eligible for the National Disability
ory.
expenditure not listed separately above, such as expenditure through the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency, expenditure
WA SA Tas ACT NT Other Aust

($'000)
- 26,900 8,030 - 100 .. 189,230
- 1,000 840 - 700 .. 19,440
123,292 .. .. .. .. .. 123,292
123,292 27,900 8,870 - 800 .. 331,962

ual dollars.
Assessments and approvals - 2016-17
Aged care assessments summary, 2016–17 financial year (a)
Total number of completed aged care assessments of all people 53,866 46,584 28,392
Number of completed aged care assessments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status(b)
ATSI clients
Aged less than 50 years 11 14 10
50-64 years 335 97 190
50-69 years 511 136 291
50 years and over 1,066 224 573
65 years and over 731 127 383
Age unknown - - -
All ATSI clients (including age unknown) 1,077 238 583
Non-ATSI clients
50-64 years 1,451 1,503 960
50-69 years 4,655 4,158 2,968
50 years and over 52,666 46,179 27,698
65 years and over 51,215 44,676 26,738
70 years and over 48,011 42,021 24,730
Age unknown 2 3 1
All Non-ATSI clients (including age unknown) 52,781 46,342 27,802
ATSI status not stated
Aged less than 50 years - - -
50-64 years 1 - -
50-69 years 1 1 -
Age unknown - - -
All ATSI not stated clients (including age unknown) 8 4 7
Number of completed aged care assessments by CALD status(c)

All clients
CALD 10,979 13,551 3,285
Non-CALD 42,177 32,618 24,848
CALD status unknown 710 415 259
Clients aged 65 years and over
CALD 10,742 13,281 3,202
Non-CALD 40,514 31,116 23,668
CALD status unknown 697 410 258
Number of completed aged care assessments by Remoteness Area(d)

All clients
Major cities 34,854 32,600 17,031
Inner regional 13,935 10,954 6,970
Remote 269 27 297
Very remote 38 .. 232
Unknown 294 154 152
Major cities 33,808 31,477 16,263
Inner regional 13,338 10,439 6,674
Remote 254 26 277
Unknown 278 136 141
Number of aged care assessment teams 17 18 14

(a) Data in this table include complete assessments only and exclude assessments which were cancelled or closed.
(b) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assessments is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.
(c) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-Engl
USA)
(d) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
based on the postcode of the client's usual address as recorded in the assessment. 'Unknown' includes records with missing location information; records
incompatible, and records where Remoteness Area could not be determined from recorded data.
Age-specific numbers of aged care approvals, 2016-17 financial year

Program/age group NSW Vic Qld
Numbers of approvals of eligibility for permanent residential care

<65 years 1,276 960 787
65–69 years 2,025 1,274 1,342
70–74 years 3,360 2,255 1,952
75–79 years 5,663 3,970 3,047
80–84 years 8,543 6,425 4,266
85 years and over 18,206 13,711 8,452
Age unknown 2 1 1
Total (including age unknown) 39,075 28,596 19,847
Numbers of approvals of eligibility for Home Care

<65 years 907 587 612
65–69 years 2,165 1,418 1,461
70–74 years 3,531 2,294 2,106
75–79 years 5,889 3,743 3,135
80–84 years 8,094 5,201 4,326
85 years and over 15,351 8,349 7,788
Age unknown 1 - -
Number of approvals by Remoteness Area(a,b)

All clients
Major cities 34,820 32,262 17,008
Inner regional 13,919 10,827 6,963
Remote 268 25 296
Unknown 294 152 152
Major cities 33,775 31,155 16,240
Inner regional 13,323 10,319 6,669
Remote 253 24 276
Unknown 278 134 141
(a) Approvals data by Remoteness Area include all assessments where any approval for aged care was recorded, including Residential care and/or Home ca
Recommended long-term living arrangements (a), 2016-17 financial year

Community (Per cent

Private residence 61.2 66.5 48.6
(c)
Other community 6.5 6.6 8.8
Total community 67.6 72.9 57.5
Residential 32.5 27.9 41.9
(d)
Other 0.1 0.2 0.1
No long term plan made(e) 0.4 0.3 1.1
(Number
(f,g)
Number of clients 52,148 44,017 27,389
(a) Data include completed assessments and assessments which were cancelled or closed, and exclude assessments that were ongoing at the end of the fin
(b) Percentage data are computed using as a denominator a distinct count of all clients for whom a recommended long-term living arrangement was recor
Recommendations are an optional part of an aged care assessment. Where a client had more than one assessment in the reporting period, the most recen
As clients are counted once against each recommendation type they had recorded in an assessment, but the denominator is a distinct count of these clien
(c) Includes independent living within a retirement village, supported community accommodation, boarding houses and other community settings.
(d) Includes hospital and other institutional care.
(e) Includes assessments that ended before completion, such as when the client died, transferred, withdrew, or other reasons.
(f) 'Number of clients' provides a distinct count of clients with an assessment that ended in the financial year.
(g) In 2016-17, 27 per cent of clients with an assessment ended in the financial year (42,031 clients) had an assessment with a recorded recommendation o
All tables:
Data are reported for comprehensive aged care assessments undertaken by Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs). Data exclude assessments for home su
Data for assessments were extracted in September 2018. Future extracts of these data may change and thus alter final numbers.
Data are grouped by State/Territory based on the ACAT undertaking the assessment.
Data exclude records for which state could not be attributed In 2016-17, there were 483 completed assessments that could not be attributed to a state.
- 2016-17
14,890 12,987 4,008 1,974 891 163,592
29 4 1 - 2 71
98 61 17 6 139 943
148 88 28 8 189 1,399
285 155 80 12 319 2,714
187 94 63 6 180 1,771
137 67 52 4 130 1,315
- - - - - -
314 159 81 12 321 2,785
31 21 12 - - 440
475 347 133 18 9 4,896
1,302 1,137 410 139 83 14,852
14,538 12,804 3,912 1,961 570 160,328
14,063 12,457 3,779 1,943 561 155,432
13,236 11,667 3,502 1,822 487 145,476
- 1 1 - - 8
14,569 12,826 3,925 1,961 570 160,776
- - - - - -
2 - - - - 3
2 - - - - 4
7 2 2 1 - 31
5 2 2 1 - 28
5 2 2 1 - 27
- - - - - -
7 2 2 1 - 31
3,134 2,339 316 464 125 34,193

11,749 10,427 3,664 1,468 738 127,689
7 221 28 42 28 1,710
3,065 2,310 313 458 125 33,496

11,184 10,024 3,504 1,450 593 122,053
6 219 27 42 23 1,682
12,115 9,020 .. 1,891 .. 107,512

1,134 1,948 2,731 53 .. 37,725
1,122 1,505 1,170 .. 471 15,304
254 351 57 .. 216 1,471
180 65 10 .. 130 655
84 97 40 30 74 925
11,691 8,724 .. 1,869 .. 103,832

