Aged care packages in the community 2007–08
A statistical overview
October 2009

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009. Aged care packages in the community 2007–08: a statistical overview. Aged care statistics series no. 29. Cat. no. AGE 60. Canberra: AIHW.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Symbols
Summary
1	Introduction
2	Service outlets and provision ratios
2.1	Operational packages
2.2	Service outlet characteristics—location, size and sector
2.3	Occupancy
3	CACP recipients
3.1 Age and sex distribution
3.2 Younger care recipients (aged under 65 years)
3.3 Birthplace and preferred language
3.4 Usual residence status
3.5 Living arrangements
3.6 ‘Special needs’ groups
3.7 Admissions and separations
4	EACH recipients
4.1 Location
4.2 Age and sex distribution
4.3 Birthplace and preferred language
4.4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care recipients
4.5 Living arrangements
4.6 Carer status
4.7 Admissions and separations
5	EACH Dementia recipients
5.1 Location
5.2 Demographic characteristics
5.3 Carer status
5.4 Admissions and separations
6	Comparative statistics for CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia programs
Appendix 1: Additional tables
Appendix 2: Data sources and limitations
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures

Acknowledgments
This report was compiled by Evon Bowler. Contributions from a number of colleagues are gratefully acknowledged. Peter Braun, Ann Peut, Fadwa Al-Yaman and Penny Allbon of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provided comments and other assistance with the compilation of this report.
Thanks are also due to colleagues in the Ageing and Aged Care Division of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing for supplying the data behind this report and for making critical and helpful comments on drafts. 
Finally, thanks to the publishing team who arranged for the publication of the report.

Abbreviations
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAT	Aged Care Assessment Team
ASGC	Australian Standard Geographical Classification
ACCMIS 	Aged and Community Care Management Information System
CACP	Community Aged Care Package
EACH	Extended Aged Care at Home
EACHD	Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia
FDP	Financially disadvantaged person
HACC 	Home and Community Care

Symbols
—	zero or rounded to zero
. .	not applicable
n.p.	not published
n.a.	not available
<	less than
Summary
Community care packages help people who are eligible for entry into residential aged care to stay in the community, by providing them with help in their own homes. There are three types of packages covered in this report: Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) for people with low-care needs, Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) packages for people with high-care needs and the more flexible EACH Dementia packages for people with behavioural problems or psychological symptoms associated with dementia.
Increased availability, especially for people with dementia
The EACH and EACH Dementia programs were still small (4,244 and 1,996 operational packages) at 30 June 2008 compared to the CACP program (40,280) but were expanding rapidly. During 2007–08 there were 725 new EACH Dementia packages (an increase of 57%), 942 new EACH packages (an increase of 29%) and 2,283 new CACPs (an increase of 6%). 
Availability of high-care packages is more limited in Remote and Very remote areas. The new high-care packages included six new EACH packages in Remote areas and the first five EACH packages in Very remote areas. 
The Australian Government plans to increase the number of packages to 25 care packages per thousand by 2010–11, with 4 in 25 to be packages for people with high-care needs. By the end of 2007–08, there were 23.3 community care packages for every 1,000 people aged 70 and over, and 3.4 in every 25 were for people with high-care needs. 
How many people receive help from a community aged care package?
At 30 June 2008, almost 37,000 people were receiving help from a CACP, almost 3,900 people were getting help from an EACH package and around 1,600 people from an EACH Dementia package.
However, higher numbers of people received help from these packages over the course of the year: around 53,250 people received a CACP at some time during 2007–08, and around 5,900 people and 2,650 people received help from EACH and EACH Dementia packages respectively. 
Older overseas-born people used more community aged care services
People born in non-English-speaking countries made relatively high use of care package services compared to Australian-born and people born overseas in English-speaking countries. Combined care package use by people born in non-English-speaking countries was 21.7 per 1,000 for those aged 75–84 years and 58.2 per 1,000 for those 85 years or older, compared with 6.6 and 44.0 per 1,000 respectively for Australian-born care recipients and 15.7 and 46.5 per 1,000 respectively for people born overseas in English-speaking countries. The main non-English-speaking countries of birth for CACP recipients were Italy, Poland and the Netherlands.  
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ use of packages was highest
Use of packages by Indigenous Australians was higher than for overseas-born people from non-English-speaking countries. Usage by Indigenous people aged 65–74 years was 44.2 per 1,000 and 95.0 per 1,000 for those aged 75 and older. Overall, Indigenous people over 50 years used community aged care packages at over 3 times the rate of other Australians. 
1	Introduction
Community care has been a growing element of aged care for two decades, as a response to the preference of most people who need support to live at home in the community rather than moving to some form of institutional care. Although residential aged care and residential respite care continue to play a vital role in meeting the needs of older Australians, community care is becoming increasingly central to aged care provision. 
Most home and community-based services for older people are provided under the auspices of the Home and Community Care (HACC) program. This program is jointly funded by the Australian and state and territory governments. The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing reports annually on the provision of services through HACC, and the results are available on the department’s website at <www.health.gov.au>. Respite care services may also be provided by the Australian Government-funded National Respite Care Program, and Australian veterans may also access community care services through Veterans’ Home Care or other Department of Veterans’ Affairs programs. 
Older people who have been evaluated by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) and found to be eligible for residential aged care are also eligible for assistance provided by Australian Government-funded packaged care. There are three types of packages:
•	Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs). 
•	These are a significant and growing part of aged care provision in the community. They provide support services for older people with complex needs living at home who would otherwise be eligible for admission to low-level residential care. CACPs were initiated in 1992 as an Australian Government-funded program to provide an alternative to low-level residential aged care for older people living in the community. 
•	Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) packages. 
•	These packages deliver care at home equivalent to high-level residential care. The EACH program began as a pilot in 2000 with 300 clients in 10 areas. In 2002, EACH was established as an ongoing program, complementing CACPs and designed to provide an alternative to high-level residential aged care. 
•	Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia (EACH Dementia) packages. 
•	The EACH Program is very small and packages provide the equivalent of high-level residential care in the home, to frail older people who experience behaviours of concern and psychological symptoms associated with dementia. In 2005, the Australian Government made a commitment to provide 2,000 EACH Dementia packages over 4 years. The first EACH Dementia packages became operational in March 2006. By 30 June 2008 there were 1,996 operational EACH Dementia packages. 
Aged care services are also provided by Multi-purpose Services and by organisations receiving funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. The distinction between low-level and high-level residential aged care is discussed in a companion volume, entitled Residential aged care in Australia 2007–08. That publication reports on the provision of both permanent and respite residential aged care (AIHW 2009). 
Scope and data limitations
This report covers information derived from national administrative by-product data on aged care packages prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The tables in the report are compiled from the Department of Health and Ageing’s Aged and Community Care Management Information System (ACCMIS), which records administrative data related to the approval of services to care recipients and payment of care subsidies to service providers. The aim of this report is to highlight the characteristics of care recipients, and patterns of service provision. The data reported provide a summary of: 
•	growth trends over time to 30 June 2008 
•	provision of packages at 30 June 2008 
•	the number of outlets providing these services throughout Australia 
•	sociodemographic characteristics of recipients 
•	service provision for ‘special needs’ groups 
•	carer support arrangements for EACH and EACH Dementia package recipients 
•	the number of admissions and separations between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 for each program 
•	the separation mode and the duration of care received by those who no longer receive assistance from a package 
•	state and territory variations. 
Service-providing outlets are not required to routinely report information such as the type of assistance received by care recipients, their levels of dependency and carer support. With the exception of information on carer support for EACH and EACH Dementia recipients, this information is still not regularly available on a national basis. Initial information on the care recipient’s living arrangements and carer support status is derived from the care recipient’s ACAT assessment data. However, EACH and EACH Dementia service providers are expected to report on changes in carer support arrangements on their monthly subsidy claim forms, and these should reflect existing arrangements. For more information on data sources see Appendix 2. 
Aged care services provided by Multi-purpose Services and by organisations receiving funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program are funded for flexible delivery. While the number of approved packages funded in this way is included in tables 2.1 to 2.3 of this report, data is not available for reporting on the characteristics of recipients or providers of these forms of aged care services. 
Other relevant reports 
The Department of Health and Ageing collected data for a 2008 Community Care census between February and April 2008 (see <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/ publishing.nsf/Content/ageingcommunitycare-census-2007.htm>). When released, the report of this census will provide detailed information on recent service provision through the CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia programs as well as the National Respite for Carers Program (DoHA (forthcoming)). This census expands on the data from the CACP and EACH censuses carried out in late 2002 (AIHW 2004a, AIHW 2004b). 
For further background information on the CACP program, as well as earlier data on the use and provision of CACPs, refer to previous editions of this annual report (for example, AIHW 2008). 
National publications such as the biennial Australia’s welfare 2007 (AIHW 2007a) and Older Australia at a glance (AIHW 2007b) also report on selected aspects of the above programs. 
Community care is only one aspect of aged care service provision. The AIHW also publishes reports on the use of residential aged care in Australia (for example, AIHW 2009) and is currently doing research on care pathways in aged care. 
Structure of the report 
Section 2 of the report focuses on provision of packages in all three programs, and describes the characteristics of service providers. Section 3 outlines the characteristics of CACP recipients, and patterns of use in the CACP program. A profile of EACH recipients is provided in Section 4, which also outlines patterns of use in this program. EACH Dementia recipients are covered separately in Section 5, while Section 6 compares statistics on the characteristics of the care recipients for the three programs. Additional tables in Appendix 1 include a number of time series, while Appendix 2 provides information on data sources and limitations. 

