In 2022, the state in Australia which had the highest number of people with disabilities living there was New South Wales, in which approximately 1.5 million people were reported as having a disability. Contrastingly, it was calculated that the Northern Territory had only approximately 32,000 people living there with disabilities.

Revenue has skyrocketed over recent years as government funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has surged. Disability service providers have benefited greatly from new funding arrangements, as market-based arrangements support many people with disabilities across Australia. Some individuals receive NDIS support in addition to their Disability Support Pension or other disability payments, while others receive support for the first time under the scheme. Industry revenue is expected to have surged at an annualised 12.1% over the five years through 2024-25, to $48.7 billion. This includes an anticipated jump of 5.9% in 2024-25. Revenue growth over the past five years doesn’t include services offered by NDIS providers under other disability frameworks, like the National Disability Agreement. A substantial portion of the industry's expansion efforts has been due to heightened funding rather than a natural increase in demand. The pandemic had a minimal effect on the NDIS rollout since the service is deemed essential. However, boosted funding for healthcare in general post-pandemic, as the government shifts its priorities, has benefited NDIS providers. This funding shift has also lifted industrywide profitability. The industry is set to continue expanding in the coming years, although at a slower pace compared to historical growth. An increasing number of individuals are projected to enrol in the NDIS, driving up demand. However, the NDIS’s prolonged rollout is losing momentum, leading to decelerating growth. As more individuals sign up to the NDIS, providers will need to diversify and deliver services for more disabilities. Technological innovations are also set to provide more support for industry participants, particularly in the area of assistive technology. Revenue for NDIS providers is forecast to expand at an annualised 7.1% over the five years through 2029-30, to $68.6 billion.

Disability permit parking spaces are provided in the Brisbane City Council area to help people with limited mobility get in and out of their vehicles.Motorists are not permitted to stop in these spaces without displaying a valid Australian Disability Parking Scheme permit.For more information about Brisbane’s disability parking permits, please visit the Brisbane City Council website or phone Council’s Contact Centre on (07) 3403 8888.

The State Government has developed a free mobile phone app to help people with disability share and locate accessible parking spaces around South Australia. It provides information about the location and type of accessible car parks in both metropolitan and regional areas for about 70,000 permit holders in South Australia. Users can search for accessible parking spaces by postcode or address, and get descriptions of accessible spaces, including if they are metered. The .shp file has a map and shows the location, park level and space size of disability car parking spaces.

This dataset has been created by Brisbane City Council using The National Public Toilet Map website data sourced from the National Public Toilet Map dataset published on data.gov.au.

The National Public Toilet Map website shows the location of public and private public toilet facilities across Australia. The National Public Toilet Map data used in this dataset has been filtered to show toilets in the Brisbane City Council Local Government Area (LGA).

Information is provided about each toilet, such as location, availability of baby change rooms and accessibility for people with disabilities.

More information about The National Public Toilet Map can be found on The National Public Toilet Map website.

The Data and resources section of this dataset contains further information for this dataset.