1,084 1,885 2,626 51 .. 36,098
1,053 1,459 1,114 .. 435 14,607
218 336 55 .. 167 1,333
134 60 10 .. 84 520
74 88 39 30 55 841
15 8 3 1 4 80
d.
and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the assessment of
overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and
t. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are proportionally distributed by Remoteness Area
with missing location information; records where the Remoteness Area and State assigned to a record are
388 355 119 22 36 3,943

548 618 178 89 29 6,103
916 993 273 182 37 9,968
1,522 1,588 426 296 55 16,567
2,258 2,350 626 361 46 24,875
4,604 5,021 1,248 659 65 51,966
- 1 1 - - 6
10,236 10,926 2,871 1,609 268 113,428
370 230 80 15 92 2,893

642 625 173 105 64 6,653
999 1,019 263 203 81 10,496
1,657 1,596 428 304 89 16,841
2,349 2,291 586 394 61 23,302
4,556 4,624 897 663 85 42,313
- - - - - 1
10,573 10,385 2,427 1,684 472 102,499
12,030 9,016 .. 1,889 .. 107,025

1,125 1,947 2,722 53 .. 37,555
1,106 1,503 1,168 .. 466 15,220
249 351 57 .. 208 1,454
173 65 10 .. 125 642
82 97 40 30 70 917
11,608 8,720 .. 1,867 .. 103,365

1,075 1,884 2,617 51 .. 35,939
1,038 1,457 1,112 .. 430 14,527
214 336 55 .. 161 1,319
132 60 10 .. 80 513
72 88 39 30 53 835
including Residential care and/or Home care and/or other aged care such as flexible aged care.
(Per cent)(b)
48.3 58.2 66.4 72.7 81.0 62.3
3.5 7.5 4.6 10.8 3.0 6.7
51.8 65.6 70.9 83.5 84.0 68.8
45.6 34.5 29.0 16.5 15.7 31.4
0.7 0.1 0.1 - 0.4 0.2
2.7 0.2 0.5 - 0.7 0.4
(Number)
14,063 12,689 3,919 1,935 846 156,948
ents that were ongoing at the end of the financial year.
ed long-term living arrangement was recorded, or a reason for no recommendation being made was known.
ent in the reporting period, the most recent assessment is counted against each applicable recommendation.
nominator is a distinct count of these clients, percentages may add up to more than 100%.
uses and other community settings.
other reasons.
ssment with a recorded recommendation or it was known no recommendation was made.
Ts). Data exclude assessments for home support services undertaken by Regional Assessment Services (RASs).
er final numbers.
ts that could not be attributed to a state.

Assessments and approvals - 2017-18
Aged care assessments summary, 2017–18 financial year (a)
60,943 52,104 34,657

Total number of completed aged care assessments of all people
Number of completed aged care assessments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status(b)
ATSI clients
50-64 years 535 160 243
50-69 years 814 213 368
50 years and over 1,466 346 728
Age unknown - - -
All ATSI clients (including age unknown) 1,488 351 739
Non-ATSI clients
50-64 years 1,614 1,312 1,011
50-69 years 5,290 4,565 3,525
50 years and over 59,318 51,628 33,800
65 years and over 57,704 50,316 32,789
70 years and over 54,028 47,063 30,275
Age unknown 1 2 -
All Non-ATSI clients (including age unknown) 59,454 51,751 33,917
ATSI status not stated
Aged less than 50 years - - -
50-64 years - - -
50-69 years - - -
Age unknown - - -
All ATSI not stated clients (including age unknown) 1 2 1
Number of completed aged care assessments by CALD status(c)

All clients
CALD 12,917 16,379 4,075
Non-CALD 46,538 34,656 29,932
CALD status unknown 1,488 1,069 650
CALD 12,701 16,127 3,978
Non-CALD 44,520 33,330 28,667
CALD status unknown 1,415 1,047 630
Number of completed aged care assessments by Remoteness Area(d)

All clients
Major cities 39,823 36,445 21,275
Inner regional 15,659 12,225 8,600
Remote 307 40 300
Unknown 350 207 204
Major cities 38,549 35,416 20,440
Inner regional 14,938 11,789 8,262
Remote 289 39 283
Unknown 322 190 195
Number of aged care assessment teams 17 18 14

(a) Data in this table include complete assessments only and excludes assessments which were cancelled or closed.
(b) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assessments is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.
(c) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-Engl
USA)
(d) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.
Age-specific numbers of aged care approvals, 2017-18 financial year

Numbers of approvals of eligibility for permanent residential care

<65 years 1,380 855 823
65–69 years 2,168 1,589 1,527
70–74 years 3,710 2,853 2,472
75–79 years 5,831 4,850 3,743
80–84 years 8,778 7,231 4,917
85 years and over 17,927 14,608 9,097
Age unknown 1 1 -
Numbers of approvals of eligibility for Home Care

<65 years 1,175 505 728
65–69 years 2,654 2,025 1,882
70–74 years 4,483 3,288 2,896
75–79 years 6,748 5,166 4,274
80–84 years 9,476 6,926 5,450
85 years and over 16,916 11,082 9,406
Age unknown 1 1 -
Number of approvals by Remoteness Area(a,b)

All clients
Major cities 39,788 35,866 21,231
Inner regional 15,653 12,090 8,594
Remote 307 38 300
Unknown 350 205 204
Major cities 38,516 34,867 20,397
Inner regional 14,932 11,662 8,255
Remote 289 37 283
Unknown 322 188 195
(a) Approvals data by Remoteness Area include all assessments where any approval for aged care was recorded, including Residential care and/or Home ca
care.
Recommended long-term living arrangements (a), 2017-18 financial year

Community (Per cent

Private residence 67.7 71.4 53.6
(c)
Other community 4.6 5.9 7.9
Total community 72.3 77.2 61.5
Residential 27.6 23.1 37.2
(d)
Other 0.1 0.1 0.1
No long term plan made(e) 0.5 0.2 1.6
(Number
(f,g)
Number of clients 59,994 51,076 34,077
(a) Data include completed assessments and assessments which were cancelled or closed, and exclude assessments that were ongoing at the end of the fin
(b) Percentage data are computed using as a denominator a distinct count of all clients for whom a recommended long-term living arrangement was recor
Recommendations are an optional part of an aged care assessment. Where a client had more than one assessment in the reporting period, the most recen
As clients are counted once against each recommendation type they had recorded in an assessment, but the denominator is a distinct count of these clien
(c) Includes independent living within a retirement village, supported community accommodation, boarding houses and other community settings.
(d) Includes hospital and other institutional care.
(e) Includes assessments that ended before completion, such as when the client died, transferred, withdrew, or other reasons.
(f) 'Number of clients' provides a distinct count of clients with an assessment that ended in the financial year.
(g) In 2017-18, 20 per cent of clients with an assessment ended in the financial year (35,676 clients) had an assessment with a recorded recommendation o
All tables:
Data are reported for comprehensive aged care assessments undertaken by Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs). Data exclude assessments for home su
Data for assessments were extracted in September 2018. Future extracts of these data may change and thus alter final numbers.
Data are grouped by State/Territory based on the ACAT undertaking the assessment.
Data exclude records for which state could not be attributed In 2017-18, there were 247 completed assessments that could not be attributed to a state.
- 2017-18
15,932 14,709 4,724 1,830 950 185,849
19 4 1 - 1 63
97 87 21 10 109 1,262
142 113 28 14 168 1,860
294 208 71 24 318 3,455
197 121 50 14 209 2,193
152 95 43 10 150 1,595
- - - - - -
313 212 72 24 319 3,518
27 17 10 - 1 428
439 313 128 19 19 4,855
1,292 1,170 441 134 94 16,511
15,589 14,480 4,642 1,806 630 181,893
15,150 14,167 4,514 1,787 611 177,038
14,297 13,310 4,201 1,672 536 165,382
- - - - - 3
15,616 14,497 4,652 1,806 631 182,324
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
1 - - - - 1
3 - - - - 7
3 - - - - 7
2 - - - - 6
- - - - - -
3 - - - - 7
3,245 2,787 392 432 130 40,357