2	Service outlets and provision ratios
2.1	Operational packages 
Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) were introduced in 1992 to provide a community alternative to low-level residential aged care. Following a pilot of high-care packages, the first ongoing Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) packages were introduced in 2002. EACH packages specifically designed for people with dementia (EACH Dementia packages) were introduced in 2006. It is worth noting that CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets may be part of the operations of a larger service group with an approved provider responsible for provision of more than one type of service, possibly including packages and residential aged care.
In February 2007, as part of the Securing the future of aged care for Australians initiative, the Australian Government announced that the target for aged care provision would increase from the existing target of 108 operational places and packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over to 113 by 2010–11. The community care component of this target increased from 20 to 25 places per 1,000, with 4 in every 25 community care packages to be high-care packages. This was the first time that the provision targets specified the proportion of high‑care community care packages to be provided. 
At 30 June 2008, there were 46,520 operational packages, including those provided by Multi-purpose Services and service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (Table 2.1). Of these, 3.4 in 25 packages were high-care packages. The combined operational provision ratio for CACPs, EACH and EACH Dementia packages at 30 June 2008 was 23.3 per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over (22.7 per 1,000 when including older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 50–69 years) (Table 2.2 and Figure 2.1). 
Figure 2.1: Service provision ratios, aged care packages in the community, 1995–2008
Stacked vertical bar chart showing ratio per 1000 persons aged 70+ on y-axis and years on 
x-axis.
The combined provision ratio per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over was lowest in Queensland at 22.2 and highest in the Northern Territory at 128.9. The higher level of provision in the Northern Territory is a consequence of the relatively large Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population and their greater need for these services. If the population figures include Indigenous Australians aged 50–69 years as well as the general population aged 70 years and over, a different picture emerges. For the Northern Territory, the ratio of operational packages reduces from 128.9 to 65.2, whereas the aggregate Australian ratio only reduces from 23.3 to 22.7 (Table 2.2).  
The combined provision ratio per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over was highest in Very remote regions (104.4) and Remote regions (37.8). The provision ratio was lowest in Outer regional areas (20.4), while in Inner regional areas and Major cities it was 22.9 and 23.1, respectively (Table 2.2). 
Operational CACPs 
At 30 June 2008, the number of operational CACPs was 40,280 (Table 2.1). This was an increase of 2,283 during the 2007–08 financial year and 6% higher than the number of operational packages available at 30 June 2007. 
Provision of CACPs per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over increased to 20.1 at 30 June 2008 compared with 19.4 the previous year (Figure 2.1, Table 2.2).
Nearly all operational places (39,638 or 98%) are provided by mainstream CACP providers. However, there were 388 operational packages provided by 117 Multi-purpose Services, and 254 packages provided by 29 service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. Data is available on the number of these funded packages but not on care recipient or outlet characteristics. Therefore, only tables 2.1 to 2.3 in this section (those pertaining to provision numbers and provision ratios) include CACPs provided by Multi-purpose Services and service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. All other CACP statistics in this report include data on packages provided by mainstream outlets only.
Although the allocation of packages to states and territories is largely determined by the planning targets, the distribution of CACPs among states and territories generally reflects the distribution of the Australian population, with most packages available in New South Wales (34%) and Victoria (25%) (Table 2.3).
Most packages are available in Major cities (67%) and Inner regional areas (23%). The distribution of CACPs among Outer regional, Remote and Very remote areas was 8%, 2% and 2%, respectively (Table 2.3). 
Of the 40,280 CACPs offered at 30 June 2008, 39,638 were offered by 1,100 mainstream outlets throughout Australia. While not all of the 117 Multi-purpose Services and 29 service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program provided CACPs, 388 packages were provided by Multi-purpose Services and 254 packages by service providers receiving flexible funding. 
Operational EACH and EACH Dementia packages
While EACH and EACH Dementia are smaller programs, their availability has been increasing rapidly (Table 2.1). At 30 June 2008, there were:
•	4,244 operational EACH packages. This is an increase of 942 EACH packages, which is an additional 29% over the previous year. 
•	1,996 operational EACH Dementia packages, only four less than the 2,000 packages the Australian government was committed to providing by 2009. This increase of 725 operational packages represents an increase of 57% over number of packages available at 30 June 2007. 
The combined provision for EACH and EACH Dementia packages at 30 June 2008 was 3.1 per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over (3.0 when including Indigenous people aged 50–64 years) (Table 2.2). 
Availability of EACH and EACH Dementia packages was also concentrated mainly in Major cities (66% and 70%, respectively), and Inner regional areas (24% and 20%), with most of the remaining packages in Outer regional areas (Table 2.3). 
The first high-care packages for Very remote areas became available during 2007–08 when five EACH packages became operational. At 30 June 2008, there were 30 EACH packages in Remote areas, five in Very remote areas, and five EACH Dementia packages in Remote areas (Table 2.3). 
2.2	Service outlet characteristics—location, size and sector
CACP outlets
At 30 June 2008, 1,100 mainstream CACP service outlets were providing 39,638 packages throughout Australia. 
Nearly three-quarters of outlets (74%) were located in the three Australian states with the largest populations, namely New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. The Australian Capital Territory had the smallest share of outlets providing packages (1%) (Table 2.4). 
On average, there were 36 CACPs per mainstream outlet. However, the outlet size varied greatly across Australia. The majority of agencies were small, with 44% of outlets having between 1 and 20 packages, and 27% having between 21 and 40 packages (Table 2.5). In contrast, the proportion of very large outlets (more than 120 packages) was small (3%) and primarily located in the two largest states. There were 35 outlets with more than 120 care packages: 17 in Victoria, 10 in New South Wales, 3 in South Australia, 2 in Western Australia, 2 in the Australian Capital Territory and 1 in Queensland (Table 2.5). Only 4 of these were located outside Major city areas (Table 2.6).
Since 30 June 2000, there has been a small but steady increase in the proportion of larger outlets. In June 2000, there were 5 (1%) very large outlets (120 or more packages), which operated 4% of CACPs. At June 2008, there were 35 very large outlets (3%) delivering 13% of CACPs. This was coupled with a decrease in the proportion of smaller outlets. The proportion of outlets with 20 or fewer packages has decreased from 56% of outlets delivering 25% of packages to 44% of outlets delivering 15% of packages (Table A2).
Most CACP outlets (77%) operating in Remote areas and 98% in Very remote areas were small, having 20 packages or less. Nearly all outlets with more than 60 packages each were operating in areas of high population density, such as Major cities and Inner regional areas (Table 2.6). 
The religious or charitable sector operated 57% of CACP outlets, and the community-based sector operated another 20%, state and local governments ran 17% and the private (commercial) sector ran 6%. While the charitable and religious sectors operated between 50% and 70% of outlets in most states, (54%–66%), the local government sector operated the largest proportion (44%) in the Northern Territory. The community-based sector operated around 30% of outlets in the Northern Territory and Tasmania (Table 2.7).
EACH and EACH Dementia outlets
The EACH and the EACH Dementia programs are much smaller than the CACP program. However, the number of EACH outlets increased from 205 to 266 during 2007–08 with 4,244 operational packages, while the number of EACH Dementia outlets increased from 111 to 187 with 1,996 packages (tables 2.3 and 2.4). 
The state/territory distribution for providers of these programs is similar to that for CACP service outlets (tables 2.3 and 2.4). 
On average, there were 16 EACH packages per outlet. The majority of outlets (78%) offered between 1 and 20 packages. There were 46 outlets (17%) providing between 21 and 40 packages, 9 outlets (3%) providing between 41 and 60 packages and 3 outlets (1%) providing between 61 and 80 EACH packages (tables 2.3 and 2.5). Nearly 58% of outlets were located in Major cities and 29% in Inner regional areas. In 2007–08, the number of Remote outlets increased from 3 to 5 and the number of Remote EACH packages from 24 to 30 packages. One EACH outlet operated a small number of packages in Very remote areas of the Northern Territory (tables 2.3 and 2.6). 
For EACH Dementia, there was an average of 11 packages per outlet. The majority of outlets (92%) provided 20 or fewer packages, and 8% provided 21–40 packages. Only one outlet, located in WA, provided more than 40 EACH Dementia packages (tables 2.1, 2.4 and 2.6). 
Around three-quarters of EACH and EACH Dementia service outlets (74% and 80%, respectively) were operated by the religious or charitable sector. Thirteen per cent of EACH outlets and 10% of EACH Dementia outlets were run by community-based organisations. Private-for-profit organisations operated 7% of EACH and 6% of EACH Dementia outlets. There were state operated outlets in Victoria (8 EACH and 3 EACH Dementia outlets) and Tasmania (1 EACH Dementia outlet) only (Table 2.7).
2.3	Occupancy
The overall average annual occupancy rate for CACPs and EACH is similar to those observed in 2006–07. 
Australia-wide, the occupancy rate was 93% for CACPs. State and territory occupancy rates ranged from 84% in Queensland to 97% in Tasmania. The rate was highest in Major cities, Inner regional and Outer regional areas (93%, 94% and 93%, respectively). It was 87% in Remote areas and 85% in Very remote areas (Table 2.8). 
For EACH packages, the national occupancy rate was 89%. State and territory occupancy rates ranged from 78% in Western Australia to 96% in Victoria, reflecting the predominance of places in Major cities, Inner and Outer regional areas. Average occupancy in Remote areas was 67%, and 31% in Very remote areas where there were still two unfilled places at 30 June 2008. 
For EACH Dementia packages, where the availability of packages is increasing very rapidly, the national occupancy rate was 76%, ranging from 65% in Western Australia to 85% in Victoria. The occupancy rate was highest for the 5 Remote EACH Dementia places (95%), and ranged from 74% to 79% for other areas (tables 2.3 and 2.8). 

