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The Children and Young People Lens presents data on the wellbeing of children and young people, from conception to 25 years old, in the ACT.
The first release of the Children and Young People Lens has 49 measures using data from ACT and national sources, across 11 of the 12 domains of wellbeing. The measures are a mix of areas where children and young people are thriving and areas where they need more support.
Explore children and young people wellbeing
You can access the Children and Young People Lens [by clicking on the button below] to open the dashboard view, which reports on recent trends for each domain. Explore the data by selecting a domain of interest to see the individual measures.
This data will provide community and policy makers an evidence-base, helping to frame discussions, better our practices and target policies to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Some data is on topics such as child abuse, family violence and infant mortality. We understand some people may feel sad or upset when considering these issues. If this information causes distress, details on a wide range of support services are available on the Community Services website.
More children and young people information
Publicly releasing wellbeing data provides information to the whole community on the role we can all play to improve the healthy development and life choices of our children and young people.
The Children and Young People Lens delivers on our commitment to put wellbeing at the centre of decision-making and reporting.
To find out more on the Children and Young People Lens and future actions visit the Community Services website.
Future reports
We asked young people what mattered to them when bringing together the ACT Wellbeing Framework and the Children and Young People Lens. Young people told us they experience different challenges and barriers to adults. And we must recognise the range of different needs from babies and children through to young adults.
We will continue to build on this first release, working with community and young people to expand how wellbeing reflects their experiences.
Wellbeing datasets
Access the wellbeing datasets by visiting the Open Data Portal.