12,676 11,511 4,281 1,354 724 141,672
11 411 51 44 96 3,820
3,175 2,762 388 429 129 39,689

12,165 11,133 4,125 1,328 614 135,882
10 393 51 44 77 3,667
12,572 10,246 .. 1,761 .. 122,123

1,547 2,177 3,273 47 .. 43,527
1,243 1,692 1,301 .. 518 16,711
258 437 62 .. 228 1,631
211 71 22 .. 131 748
101 86 66 22 73 1,109
12,189 9,984 .. 1,734 .. 118,313

1,500 2,130 3,163 45 .. 41,826
1,184 1,621 1,255 .. 487 15,975
232 408 61 .. 179 1,490
157 63 21 .. 97 614
88 82 64 22 57 1,020
15 8 3 1 4 80
and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the assessment of
overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and
350 324 102 28 27 3,889

476 615 183 88 30 6,676
848 1,089 311 173 36 11,492
1,431 1,641 490 232 55 18,273
2,000 2,434 753 331 66 26,510
4,196 4,991 1,349 565 63 52,796
- - - - - 2
9,301 11,094 3,188 1,417 277 119,638
320 202 80 15 63 3,088

600 660 216 87 78 8,202
1,074 1,191 346 184 58 13,520
1,735 1,831 525 261 92 20,632
2,395 2,555 743 348 99 27,992
4,491 4,938 1,158 589 101 48,681
- - - - - 2
10,615 11,377 3,068 1,484 491 122,117
12,428 10,245 .. 1,761 .. 121,321

1,515 2,176 3,264 47 .. 43,339
1,231 1,691 1,299 .. 508 16,631
256 437 62 .. 218 1,618
207 71 22 .. 129 743
92 86 66 22 69 1,094
12,049 9,983 .. 1,734 .. 117,546

1,468 2,129 3,154 45 .. 41,646
1,173 1,620 1,253 .. 478 15,897
231 408 61 .. 171 1,479
154 63 21 .. 97 611
79 82 64 22 54 1,006
including Residential care and/or Home care and/or other aged care such as restorative care or flexible aged
(Per cent)(b)
47.6 59.3 73.9 61.0 73.4 66.9
3.8 8.2 4.9 2.0 2.5 6.1
51.4 67.4 78.6 63.0 75.9 72.8
45.6 32.7 21.0 37.0 24.1 27.1
0.3 0.1 0.2 - 1.3 0.1
3.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 - 0.4
(Number)
15,552 14,520 4,655 1,809 926 182,583
ents that were ongoing at the end of the financial year.
ed long-term living arrangement was recorded, or a reason for no recommendation being made was known.
ent in the reporting period, the most recent assessment is counted against each applicable recommendation.
nominator is a distinct count of these clients, percentages may add up to more than 100%.
uses and other community settings.
other reasons.
ssment with a recorded recommendation or it was known no recommendation was made.
Ts). Data exclude assessments for home support services undertaken by Regional Assessment Services (RASs).
er final numbers.
ts that could not be attributed to a state.

Home Care
Aged care clients as at 30 June 2018(a)
Category NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust
All clients 30,418 23,449 18,514 8,246 6,855 2,330 1,316 719 91,847
Older clients (aged 65 years and over and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Australians aged 50–64 years) 30,019 22,870 18,087 8,076 6,778 2,285 1,308 681 90,104
Care level(b)
Level 1 1,830 1,258 954 305 348 93 47 6 4,841
Level 2 17,197 15,025 9,603 3,520 3,625 1,391 658 477 51,496
Level 3 4,535 2,242 2,815 1,366 1,212 257 197 69 12,693
Level 4 6,856 4,924 5,142 3,055 1,670 589 414 167 22,817
Sex by age
Female
<65 years 465 434 345 139 80 35 15 74 1,587
65–69 years 949 964 722 245 210 78 44 53 3,265
70–74 years 1,984 1,868 1,307 522 432 178 109 84 6,484
75–79 years 3,164 2,621 1,926 778 659 273 137 84 9,642
80–84 years 4,609 3,624 2,581 1,171 1,010 344 197 66 13,602
85–89 years 5,138 3,349 2,818 1,339 1,210 368 192 62 14,476
90 years and over 4,085 2,326 2,230 1,162 1,014 300 195 34 11,346
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total female (including age unknown) 20,394 15,186 11,929 5,356 4,615 1,576 889 457 60,402
Male
<65 years 264 362 242 86 50 20 8 47 1,079
65–69 years 570 644 458 184 109 55 21 42 2,083
70–74 years 1,132 1,135 864 319 231 87 53 44 3,865
75–79 years 1,659 1,422 1,096 469 340 125 72 51 5,234
80–84 years 2,125 1,808 1,427 630 504 175 115 39 6,823
85–89 years 2,456 1,813 1,464 687 548 189 80 20 7,257
90 years and over 1,792 1,071 1,018 514 439 100 77 19 5,030
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total male (including age unknown) 9,998 8,255 6,569 2,889 2,221 751 426 262 31,371
All persons (includes unknown sex)
<65 years 729 799 587 225 130 55 23 121 2,669
65–69 years 1,521 1,608 1,181 429 319 133 65 95 5,351
70–74 years 3,122 3,003 2,173 841 667 266 162 128 10,362
75–79 years 4,827 4,043 3,027 1,248 1,003 398 209 135 14,890
80–84 years 6,736 5,434 4,011 1,801 1,516 520 312 105 20,435
85–89 years 7,601 5,164 4,286 2,026 1,762 558 272 82 21,751
90 years and over 5,882 3,398 3,249 1,676 1,458 400 273 53 16,389
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total persons (including age unknown) 30,418 23,449 18,514 8,246 6,855 2,330 1,316 719 91,847
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status(c)