Table 2.1: CACPs and EACH packages, by state/territory(a), 30 June 1992 to 30 June 2008
	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
CACPs										
1992	68	25	10	12	120	—	—	—	235	
1993	138	82	54	26	150	20	—	—	470	
1994	291	313	253	81	224	43	20	2	1,227	
1995	834	640	443	210	285	98	25	7	2,542	
1996	1,517	1,104	731	383	468	160	47	21	4,431	
1997	2,199	1,369	1,027	538	634	228	84	45	6,124	
1998	3,538	2,314	1,728	822	989	378	168	109	10,046	
1999	4,685	3,323	2,440	1,161	1,258	450	266	170	13,753	
2000(b)	6,337	4,517	3,163	1,571	1,636	584	308	193	18,309	
2001(b)	8,626	5,974	4,155	2,278	2,270	679	336	312	24,630	
2002(b)	9,267	6,571	4,338	2,251	2,460	728	362	448	26,425	
2003(b)	9,628	7,119	4,455	2,375	2,611	810	372	511	27,881	
2004(b)	9,955	7,438	4,626	2,442	2,725	856	391	615	29,048	
2005(b)	10,663	7,959	5,033	2,553	2,841	896	426	602	30,973	
2006(b)	11,935	9,116	5,978	3,094	3,184	973	466	637	35,383	
2007(b)	12,676	9,742	6,644	3,409	3,351	1,023	499	653	37,997	
2008(b)	13,568	10,214	7,072	3,630	3,523	1,071	529	673	40,280	
EACH packages									
2002	66	—	—	75	—	—	30	—	171	
2003	66	84	—	75	—	—	30	—	255	
2004	249	249	134	75	77	25	30	21	860	
2005	564	463	195	155	155	50	50	41	1,673	
2006	816	720	424	205	230	55	70	60	2,580	
2007	1,083	882	527	292	286	75	87	70	3,302	
2008(b)	1,415	1,106	667	406	345	112	110	83	4,244	
EACH Dementia packages								
2006	174	166	115	48	58	15	15	10	601	
2007	439	326	231	76	111	38	30	20	1,271	
2008(b)	675	497	346	174	169	60	45	30	1,996	
(continued)

