BackgroundThe ongoing need for an availability of informal carers is taking on greater relevance as the global burden of disease transitions from acute fatal diseases to long term morbidity. Growing evidence suggests that extra burden on family carers may further impact on their health and ability to provide care. Important as it is to monitor the prevalence of those conditions which influence the burden of disease, it is also important to monitor the prevalence and health profiles of those who provide the informal care. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the prevalence and demographics of adult carers aged 15 and over in the state of South Australia over 20 years between 1994 and 2014.MethodsData from nine representative, cross-sectional population surveys, conducted in South Australia, Australia were used, (total N = 26,788 and n = 1,504 carers). The adjusted prevalence estimate of carers and their demographic characteristics were determined. So as to examine whether there were any generational effects on the prevalence of carers, an Age-Period Cohort (APC) analysis was undertaken.ResultsThe prevalence estimates of carers increased during the two decades from 3.7% in 1994 to 6.7% by 2014. Large increases in the proportion of retired carers, those aged 70 years and over, those carers employed, and those with higher educational qualifications were observed. There were also larger proportions of respondents with a country of birth other than Australia, UK, Ireland and European counties. The APC analysis illustrated an increasing prevalence rate over each decade for carers aged 20–80 years, especially for those over the age of 60 years.ConclusionsThe results illustrate changing carer characteristics and carer prevalence estimates in South Australia as new generations of carers take on the caring role. There is a need to include questions regarding informal carers within ongoing mainstream population surveys, particularly at state levels, so as to plan for their future health care and home support.

The DSS Payment Demographic Data for Young Carers provides a summary of the demographic profile of Carer Payment and Carer Allowance recipients aged under 25.

The data contains recipient numbers by

• Geographical location (State, Statistical Area 3 (SA3), remoteness)

• Demographic: age, sex, Indigenous/non-Indigenous, partnership status and country of birth (COB)

• Payment rate and duration on payment

• Earnings

• Care Receiver medical condition type

Please note, to maintain privacy and machine readability of the data in a machine readable format, values of one to five have been rounded up to five; zero has been kept as zero. This data has been published to support the 2018 GovHack competition and is unlikely to be updated in future.

Please direct any enquiries about this data to data.requests@dss.gov.au A machine readable file containing geographic breakdown by 2011 SA3 (https://data.gov.au/dataset/dss-young-carers-sa3_2011 ) has also been published for use in National Map.

In a September 2024 conducted survey among children and teenagers in Australia regarding their social media usage, of the around ** percent of eight to 12 year olds surveyed reporting using YouTube in the period from January to September, ** percent reported using a parent or caregiver's account.

This dataset describes office locations for support services to carers in South Australia. These services provide Information and help for those providing ongoing care and assistance to a person who has a disability, chronic illness (including mental illness), is frail and requires assistance carrying out everyday tasks.

In a survey conducted in 2019 about the aged care sector in Australia, **** percent of respondents stated that the current staffing levels of their facility were inadequate. The most concerning aged care sector issue for these survey respondents was having adequate staffing levels to meet the basic care needs of their patients.

Prevalence of carer status by demographic variables, by three time periods: Health Omnibus Survey,- 1994, 2004, 2014.

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.

Emergency department care 2016–17: Australian hospital statistics provides information on people who present at emergency departments in Australia, including who used services, why they used them, and how long they had to wait for care. Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

This report provides an overview of care provided in public hospital emergency departments in Australia. Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

This is a machine-readable file containing a summary of Young Carers (aged under 25) receiving Carer Payment and Carer Allowance, by 2011 Statistical Area 3 for use in National Map.

Please see the DSS Demographic Data for Young Carers available here (https://data.gov.au/dataset/dss-payment-demographic-data-for-young-carers) for details.

Please note, to maintain privacy and machine readability of the data in a machine readable format, values of one to five have been rounded up to five; zero has been kept as zero. Users should refer to the Excel publication (link above) for further information and data descriptions.

This data has been published to support the 2018 GovHack competition and is unlikely to be updated in future.

Please direct any enquiries about this data to data.requests@dss.gov.au

Australia Employment: Females: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data was reported at 507.192 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 498.066 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Females: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 200.762 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 510.866 Person th in Aug 2023 and a record low of 76.732 Person th in Nov 1984. Australia Employment: Females: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G023: Employment: by Sex and by Industry.

Crude & Age / Sex Standardised Prevalence Estimates of Adult Carers, South Australia 1994–2014.

Primary carers by relationship to main recipient of care and reasons for taking on caring role, Queensland, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022

Australia Employment: Part Time: Health Care & Social Assistance: Residential Care Services data was reported at 137.067 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 129.224 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Part Time: Health Care & Social Assistance: Residential Care Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 67.357 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 150.027 Person th in Aug 2018 and a record low of 29.153 Person th in Aug 1985. Australia Employment: Part Time: Health Care & Social Assistance: Residential Care Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G025: Employment: by Sex and by Industry: Part Time.

Carer status by age group, Queensland, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios of carers over three time periods by demographic variables: Health Omnibus Survey: 1994, 2004, 2014.

SA3 based data for Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability by Age by Sex, in Place of Enumeration Profile (PEP), 2016 Census. Count of persons aged 15 years and over who in the two weeks …Show full descriptionSA3 based data for Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability by Age by Sex, in Place of Enumeration Profile (PEP), 2016 Census. Count of persons aged 15 years and over who in the two weeks prior to Census night spent time providing unpaid care, help or assistance to family members or others because of a disability, a long-term health condition or problems related to old age. This includes people who are in receipt of a Carer Allowance or Carer Payment. It does not include work done through a voluntary organisation or group. The data is by SA3 2016 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. Note: There are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. For more information visit the data source: http://www.abs.gov.au/census. Copyright attribution: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Bureau of Statistics, (2017): ; accessed from AURIN on 12/3/2020. Licence type: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia (CC BY 2.5 AU)

GCCSA based data for Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability by Age by Sex, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of persons aged 15 years and over who in the two weeks prior to Census night spent time providing unpaid care, help or assistance to family members or others because of a disability, a long-term health condition or problems related to old age. This includes people who are in receipt of a Carer Allowance or Carer Payment. It does not include work done through a voluntary organisation or group. The data is by GCCSA 2016 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. Note: There are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. For more information visit the data source: http://www.abs.gov.au/census.

Australia/State/SA4/SA3/SA2 based data for Age by Sex, Basic Community Profile Table B22, for 2011 Census

This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the number of pet care services paid for in an average four weeks in Australia as of 2019, by gender. During the survey period, approximately *** thousand pet care services in an average four weeks in Australia were paid for by female respondents.