Care level
Level 1-2
ATSI clients
Aged 50-64 years 214 161 80 28 33 7 12 62 597
Aged 50-69 years 336 230 135 46 53 11 22 110 943
Aged 70 years and over 365 154 181 56 33 22 11 145 967
All ATSI clients 704 388 318 104 86 33 33 255 1,921
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 15,115 12,368 8,503 3,028 3,219 1,114 567 118 44,032
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 2,973 3,205 1,577 644 628 321 102 83 9,533
Level 3-4
ATSI clients
Aged 50-64 years 116 59 80 27 20 3 3 21 329
Aged 50-69 years 165 76 115 40 25 3 7 32 463
Aged 70 years and over 187 41 92 64 34 14 7 34 473
All ATSI clients 355 120 208 106 59 17 14 66 945
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 9,209 5,741 6,469 3,223 2,277 646 481 129 28,175
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 1,669 1,055 1,015 975 509 154 111 30 5,518
CALD(d) status
All clients
Level 1-2
CALD 4,465 5,742 1,352 918 757 161 152 31 13,578
Non-CALD 14,084 10,106 9,002 2,868 3,093 1,303 533 420 41,409
CALD status unknown 478 435 203 39 123 20 20 32 1,350
Level 3-4
CALD 2,937 2,815 1,169 1,121 627 88 151 39 8,947
Non-CALD 8,258 4,228 6,662 3,242 2,194 747 450 187 25,968
CALD status unknown 196 123 126 58 61 11 10 10 595
Level 1-2
CALD 4,450 5,700 1,330 908 756 160 152 31 13,487
Non-CALD 13,664 9,669 8,785 2,800 3,024 1,282 518 340 40,082
Level 3-4
CALD 2,918 2,782 1,125 1,101 625 87 151 39 8,828
Non-CALD 8,005 3,953 6,364 3,118 2,140 716 443 158 24,897
Remoteness Area(e)
All clients
Major cities 19,945 17,137 11,785 6,672 4,821 .. 1,316 .. 61,676
Inner regional 9,286 5,238 4,506 861 1,144 2,002 - .. 23,037
Outer regional 1,170 1,062 2,024 496 748 281 .. 273 6,054
Remote 10 12 44 185 126 47 .. 192 616
Very remote 7 .. 155 32 16 - .. 254 464
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
Major cities 19,669 16,685 11,406 6,536 4,750 .. 1,293 .. 60,339
Inner regional 8,935 4,959 4,398 837 1,126 1,954 - .. 22,209
Outer regional 1,069 994 1,945 474 715 275 .. 254 5,726
Remote 10 12 41 147 119 46 .. 162 537
Very remote 6 .. 137 27 15 - .. 182 367
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
(a) State or territory is based on the location of the service provider outlet.
(b) Home care client care level is based on claim data for June 2018. For a small number of cases where claim data for this period had not been received at time of reporting, client care level is based on the care level of the
client at entry to Home Care.
(c) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recipients is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the number of Aboriginal
(d) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and
USA)
(e) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
location of the aged care service through which care was provided. 'Unknown' includes services that cannot be attributed to a particular Remoteness Area.
Aged care clients during 2017–18 financial year (a)

Home Care Level 1-4
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status(b)
ATSI clients
Aged 50-64 years 369 237 187 70 57 10 15 116 1,057
Aged 50-69 years 564 333 298 117 86 15 29 190 1,624
Aged 70 years and over 646 222 348 151 83 47 20 229 1,737
All ATSI clients 1,215 563 650 275 169 62 49 419 3,385
Non-ATSI clients 32,486 23,036 19,996 8,700 7,433 2,330 1,421 349 95,143
ATSI status not stated 5,662 5,086 3,198 2,061 1,381 566 291 174 18,315
Remoteness Area(c)
Major cities 26,144 21,110 15,463 8,970 6,351 .. 1,761 .. 79,344
Inner regional 12,141 6,419 5,772 1,126 1,516 2,541 - .. 29,483
Outer regional 1,644 1,331 2,815 684 997 403 .. 373 8,242
Remote 25 15 55 248 180 62 .. 263 848
Very remote 7 .. 194 55 20 - .. 329 605
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
(a) State or territory is based on the location of the service provider outlet. Where a person received care in more than one state they are counted uniquely in each state, but will only be counted once in the Australia total.
(b) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recipients is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the number of Aboriginal
(c) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
location of the aged care service through which care was provided. 'Unknown' includes services that cannot be attributed to a particular Remoteness Area. Where a person received care from services located in multiple
Remoteness Area they are counted uniquely in each Remoteness Area, but will only be counted once in the Australia total.

Residential Care
Permanent residential aged care

All clients 60,868 47,950 33,551 15,112 16,206 4,478 2,290 468 180,923
Islander Australians aged 50–64 years) 58,817 46,357 32,470 14,711 15,793 4,333 2,246 455 175,182
Sex by Age
Female
<65 years 950 719 578 205 212 66 21 23 2,774
65–69 years 986 791 637 272 266 88 29 28 3,097
70–74 years 2,056 1,536 1,293 525 528 180 82 22 6,222
75–79 years 3,459 2,715 2,108 972 926 260 152 37 10,629
80–84 years 6,588 5,442 3,754 1,737 1,717 533 274 43 20,088
85–89 years 10,630 8,655 5,795 2,630 2,952 757 400 62 31,881
90 years and over 15,844 12,522 8,072 3,963 4,568 1,080 608 55 46,712
Age unknown - 1 - - - - - - 1
Total female (including age unknown) 40,513 32,381 22,237 10,304 11,169 2,964 1,566 270 121,404
Male
<65 years 1,186 865 620 267 208 80 22 23 3,271
65–69 years 1,249 859 676 262 275 106 45 19 3,491
70–74 years 1,979 1,476 1,177 460 463 156 72 36 5,819
75–79 years 2,731 2,004 1,665 660 652 216 90 43 8,061
80–84 years 3,717 2,781 2,198 953 863 299 148 30 10,989
85–89 years 4,702 3,668 2,470 1,064 1,222 337 163 28 13,654
90 years and over 4,767 3,893 2,498 1,138 1,350 319 182 19 14,166
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total male (including age unknown) 20,331 15,546 11,304 4,804 5,033 1,513 722 198 59,451
<65 years 2,136 1,584 1,198 472 420 146 43 46 6,045
65–69 years 2,235 1,650 1,313 534 541 194 74 47 6,588
70–74 years 4,035 3,012 2,470 985 991 336 154 58 12,041
75–79 years 6,190 4,719 3,773 1,632 1,578 476 242 80 18,690
80–84 years 10,305 8,223 5,952 2,690 2,580 832 422 73 31,077
85–89 years 15,332 12,323 8,265 3,694 4,174 1,094 563 90 45,535
90 years and over 20,611 16,415 10,570 5,101 5,918 1,399 790 74 60,878
Age unknown 24 24 10 4 4 1 2 - 69
Total persons (including age unknown) 60,868 47,950 33,551 15,112 16,206 4,478 2,290 468 180,923