Table 2.1 (continued): CACPs and EACH packages, by state/territory(a), 30 June 1992 to 30 June 2008
	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Combined									
1992	68	25	10	12	120	—	—	—	235	
1993	138	82	54	26	150	20	—	—	470	
1994	291	313	253	81	224	43	20	2	1,227	
1995	834	640	443	210	285	98	25	7	2,542	
1996	1,517	1,104	731	383	468	160	47	21	4,431	
1997	2,199	1,369	1,027	538	634	228	84	45	6,124	
1998	3,538	2,314	1,728	822	989	378	168	109	10,046	
1999	4,685	3,323	2,440	1,161	1,258	450	266	170	13,753	
2000(b)	6,337	4,517	3,163	1,571	1,636	584	308	193	18,309	
2001(b)	8,626	5,974	4,155	2,278	2,270	679	336	312	24,630	
2002(b)	9,333	6,571	4,338	2,326	2,460	728	392	448	26,596	
2003(b)	9,694	7,203	4,455	2,450	2,611	810	402	511	28,136	
2004(b)	10,204	7,687	4,760	2,517	2,802	881	421	636	29,908	
2005(b)	11,227	8,422	5,228	2,708	2,996	946	476	643	32,646	
2006(b)	12,925	10,002	6,517	3,347	3,472	1,043	551	707	38,564	
2007(b)	14,198	10,950	7,402	3,777	3,748	1,136	616	743	42,570	
2008(b)	15,658	11,817	8,085	4,210	4,037	1,243	684	786	46,520	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service.		
(b)	CACPs provided by Multi-purpose Services and service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy are included.		

Table 2.2: CACPs and EACH packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over by state/territory and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Total 
(70+)	Total 
(70+ and Indigenous population aged 50–69 years)	
CACPs	Ratio	
NSW	20.0	21.0	14.2	16.8	50.0	19.8	19.3	
Vic	20.6	19.4	14.1	20.0	. .	19.9	19.8	
Qld	18.8	16.9	21.3	34.9	84.6	19.4	18.7	
WA	20.4	14.4	22.0	45.2	36.0	20.3	19.5	
SA	19.2	26.4	15.5	16.4	66.7	19.8	19.5	
Tas	. .	23.3	13.0	45.7	50.0	20.4	19.7	
ACT	22.7	—	. .	. .	. .	22.6	22.3	
NT	. .	. .	51.3	130.8	336.7	110.3	55.8	
Australia	20.0	19.8	17.4	36.1	103.6	20.1	19.6	
EACH and EACH Dementia packages(b)	
NSW	3.1	3.1	3.0	—	—	3.0	3.0	
Vic	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.9	. .	3.1	3.1	
Qld	2.8	3.0	2.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.7	
WA	3.6	2.8	2.1	1.6	—	3.2	3.1	
SA	3.0	2.8	3.2	—	—	2.9	2.8	
Tas	. .	4.2	1.5	2.9	—	3.3	3.2	
ACT	6.7	—	. .	. .	. .	6.6	6.5	
NT	. .	. .	23.8	15.4	—	18.5	9.4	
Australia	3.2	3.1	3.0	1.7	0.8	3.1	3.0	
Combined (CACP, EACH & EACH Dementia)	
NSW	23.1	24.1	17.2	16.8	50.0	22.8	22.3	
Vic	23.8	22.5	16.9	22.9	. .	23.1	22.9	
Qld	21.7	20.0	23.6	35.6	86.4	22.2	21.4	
WA	23.9	17.2	24.1	46.8	36.0	23.6	22.7	
SA	22.2	29.2	18.7	16.4	66.7	22.7	22.4	
Tas	. .	27.5	14.5	48.6	50.0	23.7	22.8	
ACT	29.4	—	. .	. .	. .	29.2	28.8	
NT	. .	. .	75.1	146.2	336.7	128.9	65.2	
Australia	23.1	22.9	20.4	37.8	104.4	23.3	22.7	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.
(b)	Includes 1,996 EACH Dementia places.
Notes	
1.	These figures include CACPs provided by Multi-purpose Services and packages funded under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
2.	The remoteness population data used in the calculations is from the Report on Government Services 2009, Table 12A (SCRGSP 2009).
3.	The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 50–69 years uses ABS projections (ABS 2004).