ATSI clients
50-64 years 109 15 127 75 11 2 1 33 373
50-69 years 159 31 180 112 20 4 2 58 566
70 years and over 341 79 314 150 56 35 8 101 1,084
All ATSI clients 515 116 512 275 78 39 10 161 1,706
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 58,197 46,218 31,916 14,433 15,698 4,293 2,236 296 173,287
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 120 29 60 16 19 1 - - 245
CALD(c) status
All clients
CALD 12,602 11,966 3,431 2,671 2,796 299 495 60 34,320
Non-CALD 47,706 35,583 29,827 12,403 13,196 4,121 1,760 396 144,992
CALD 12,285 11,711 3,351 2,621 2,768 294 487 60 33,577
Non-CALD 45,882 34,242 28,707 11,979 12,807 3,979 1,723 351 139,670
Remoteness Area(d)
All clients
Major cities 42,925 34,296 22,230 12,701 12,371 .. 2,290 .. 126,813
Inner regional 14,441 11,219 6,946 1,163 2,096 3,364 - .. 39,229
Outer regional 3,418 2,417 4,072 1,005 1,537 1,037 .. 301 13,787
Remote 84 18 187 180 162 61 .. 167 859
Very remote - .. 116 63 - 16 .. - 195
Unknown - - - - 40 - - - 40
Major cities 41,419 33,157 21,437 12,346 12,050 .. 2,245 .. 122,654
Inner regional 13,920 10,834 6,740 1,128 2,055 3,265 - .. 37,942
Outer regional 3,286 2,333 3,888 969 1,485 991 .. 279 13,231
Remote 83 18 172 150 154 59 .. 143 779
Very remote - .. 106 43 - 16 .. - 165
Unknown - - - - 38 - - - 38
Basic subsidy amounts, per occupied place and dependency level of aged ($)
care residents
Average annual Australian Government subsidy ($2017-18) (e) 64,077 66,348 66,462 67,650 66,220 64,562 58,629 78,536 65,588
Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)(f)

Activities of Daily Living (Per cent)
High 55.6% 62.5% 59.6% 67.5% 53.3% 55.6% 49.3% 53.5% 58.9%
Medium 31.9% 26.4% 29.0% 26.5% 35.5% 28.9% 36.7% 31.9% 29.7%
Low 12.0% 10.6% 10.7% 5.8% 10.9% 14.9% 13.7% 13.3% 10.9%
Nil 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 1.3% 0.5%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Behaviours
High 61.1% 73.8% 59.6% 74.4% 50.5% 51.1% 60.1% 54.2% 64.1%
Medium 23.9% 17.8% 22.3% 17.6% 28.3% 26.9% 23.3% 22.5% 21.9%
Low 11.1% 6.4% 12.7% 6.1% 14.9% 14.9% 12.7% 15.2% 10.2%
Nil 3.9% 2.1% 5.5% 1.9% 6.2% 7.1% 3.8% 8.1% 3.8%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Complex Health Care
High 48.1% 59.4% 50.4% 50.9% 60.2% 53.3% 47.1% 50.7% 53.0%
Medium 32.6% 26.6% 30.8% 29.5% 28.8% 29.3% 33.8% 29.3% 30.0%
Low 18.3% 13.3% 17.8% 18.8% 10.4% 16.8% 18.2% 17.8% 16.1%
Nil 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.9% 2.1% 0.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
(Number)
Number of permanent residents with ACFI 60,664 47,819 33,483 15,078 16,152 4,466 2,288 467 180,417
Respite residential aged care

All clients 2,318 1,355 874 231 714 104 49 29 5,674
Islander Australians aged 50–64 years) 2,227 1,326 844 223 701 103 45 28 5,497
Sex by age
Female
<65 years 38 12 20 6 8 1 1 2 88
65–69 years 47 25 22 6 15 - 2 1 118
70–74 years 74 37 37 8 26 5 - 5 192
75–79 years 152 90 63 17 50 9 3 - 384
80–84 years 262 166 106 20 93 11 9 3 670
85–89 years 361 261 125 43 126 26 6 1 949
90 years and over 422 249 138 38 111 22 8 6 994
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total female (including age unknown) 1,356 840 511 138 429 74 29 18 3,395
Male
<65 years 54 15 13 6 8 - 1 1 98
65–69 years 65 22 19 9 14 3 2 - 134
70–74 years 89 44 35 10 33 5 3 1 220
75–79 years 131 59 46 12 37 5 1 2 293
80–84 years 182 106 90 20 62 4 1 4 469
85–89 years 223 145 88 18 76 8 4 - 562
90 years and over 211 122 71 18 55 5 6 2 490
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total male (including age unknown) 955 513 362 93 285 30 18 10 2,266
<65 years 92 27 33 12 16 1 2 3 186
65–69 years 112 47 41 15 29 3 4 1 252
70–74 years 163 81 72 18 59 10 3 6 412
75–79 years 283 149 109 29 87 14 4 2 677
80–84 years 444 272 196 40 155 15 10 7 1,139
85–89 years 584 406 213 61 202 34 10 1 1,511
90 years and over 633 371 209 56 166 27 14 8 1,484
Age unknown 7 2 1 - - - 2 1 13
Total persons (including age unknown) 2,318 1,355 874 231 714 104 49 29 5,674

ATSI clients
50-64 years 8 - 4 4 3 - - 3 22
50-69 years 10 2 6 8 4 1 - 3 34
70 years and over 9 2 5 5 4 - - 12 37
All ATSI clients 20 4 11 13 8 1 - 15 72
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 2,208 1,322 833 210 693 102 45 13 5,426
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over - - - - - - - - -
CALD(c) status
All clients
CALD 541 359 108 31 175 6 14 3 1,237
Non-CALD 1,715 964 746 200 516 94 35 24 4,294
CALD status unknown 62 32 20 - 23 4 - 2 143
CALD 521 354 104 30 174 6 12 2 1,203
Non-CALD 1,638 941 716 189 501 93 33 21 4,132
CALD status unknown 60 31 20 - 23 4 - 2 140
Remoteness Area(d)
All clients
Major cities 1,601 894 549 175 530 .. 49 .. 3,798
Inner regional 556 359 171 25 86 80 - .. 1,277
Outer regional 159 101 140 17 86 21 .. 12 536
Remote 2 1 9 10 11 3 .. 17 53
Very remote - .. 5 4 - - .. - 9
Unknown - - - - 1 - - - 1
Major cities 1,538 876 530 168 519 .. 45 .. 3,676
Inner regional 526 349 162 24 85 79 - .. 1,225
Outer regional 153 100 134 16 82 21 .. 11 517
Remote 2 1 9 9 11 3 .. 14 49
Very remote - .. 5 2 - - .. - 7
Unknown - - - - 1 - - - 1
(c) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and
USA)
(d) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
(e) Average Australian Government subsidy amount per resident is computed by dividing data for claims for residential care funding by the total numbers of care days provided in the reporting period, multiplied by 365.
Differences in average subsidy amounts reflects differences in the care needs of residents.
(f) The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) proportions are computed for residents who have an ACFI rating.

Permanent residential aged care

ATSI clients
50-64 years 140 21 169 97 17 4 1 44 490
50-69 years 208 41 245 142 27 7 2 77 746
70 years and over 463 103 429 207 71 47 9 136 1,463
All ATSI clients 691 152 694 365 100 54 11 215 2,277
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 78,297 61,894 42,828 19,191 20,985 5,990 3,113 379 232,283
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 148 35 79 20 24 1 - - 306
Remoteness Area(c)
All clients
Major cities 57,306 45,520 29,633 16,815 16,527 .. 3,176 .. 168,782
Inner regional 19,818 15,372 9,568 1,585 2,788 4,686 - .. 53,786
Outer regional 4,717 3,302 5,451 1,362 2,112 1,450 .. 384 18,771
Remote 123 25 239 251 216 80 .. 221 1,155
Very remote - .. 188 91 - 24 .. - 303
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
Concessional, assisted, supported or low means

New resident status(d)
Low means 8,171 5,977 5,134 2,088 2,391 794 260 103 24,918
Not low means 12,573 10,517 6,567 3,129 3,040 965 569 50 37,410
Unknown or invalid dates 156 126 87 42 27 20 6 1 459
Number of resident days(e)

Concessional, assisted, supported or low means 9,436,736 6,928,385 5,689,450 2,353,675 2,764,718 774,428 285,732 117,271 28,350,395
Not Concessional, assisted, supported or low means 12,596,515 10,401,829 6,405,860 3,076,259 3,115,391 844,813 550,174 49,119 37,039,960
Unknown status or invalid dates 2,671 4,404 3,286 544 259 763 128 - 12,055
Respite residential aged care

ATSI clients
50-64 years 65 12 37 43 8 3 - 32 198
50-69 years 103 19 57 65 12 5 - 46 305
70 years and over 143 35 79 90 23 18 4 82 472
All ATSI clients 250 55 136 162 36 23 4 128 790
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 24,140 14,930 8,506 2,850 7,050 1,453 623 140 59,500
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 1 - - - - - - - 1
Remoteness Area(c)
All clients
Major cities 16,797 9,896 5,557 2,220 5,310 .. 637 .. 40,324
Inner regional 6,839 4,437 2,123 380 1,047 1,159 - .. 15,947
Outer regional 1,730 1,184 1,232 345 901 374 .. 141 5,895
Remote 30 4 49 110 116 36 .. 133 478
Very remote - .. 37 59 - 8 .. - 104
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total occupancy by Remoteness Area(f,g) (Per cent)

Major cities 89.1 89.5 88.8 93.2 93.1 .. 91.0 .. 90.0
Inner regional 91.2 91.9 90.4 95.5 94.8 89.5 - .. 91.4
Outer regional 88.1 92.4 90.0 92.1 93.9 92.8 .. 96.4 90.8
Remote 88.3 94.6 79.7 89.3 92.4 93.2 .. 91.3 88.4
Very remote - .. 79.1 75.2 - 69.2 .. - 77.1
All areas 89.5 90.2 89.1 93.2 93.4 90.2 91.0 94.4 90.3
(a) State or territory is based on the region of the service provider outlet. Where a person received care in more than one state they are counted uniquely in each state, but will only be counted once in the Australia total.
(c) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
location of the aged care service through which care was provided. 'Unknown' includes services that cannot be attributed to a particular Remoteness Area. Where a person received care from services located in multiple
Remoteness Area they are counted uniquely in each Remoteness Area, but will only be counted once in the Australia total.
(d) Data are limited to new residents admitted in the financial year. Low Means residents are those who entered care on or after 1 July 2014 and have a daily means tested amount at the date they enter care that is less than
the maximum daily rate of accommodation supplement.
(e) Data include resident days for Low Means residents and for residents who entered care prior to 1 July 2014 and when assessed under the scheme in place at the time were found to be Supported or Concessional/Assisted
residents.
(f) The occupancy rate is the proportion of available bed days that were used/occupied for residential aged care over the financial year.
• Includes mainstream operational places only.
• Excludes flexible places under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, Innovative Pool programs and care provided by Multi-Purpose services.
• Excludes allocated places that are not operational.
(g) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
location of the aged care service through which care was provided. 'All areas' includes any records where Remoteness Area could not be determined.
Elapsed time from approval to admission during 2017–18 financial year (a,b,c)
Transition Care
All Clients 1,258 908 659 350 337 98 47 26 3,683
Islander Australians aged 50–64 years) 1,206 856 594 338 328 95 47 25 3,489
Sex by age
Female
<65 years 14 19 28 4 - 2 - 2 69
65–69 years 49 21 32 14 15 5 2 3 141
70–74 years 106 54 65 16 24 5 4 2 276
75–79 years 135 76 67 30 35 9 7 4 363
80–84 years 188 109 72 41 62 14 10 3 499
85–89 years 180 132 83 57 59 12 6 - 529
90 years and over 100 91 48 49 33 5 5 2 333
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total female (including age unknown) 772 502 395 211 228 52 34 16 2,210
Male
<65 years 11 27 22 2 4 2 - - 68
65–69 years 35 26 24 13 4 5 1 2 110
70–74 years 61 58 37 14 16 10 2 1 199
75–79 years 89 70 39 22 21 11 2 5 259
80–84 years 124 78 42 24 19 6 1 1 295
85–89 years 93 80 48 36 27 10 5 1 300
90 years and over 42 59 27 22 12 2 2 - 166
Age unknown - - - - - - - - -
Total male (including age unknown) 455 398 239 133 103 46 13 10 1,397
<65 years 25 46 50 6 4 4 - 2 137
65–69 years 84 47 56 27 19 10 3 5 251
70–74 years 167 112 102 30 40 15 6 3 475
75–79 years 224 146 106 52 56 20 9 9 622
80–84 years 312 187 114 65 81 20 11 4 794
85–89 years 273 212 131 93 86 22 11 1 829
90 years and over 142 150 75 71 45 7 7 2 499
Age unknown 31 8 25 6 6 - - - 76
Total persons (including age unknown) 1,258 908 659 350 337 98 47 26 3,683