Table 2.3: CACPs, EACH and EACH Dementia packages, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner
 regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All
 regions	
	Number	
CACPs							
NSW	9,284	3,449	768	52	15	13,568	
Vic	7,541	2,206	453	14	. .	10,214	
Qld	4,096	1,541	1,006	192	237	7,072	
WA	2,629	388	360	199	54	3,630	
SA	2,491	568	327	77	60	3,523	
Tas	. .	801	223	32	15	1,071	
ACT	529	. .	. .	. .	. .	529	
NT	. .	. .	200	170	303	673	
Australia	26,570	8,953	3,337	736	684	40,280	
EACH packages	
NSW	960	348	107	—	—	1,415	
Vic	788	246	70	2	. .	1,106	
Qld	378	206	74	4	5	667	
WA	325	54	20	7	—	406	
SA	255	49	41	—	—	345	
Tas	. .	107	3	2	—	112	
ACT	110	—	. .	. .	. . 	110	
NT	. .	. .	68	15	—	83	
Australia	2,816	1,010	383	30	5	4,244	
EACH Dementia packages	
NSW	466	156	53	—	—	675	
Vic	372	105	20	—	. .	497	
Qld	238	71	37	—	—	346	
WA	137	22	15	—	—	174	
SA	132	11	26	—	—	169	
Tas	. .	38	22	—	—	60	
ACT	45	—	. .	. .	. .	45	
NT	. .	. .	25	5	—	30	
Australia	1,390	403	198	5	—	1,996	
Combined (CACP, EACH & EACH Dementia)	
NSW	10,701	3,937	879	33	12	15,562	
Vic	8,632	2,554	532	16	. .	11,734	
Qld	4,712	1,818	1,076	146	223	7,975	
WA	3,091	459	284	181	34	4,049	
SA	2,878	628	389	63	20	3,978	
Tas	. .	913	235	34	2	1,184	
ACT	684	—	. .	. .	. .	684	
NT	. .	. .	293	159	260	712	
Australia	30,698	10,309	3,688	632	551	45,878	
(continued)

Table 2.3 (continued): CACPs, EACH and EACH Dementia packages, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All
regions	
	Per cent (column)	
CACPs							
NSW	34.9	38.5	23.0	7.1	2.2	33.7	
Vic	28.4	24.6	13.6	1.9	. .	25.4	
Qld	15.4	17.2	30.1	26.1	34.6	17.6	
WA	9.9	4.3	10.8	27.0	7.9	9.0	
SA	9.4	6.3	9.8	10.5	8.8	8.7	
Tas	. .	8.9	6.7	4.3	2.2	2.7	
ACT	2.0	—	. .	. .	. .	1.3	
NT	. .	. .	6.0	23.1	44.3	1.7	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH packages	
NSW	34.1	34.5	27.9	—	—	33.3	
Vic	28.0	24.4	18.3	6.7	. .	26.1	
Qld	13.4	20.4	19.3	13.3	—	15.7	
WA	11.5	5.3	5.2	23.3	—	9.6	
SA	9.1	4.9	10.7	—	—	8.1	
Tas	. .	10.6	0.8	6.7	—	2.6	
ACT	3.9	—	. .	. .	. .	2.6	
NT	. .	. .	17.8	50.0	—	2.0	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
EACH Dementia packages	
NSW	33.5	38.7	26.8	—	—	33.8	
Vic	26.8	26.1	10.1	—	. .	24.9	
Qld	17.1	17.6	18.7	—	—	17.3	
WA	9.9	5.5	7.6	—	—	8.7	
SA	9.5	2.7	13.1	—	—	8.5	
Tas	. .	9.4	11.1	—	—	3.0	
ACT	3.2	—	. .	. .	. .	2.3	
NT	. .	. .	12.6	100.0	—	1.5	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
Combined (CACP, EACH & EACH Dementia)				
NSW	34.9	38.2	23.8	5.2	2.2	33.9	
Vic	28.1	24.8	14.4	2.5	. .	25.6	
Qld	15.3	17.6	29.2	23.1	40.5	17.4	
WA	10.1	4.5	7.7	28.6	6.2	8.8	
SA	9.4	6.1	10.5	10.0	3.6	8.7	
Tas	. .	8.9	6.4	5.4	0.4	2.6	
ACT	2.2	—	. .	. .	. .	1.5	
NT	. .	. .	7.9	25.2	47.2	1.6	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(continued)

Table 2.3 (continued): CACPs, EACH and EACH Dementia packages, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Per cent (row)	
CACPs							
NSW	68.4	25.4	5.7	0.4	0.1	100.0	
Vic	73.8	21.6	4.4	0.1	. .	100.0	
Qld	57.9	21.8	14.2	2.7	3.4	100.0	
WA	72.4	10.7	9.9	5.5	1.5	100.0	
SA	70.7	16.1	9.3	2.2	1.7	100.0	
Tas	. .	74.8	20.8	3.0	1.4	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	29.7	25.3	45.0	100.0	
Australia	66.0	22.2	8.3	1.8	1.7	100.0	
EACH packages	
NSW	67.8	24.6	7.6	—	—	100.0	
Vic	71.2	22.2	6.3	0.2	. .	100.0	
Qld	56.7	30.9	11.1	0.6	0.7	100.0	
WA	80.0	13.3	4.9	1.7	—	100.0	
SA	73.9	14.2	11.9	—	—	100.0	
Tas	. .	95.5	2.7	1.8	—	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	81.9	18.1	—	100.0	
Australia	66.4	23.8	9.0	0.7	0.1	100.0	
EACH Dementia packages	
NSW	69.0	23.1	7.9	—	—	100.0	
Vic	74.8	21.1	4.0	—	. .	100.0	
Qld	68.8	20.5	10.7	—	—	100.0	
WA	78.7	12.6	8.6	—	—	100.0	
SA	78.1	6.5	15.4	—	—	100.0	
Tas	. .	63.3	36.7	—	—	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	83.3	16.7	—	100.0	
Australia	69.6	20.2	9.9	0.3	—	100.0	
Combined (CACP, EACH & EACH Dementia)	
NSW	68.8	25.3	5.6	0.2	0.1	100.0	
Vic	73.6	21.8	4.5	0.1	. .	100.0	
Qld	59.1	22.8	13.5	1.8	2.8	100.0	
WA	76.3	11.3	7.0	4.5	0.8	100.0	
SA	72.3	15.8	9.8	1.6	0.5	100.0	
Tas	. .	77.1	19.8	2.9	0.2	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	41.2	22.3	36.5	100.0	
Australia	66.9	22.5	8.0	1.4	1.2	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service. The table uses the ASGC Structure as developed by the ABS. 
Note: These figures include CACPs provided by Multi-purpose Services and places and packages funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.