ATSI clients
50-64 years 4 2 10 - 1 1 - 1 19
50-69 years 6 4 14 1 1 1 - 2 29
70 years and over 5 1 6 2 1 - - - 15
All ATSI clients 11 5 20 3 2 1 - 2 44
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 1,195 851 574 335 326 94 47 23 3,445
CALD(c) status
All clients
CALD 286 288 98 77 73 9 8 3 842
Non-CALD 932 608 541 269 251 85 37 17 2,740
CALD 254 273 65 71 67 9 8 3 750
Non-CALD 908 570 500 263 247 81 37 15 2,621
Remoteness Area(d)
All clients
Major cities 809 654 439 320 243 .. 47 .. 2,512
Inner regional 384 239 158 12 94 80 - .. 967
Outer regional 65 15 62 18 - 18 .. 26 204
Remote - - - - - - .. - -
Very remote - .. - - - - .. - -
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
Major cities 783 614 385 310 239 .. 47 .. 2,378
Inner regional 360 227 143 11 88 77 - .. 906
Outer regional 59 13 56 17 - 17 .. 24 186
Remote - - - - - - .. - -
Very remote - .. - - - - .. - -
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
(c) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and
USA)
(d) Remoteness Area are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are distributed by Remoteness Area based on the
Aged care clients during 2017–18 financial year (a,b)

Number of admissions 7,604 6,721 4,363 2,736 2,374 592 259 129 24,778
Number of discharges 7,572 6,747 4,338 2,706 2,346 582 254 132 24,677
Number of recipient days 452,062 333,636 231,584 125,406 116,705 32,025 16,968 8,684 1,317,070
Average length of stay (days) 69 56 57 51 55 60 79 77 60
Average Modified Barthel Index on entry(c) 79.9 64.9 72.3 52.6 69.1 62.6 86.9 84.2 70.1
Average Modified Barthel Index on exit(c) 90.9 72.8 84.2 61.4 85.4 80.6 95.6 91.7 80.9
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status(d)

ATSI clients
50-64 years 29 7 21 4 7 3 - 2 73
50-69 years 44 11 34 10 12 5 1 4 121
70 years and over 45 7 24 9 13 5 - 9 112
All ATSI clients 91 18 59 21 25 11 1 13 239
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 7,553 6,457 4,096 2,651 2,398 580 267 123 24,107
Home Support
All Clients 236,713 224,910 184,155 6,943 87,053 26,375 12,183 4,711 783,043
230,670 220,286 181,256 6,382 85,173 25,655 11,603 4,391 765,416
Islander Australians aged 50–64 years)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) status (b)

ATSI clients
50 years and over 6,742 3,242 5,425 501 1,749 536 117 1,886 20,198
50-64 years 2,577 977 2,250 203 764 179 37 857 7,844
50-69 years 3,759 1,424 3,206 288 1,084 273 60 1,209 11,303
70 years and over 2,983 1,818 2,219 213 665 263 57 677 8,895
All ATSI clients 7,097 3,370 5,750 646 1,848 556 120 2,056 21,443
Non-ATSI clients, 65 years and over 209,784 203,244 164,859 5,098 76,466 22,768 10,482 2,267 694,968
ATSI status not stated, 65 years and over 14,144 13,800 10,972 783 6,958 2,351 1,004 238 50,250
CALD(c) status
All clients
CALD 48,843 63,680 19,530 1,035 16,921 2,125 3,210 561 155,905
Non-CALD 178,818 147,714 159,353 5,103 65,743 23,084 8,554 3,841 592,210
CALD status unknown 9,052 13,516 5,272 805 4,389 1,166 419 309 34,928
CALD 47,889 62,634 19,352 971 16,729 2,092 3,091 539 153,297
Non-CALD 171,561 143,480 154,710 4,459 63,733 22,391 8,059 2,729 571,122
CALD status unknown 8,643 13,195 4,944 749 3,947 993 416 266 33,153
Remoteness Area(d)
All clients
Major cities 149,985 149,939 114,394 4,899 60,333 .. 12,073 .. 491,624
Inner regional 59,082 57,607 42,961 749 12,803 17,006 42 .. 190,249
Outer regional 25,171 16,802 22,560 610 10,451 8,723 1 2,366 86,683
Remote 2,034 424 2,202 219 2,699 506 .. 1,074 9,160
Very remote 341 .. 1,924 458 763 133 .. 1,234 4,853
Unknown 100 138 114 7 4 7 67 37 474
Major cities 145,487 145,904 111,555 4,574 58,892 .. 11,469 .. 477,880
Inner regional 56,524 56,638 42,068 662 12,397 16,565 35 .. 184,889
Outer regional 23,915 16,215 21,636 549 9,984 8,291 1 2,117 82,707
Remote 1,822 420 2,023 157 2,562 484 .. 763 8,231
Very remote 260 .. 1,616 232 571 129 .. 630 3,437
Unknown 86 131 108 6 3 7 61 25 427
Distinct clients by service type(e)

Allied Health and Therapy Services 44,092 102,454 51,448 3,108 29,409 4,632 3,503 982 239,628
Assistance with Care and Housing 1,482 2,399 429 538 784 157 13 188 5,990
Centre-based Respite 4,203 3,141 3,063 876 1,557 576 202 320 13,938
Cottage Respite 954 715 985 669 306 115 67 46 3,857
Domestic Assistance 70,455 85,852 87,509 10 31,460 11,468 3,452 1,719 291,925
Flexible Respite 9,923 7,824 8,529 2,438 2,549 1,182 1,121 344 33,910
Goods, Equipment and Assistive Technology 524 311 3,956 40 7,260 645 212 659 13,607
Home Maintenance 25,526 35,633 51,786 6 19,020 4,396 1,840 319 138,526
Home Modifications 13,585 9,844 17,283 - 6,034 48 439 262 47,495
Meals 33,665 19,808 20,135 8 17,407 3,620 660 1,255 96,558
Nursing 38,439 44,287 28,386 7 8,326 4,053 2,623 197 126,318
Other Food Services 3,435 837 397 - 263 18 1 14 4,965
Personal Care 13,519 24,961 18,768 2 5,332 2,765 805 544 66,696
Social Support Group 26,924 27,050 17,761 5 15,199 2,101 1,126 548 90,714
Social Support Individual 37,452 11,021 36,068 7 20,460 3,630 1,329 1,694 111,661
Specialised Support Services 16,557 23,410 10,955 5 8,692 3,975 3,002 894 67,490
Transport 68,360 10,284 46,038 21 17,711 7,237 2,964 1,456 154,071
Amount of services by service type(f,g)

Allied Health and Therapy Services hours 306,261 890,099 563,633 64,897 223,144 51,180 13,827 11,452 2,124,494
Assistance with Care and Housing hours 37,279 25,750 10,047 8,295 19,740 2,692 801 3,565 108,171
Centre-based Respite hours 547,622 350,354 423,243 158,510 189,532 59,133 46,604 56,097 1,831,094
Cottage Respite hours 261,803 173,301 269,963 242,094 51,022 25,172 9,028 18,061 1,050,444
Domestic Assistance hours 2,203,449 2,036,643 2,478,183 - 793,701 284,494 106,054 42,024 7,944,548
Flexible Respite hours 664,985 454,480 473,408 151,552 120,550 71,813 23,938 34,102 1,994,828
Goods, Equipment and Assistive Technology Number 1,223 83,493 40,631 66 405,381 932 1,447 1,293 534,466
Home Maintenance hours 440,093 170,820 389,489 - 136,789 30,078 6,961 4,479 1,178,710
Home Modifications $'000 14,090 2,257 9,143 - 2,959 265 762 141 29,618
Meals Number 2,931,430 1,589,750 1,389,586 - 1,131,738 350,160 62,572 229,442 7,684,678
Nursing hours 1,658,172 1,034,907 417,733 - 228,224 80,567 28,643 505 3,448,751
Other Food Services hours 39,915 6,693 8,715 - 3,956 485 - 228 59,993
Personal Care hours 972,598 809,838 593,603 - 142,833 144,114 48,754 14,492 2,726,233
Social Support Group hours 2,757,404 2,557,091 2,032,720 1 785,632 135,565 76,546 22,166 8,367,124
Social Support Individual hours 1,193,980 236,907 855,631 - 405,916 118,313 131,981 29,271 2,971,998
Specialised Support Services hours 227,536 247,082 78,238 - 40,326 9,326 15,415 4,771 622,694
Transport Number 1,958,723 322,925 1,356,963 25 502,814 208,416 113,182 74,841 4,537,889
Expenditure by service type(g,h)

Allied Health and Therapy Services $'000 35,563 91,482 55,378 3,972 22,590 5,240 1,555 1,479 217,341
Assistance with Care and Housing $'000 4,711 2,824 991 961 1,346 509 333 376 12,052
Centre-based Respite $'000 23,979 14,182 13,662 5,854 6,901 1,700 1,942 4,455 72,686
Cottage Respite $'000 9,437 7,517 7,662 6,080 2,991 983 296 699 35,665
Domestic Assistance $'000 123,746 95,660 112,450 - 37,284 13,829 5,835 3,504 392,767
Flexible Respite $'000 57,927 32,289 33,740 9,436 10,918 4,457 2,391 1,503 153,246
Goods, Equipment and Assistive Technology $'000 410 - 1,734 246 3,380 350 584 418 7,122
Home Maintenance $'000 21,644 9,870 28,890 - 8,232 2,033 1,178 1,115 72,962
Home Modifications $'000 20,526 3,112 9,901 - 2,942 682 783 142 38,087
Meals $'000 31,300 13,760 13,225 3 7,151 2,099 638 4,905 73,082
Nursing $'000 58,022 118,104 55,427 - 27,015 7,353 2,104 276 268,517
Other Food Services $'000 1,312 253 463 - 164 5 - 42 2,239
Personal Care $'000 62,910 50,777 31,466 - 12,887 7,815 2,726 868 169,693
Sector Support and Development $'000 - 176 - - - - - - 51,129
Social Support Group $'000 72,568 67,806 62,610 145 22,882 4,879 1,960 1,621 234,837
Social Support Individual $'000 59,075 6,824 43,426 - 22,282 4,694 3,028 1,546 140,918
Specialised Support Services $'000 10,882 42,898 12,158 - 3,217 1,960 1,140 1,071 73,325
Transport $'000 75,714 3,958 42,260 - 13,869 5,551 3,673 2,389 147,465
(a) State or territory is based on the location of the client, according to the most recent client record in the DSS Data Exchange, except Expenditure by service type, in which State or territory is based on the service delivery area as recorded
in the funding management system.
(b) The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recipients is based on self-identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. Therefore these figures may not accurately represent the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander recipients.
(c) People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds are identified as those who were born overseas in countries other than main-English speaking countries (e.g. UK, Ireland, NZ, Canada, South Africa, and USA)
(d) Remoteness Areas are based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016). See ABS Cat. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information. Here, records are proportionally distributed by Remoteness Area based on the most
recent client postcode as recorded in the DSS Data Exchange. 'Unknown' includes records with missing location information, records with invalid client state/postcode combinations and records where Remoteness Area could not be
determined from recorded data.
(e) Clients can receive more than one service type. As such, the sum of distinct clients by service type will be greater than the number of distinct clients overall.
(f) Amount of services by service type is based on service delivery to the clients.
(g) Expenditure figures are formatted as thousands, with the underlying values representing actual dollars.
(h) Expenditure by service type is based on grants allocated for service delivery. Data were extracted from the grants management system in September 2018. Service delivery area is not available for some grants funding agreements,
particularly for Sector Support and Development. Such cases are counted in the Australia total but not provided separately - accordingly, funding amounts across state/territory may not match the Australia total for all activities. Data
exclude supplementation funding for the Social and Community Services (SACS) Modern Award

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Aged care data snapshot—2018

Total population (estimated) by sex and age at 30 June 2018

Total population (estimated) by Remoteness Area (a) at 30 June 2018

Population aged 65 years or over

Population aged 70 years or over

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians(b) aged 50 years or over

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–64 years

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 50–69 years

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

100,145 51,197 14,896 13,866 10,297 807,098

105,075 54,109 15,782 14,544 10,926 850,719

205,220 105,306 30,678 28,410 21,223 1,657,817

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

2,319,055 1,298,608 .. 421,308 .. 18,068,745

300,424 223,228 .. 53,420 .. 2,588,674

204,973 157,368 .. 36,205 .. 1,803,933

5,646 3,234 .. 949 .. 40,547

4,196 2,289 .. 746 .. 28,708

4,856 2,689 .. 856 .. 33,969

304,620 225,517 .. 54,166 .. 2,617,382

209,829 160,057 .. 37,061 .. 1,837,902

Number of operational aged care services by Remoteness Areas(a)

Operational aged care places, 30 June 2018

Number of operational aged care places by Remoteness Areas(a,b)

Number of residential aged care places by service size

Allocated aged care places, 30 June 2018

Ownership types of aged care approved providers, 30 June 2018

Home Care recipients(a)

240 246 73 26 12 2,695

192 161 .. 26 .. 1,680

144 105 .. 44 .. 1,577

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

16,811 18,112 5,065 2,630 525 207,142

14,137 13,857 - 2,630 .. 145,772

356 253 - 58 .. 2,725

160 105 105 - 47 1,963

t. No. 1270.0.55.005 for more information.

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

22,121 18,926 5,357 3,425 670 246,536

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

6,394 5,917 787 801 135 84,011

1,715 606 409 171 125 15,545

Aged care clients during 2017–18 financial year (a,b,c)

65–69 years 2,750 2,027 1,620

50–64 years (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients only) 65 12 37

65–69 years 1,006 546 403

65–69 years 3,289 2,372 1,823

65–69 years 1,302 1,272 913

65–69 years 780 728 756

65–69 years 1,857 1,849 1,428

65–69 years 21,083 25,086 18,044

65–69 years 558 400 404

50–64 years (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients only) 3 3 4

15,112 16,206 4,478 2,290 468 180,923

3,825 3,973 1,484 705 483 56,337

WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust

20,045 21,600 6,216 3,176 605 241,723

6,345 6,415 2,112 1,125 688 83,041

180 125 46 43 350 2,587

643 672 235 96 59 8,084

164 283 66 22 22 2,503

759 818 279 110 73 9,492

267 273 95 45 101 4,248