Table 2.4: CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
CACP service providers	
NSW	179	100	34	2	1	316	
Vic	155	68	13	2	. .	238	
Qld	108	68	52	12	20	260	
WA	53	13	16	11	4	97	
SA	51	13	9	2	1	76	
Tas	. .	35	10	2	1	48	
ACT	11	—	. .	. . 	. .	11	
NT	. .	. .	9	12	33	54	
Australia	557	297	143	43	60	1,100	
EACH service providers	
NSW	52	30	8	—	—	90	
Vic	36	14	4	1	. .	55	
Qld	25	18	6	1	1	51	
WA	12	5	2	1	—	20	
SA	20	4	5	—	—	29	
Tas	. .	6	1	1	—	8	
ACT	8	—	. .	. .	. .	8	
NT	. .	. .	4	1	—	5	
Australia	153	77	30	5	1	266	
EACH Dementia service providers	
NSW	39	20	7	—	—	66	
Vic	27	10	2	—	. .	39	
Qld	19	6	4	—	—	29	
WA	6	3	3	—	—	12	
SA	17	2	5	—	—	24	
Tas	. .	4	4	—	—	8	
ACT	5	—	. .	. .	. . 	5	
NT	. .	. .	3	1	—	4	
Australia	113	45	28	1	—	187	
(continued)

Table 2.4 (continued): CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Per cent (column)	
CACP service providers	
NSW	32.1	33.7	23.8	4.7	1.7	28.7	
Vic	27.8	22.9	9.1	4.7	. .	21.6	
Qld	19.4	22.9	36.4	27.9	33.3	23.6	
WA	9.5	4.4	11.2	25.6	6.7	8.8	
SA	9.2	4.4	6.3	4.7	1.7	6.9	
Tas	. .	11.8	7.0	4.7	1.7	4.4	
ACT	2.0	—	. .	. .	. .	1.0	
NT	. .	. .	6.3	27.9	55.0	4.9	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH service providers	
NSW	34.0	39.0	26.7	—	—	33.8	
Vic	23.5	18.2	13.3	20.0	. .	20.7	
Qld	16.3	23.4	20.0	20.0	—	19.2	
WA	7.8	6.5	6.7	20.0	—	7.5	
SA	13.1	5.2	16.7	—	—	10.9	
Tas	. .	7.8	3.3	20.0	—	3.0	
ACT	5.2	—	. .	 . .	. . 	3.0	
NT	. .	. .	13.3	20.0	—	1.9	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
EACH Dementia service providers	
NSW	34.5	44.4	25.0	—	—	35.3	
Vic	23.9	22.2	7.1	—	. . 	20.9	
Qld	16.8	13.3	14.3	—	—	15.5	
WA	5.3	6.7	10.7	—	—	6.4	
SA	15.0	4.4	17.9	—	—	12.8	
Tas	. . 	8.9	14.3	—	—	4.3	
ACT	4.4	—	. . 	. . 	. . 	2.7	
NT	. . 	. . 	10.7	100.0	—	2.1	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
(continued)

Table 2.4 (continued): CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, state/territory by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Per cent (row)	
CACP service providers	
NSW	56.6	31.6	10.8	0.6	0.3	100.0	
Vic	65.1	28.6	5.5	0.8	. .	100.0	
Qld	41.5	26.2	20.0	4.6	7.7	100.0	
WA	54.6	13.4	16.5	11.3	4.1	100.0	
SA	67.1	17.1	11.8	2.6	1.3	100.0	
Tas	. .	72.9	20.8	4.2	2.1	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	16.7	22.2	61.1	100.0	
Australia	50.6	27.0	13.0	3.9	5.5	100.0	
EACH service providers	
NSW	57.8	33.3	8.9	—	—	100.0	
Vic	65.5	25.5	7.3	1.8	. .	100.0	
Qld	49.0	35.3	11.8	2.0	2.0	100.0	
WA	60.0	25.0	10.0	5.0	—	100.0	
SA	69.0	13.8	17.2	—	—	100.0	
Tas	. .	75.0	12.5	12.5	—	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	80.0	20.0	—	100.0	
Australia	57.5	28.9	11.3	1.9	0.4	100.0	
EACH Dementia service providers	
NSW	59.1	30.3	10.6	—	—	100.0	
Vic	69.2	25.6	5.1	—	. .	100.0	
Qld	65.5	20.7	13.8	—	—	100.0	
WA	50.0	25.0	25.0	—	—	100.0	
SA	70.8	8.3	20.8	—	—	100.0	
Tas	. .	50.0	50.0	—	—	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	75.0	25.0	—	100.0	
Australia	60.4	24.1	15.0	0.5	—	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS (ABS 2004). 

Table 2.5: CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, size by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Number of packages	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
CACPs	Number of outlets	
1–20	104	89	147	39	23	27	3	49	481	
21–40	93	67	61	28	20	19	3	4	295	
41–60	53	31	28	10	10	—	2	—	134	
61–80	22	17	18	10	13	2	1	1	84	
81–100	19	11	5	4	2	—	—	—	41	
101–120	15	6	—	4	5	—	—	—	30	
121+	10	17	1	2	3	—	2	—	35	
Total	316	238	260	97	76	48	11	54	1,100	
EACH packages	
1–20	69	37	46	15	25	5	7	4	208	
21–40	18	13	5	2	4	3	—	1	46	
41–60	2	4	—	2	—	—	1	—	9	
61–80	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	3	
Total	90	55	51	20	29	8	8	5	266	
EACH Dementia packages	
1–20	59	34	27	11	24	8	5	4	172	
21–40	7	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	14	
41–60	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	
Total	66	39	29	12	24	8	5	4	187	
	Per cent	
CACPs	
1–20	32.9	37.4	56.5	40.2	30.3	56.3	27.3	90.7	43.7	
21–40	29.4	28.2	23.5	28.9	26.3	39.6	27.3	7.4	26.8	
41–60	16.8	13.0	10.8	10.3	13.2	—	18.2	—	12.2	
61–80	7.0	7.1	6.9	10.3	17.1	4.2	9.1	1.9	7.6	
81–100	6.0	4.6	1.9	4.1	2.6	—	—	—	3.7	
101–120	4.7	2.5	—	4.1	6.6	—	—	—	2.7	
121+	3.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	3.9	—	18.2	—	3.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH packages	
1–20	76.7	67.3	90.2	75.0	86.2	62.5	87.5	80.0	78.2	
21–40	20.0	23.6	9.8	10.0	13.8	37.5	—	20.0	17.3	
41–60	2.2	7.3	—	10.0	—	—	12.5	—	3.4	
61–80	1.1	1.8	—	5.0	—	—	—	—	1.1	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH Dementia packages	
1–20	89.4	87.2	93.1	91.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	92.0	
21–40	10.6	12.8	6.9	—	—	—	—	—	7.5	
41–60	—	—	—	8.3	—	—	—	—	0.5	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service.
Note: Some service providers may provide more than one type of care.

Table 2.6: CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, size by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Number of packages	Major 
cities	Inner 
regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number of outlets	
CACPs							
1–20	154	147	88	33	59	481	
21–40	167	84	35	8	1	295	
41–60	89	32	11	2	—	134	
61–80	56	20	8	—	—	84	
81–100	34	7	—	—	—	41	
101–120	26	4	—	—	—	30	
121+	31	3	1	—	—	35	
Total	557	297	143	43	60	1100	
EACH	
1–20	112	65	25	5	1	208	
21–40	29	12	5	—	—	46	
41–60	9	—	—	—	—	9	
61–80	3	—	—	—	—	3	
Total	153	77	30	5	1	266	
EACH Dementia	
1–20	99	44	28	1	—	172	
21–40	13	1	—	—	—	14	
41–60	1	—	—	—	—	1	
Total	113	45	28	1	—	187	
	Per cent	
CACPs	
1–20	27.6	49.5	61.5	76.7	98.3	43.7	
21–40	30.0	28.3	24.5	18.6	1.7	26.8	
41–60	16.0	10.8	7.7	4.7	—	12.2	
61–80	10.1	6.7	5.6	—	—	7.6	
81–100	6.1	2.4	—	—	—	3.7	
101–120	4.7	1.3	—	—	—	2.7	
121+	5.6	1.0	0.7	—	—	3.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH packages	
1–20	73.2	84.4	83.3	100.0	—	78.2	
21–40	19.0	15.6	16.7	—	—	17.3	
41–60	5.9	—	—	—	—	3.4	
61–80	2.0	—	—	—	—	1.1	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
EACH Dementia packages	
1–20	87.6	97.8	100.0	100.0	—	92.0	
21–40	11.5	2.2	—	—	—	7.5	
41–60	0.9	—	—	—	—	0.5	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS (ABS 2004).
Note: Some service providers may provide more than one type of care.
Table 2.7: CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, organisation type by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Organisation type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
CACPs										
Charitable 	89	58	32	45	27	9	5	5	270	
Community based	67	49	53	9	10	15	3	16	222	
Local government 	19	23	24	10	2	1	—	24	103	
Private	21	8	16	8	3	3	1	2	62	
Religious	102	67	124	20	26	15	2	7	363	
State government 	18	33	11	5	8	5	—	—	80	
Total outlets	316	238	260	97	76	48	11	54	1,100	
EACH packages	
Charitable 	36	9	12	10	14	4	3	2	90	
Community based	14	6	4	1	6	1	2	—	34	
Local government 	2	3	—	1	1	—	—	—	7	
Private	11	1	2	2	1	2	—	1	20	
Religious	27	28	33	6	7	1	3	2	107	
State government 	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	
Total outlets	90	55	51	20	29	8	8	5	266	
EACH Dementia packages	
Charitable 	30	10	10	4	18	1	3	1	77	
Community based	7	5	3	—	3	—	1	—	19	
Local government 	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	3	
Private	6	—	1	2	1	1	—	1	12	
Religious	22	20	15	6	1	5	1	2	72	
State government 	—	3	—	—	—	1	—	—	4	
Total outlets	66	39	29	12	24	8	5	4	187	
(continued)

Table 2.7 (continued): CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, organisation type by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Organisation type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
CACPs	
Charitable 	28.2	24.4	12.3	46.4	35.5	18.8	45.5	9.3	24.5	
Community based	21.2	20.6	20.4	9.3	13.2	31.3	27.3	29.6	20.2	
Local government 	6.0	9.7	9.2	10.3	2.6	2.1	—	44.4	9.4	
Private	6.6	3.4	6.2	8.2	3.9	6.3	9.1	3.7	5.6	
Religious	32.3	28.2	47.7	20.6	34.2	31.3	18.2	13.0	33.0	
State government 	5.7	13.9	4.2	5.2	10.5	10.4	—	—	7.3	
Total outlets	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH packages	
Charitable 	40.0	16.4	23.5	50.0	48.3	50.0	37.5	40.0	33.8	
Community based	15.6	10.9	7.8	5.0	20.7	12.5	25.0	—	12.8	
Local government 	2.2	5.5	—	5.0	3.4	—	—	—	2.6	
Private	12.2	1.8	3.9	10.0	3.4	25.0	—	20.0	7.5	
Religious	30.0	50.9	64.7	30.0	24.1	12.5	37.5	40.0	40.2	
State government 	—	14.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	
Total outlets	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
EACH Dementia packages	
Charitable 	45.5	25.6	34.5	33.3	75.0	12.5	60.0	25.0	41.2	
Community based	10.6	12.8	10.3	—	12.5	—	20.0	—	10.2	
Local government 	1.5	2.6	—	—	4.2	—	—	—	1.6	
Private	9.1	—	3.4	16.7	4.2	12.5	—	25.0	6.4	
Religious	33.3	51.3	51.7	50.0	4.2	62.5	20.0	50.0	38.5	
State government 	—	7.7	—	—	—	12.5	—	—	2.1	
Total outlets	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet.

Table 2.8: Average occupancy rate(a) for CACPs, EACH packages and EACH Dementia packages, by state/territory and remoteness(b), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (per cent)
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
CACPs	
NSW	94.9	93.4	95.2	90.6	95.4	94.6	
Vic	96.2	95.5	93.3	52.1	. .	95.9	
Qld	82.4	87.9	90.5	70.5	71.2	84.2	
WA	87.9	94.4	94.9	98.8	78.9	89.6	
SA	95.6	98.8	92.5	96.6	83.6	95.8	
Tas	. .	98.1	94.7	98.3	100.0	97.4	
ACT	92.4	. .	. .	. .	. .	92.4	
NT	. .	. .	98.5	84.8	95.9	94.2	
Australia	92.7	93.8	93.3	87.0	85.1	92.8	
EACH packages	
NSW	87.9	88.0	93.4	—	—	88.4	
Vic	96.2	95.6	87.6	50.0	. .	95.6	
Qld	84.1	83.0	88.7	23.2	31.0	83.6	
WA	77.0	89.6	58.9	68.0	—	77.6	
SA	95.0	99.2	82.6	—	—	94.2	
Tas	. .	82.2	88.5	59.9	—	82.2	
ACT	91.1	. .	. .	. .	. .	91.1	
NT	. .	. .	78.5	78.8	—	78.5	
Australia	89.4	88.8	85.5	67.0	31.0	88.7	
EACH Dementia packages	
NSW	74.5	74.0	90.1	—	—	75.5	
Vic	89.0	69.8	94.8	—	. .	85.0	
Qld	62.0	74.6	72.4	—	—	65.5	
WA	66.3	49.7	73.1	—	—	65.2	
SA	76.3	86.0	87.7	—	—	78.6	
Tas	. .	93.9	60.0	—	—	82.2	
ACT	76.5	. .	. .	. .	. .	76.5	
NT	. .	. .	66.9	94.5	—	72.1	
Australia	75.5	74.3	78.7	94.5	—	75.6	
(a)	The average rate= (The sum of days packages were filled during the period/The sum of available places in the period)*100, for each cell, where / represents division and * represents multiplication.
(b)	Refers to the location of the service. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.
Note: Occupancy rates should be viewed in conjunction with the number of places available (see Table 2.3). Low occupancy rates can translate to small numbers of vacant places in areas where the number of places is small. In addition, occupancy rates can be expected to be lower in areas where packages have recently been allocated and the rate of increase in the number of packages is rapid. 
3	CACP recipients
In 2007–08, 53,247 individuals who were eligible to receive low-level residential aged care received assistance from 39,638 mainstream operational CACPs, which helped them remain in the community (tables 3.1, A1 and A9). Of these, 36,973 were receiving assistance at 30 June 2008.
3.1 Age and sex distribution
The majority of the 36,973 CACP recipients at 30 June 2008 were aged 80 years and over (65%) compared with 59% at 30 June 2000. Those aged 90 years and over accounted for 16% of package recipients. Female recipients predominated in absolute numbers (26,184), with 10,789 male recipients (Table 3.1). Female recipients at 30 June 2008 accounted for 62% of recipients aged less than 50 years and 74% aged 85 years and over. They tended to be older than their male counterparts, with a median age of 84 years compared with 82 years for men (Table A4 and Figure 3. 1). Of total clients, 59% were women aged 75 years and over. 
Figure 3. 1: Age and sex profile of CACP recipients, 30 June 2008
Horizontal bar chart showing age groups on y-axis and per cent of recipients (male and female) on x-axis.

When compared with care recipients in the other states and the Australian Capital Territory, those in the Northern Territory had the youngest age profile, with a median age of 72 years and 39% being under 70 years. The Australian Capital Territory had the highest median age (84 years). The median age for all other states was 83 years. Tasmania had the lowest percentage of younger care recipients (7% under 70 years) (Table 3.1). 
Over the 9 years to 2007–08, the proportion of all care recipients aged 70–79 decreased from 29% to 24%, while the proportion of those aged 80 years and over increased from 59% to 66%. However, in the individual age groups, the strongest growth was in those aged 90 years and over (from 12% to 16%), and the largest decrease was in the 75–79 year age group (from 18% to 16%). Over most of this period the 80–84 year age group has been the largest 5-year age group (24% to 25% compared with 22% to 24%). However, at 30 June 2008 both the 80–84 and 85–89 year age groups each accounted for 25% of the care recipients (tables 3.1 and A3). 
3.2 Younger care recipients (aged under 65 years)
The main aim of the CACP program is to help older people in the community who have complex care needs. The Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement, with a primary target group of people aged less than 65 years, is the main source of assistance for younger people with disabilities. Except for Indigenous people aged 50 years or older, this group can only get help through a care package if their care needs fit the criteria of the program and there are no other appropriate services operating in their area (DoHA 2007). Consequently, it is uncommon for younger people with disability to use the program; just over 5% of care recipients were aged less than 65 years, and 0.4% were aged less than 50 years (Table 3.1). 
A higher proportion of male recipients were aged under 65 years (7%) compared with females (4%), although in absolute numbers, younger females outnumbered younger male clients (1,054 females compared with 774 males) (Figure 3. 1; Table 3.1). 
Of younger care recipients, 25% identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, a group who more commonly access aged care services at younger ages than the rest of the population (see Table 3.10). 
3.3 Birthplace and preferred language
Birthplace and preferred language were recorded for almost all CACP recipients. Of those who reported their birthplace, about 3 in 10 were born overseas (34%). Clients born in the United Kingdom and Ireland accounted for 10% of care recipients. About 3% were born in North and West Europe, while 12% were born in South/East Europe. People born in Asia accounted for 4% of care recipients (Table 3.4). The top three non-English-speaking countries of birth were Italy (4%), Poland (4%) and the Netherlands (2%) (Table A7). 
The composition of care recipients by country of birth also varied among states and territories (Table 3.4). In Western Australia, people born overseas made up 45% of recipients while in the Australian Capital Territory 38% were born overseas. In contrast, only 14% and 27% of recipients from the Northern Territory and Tasmania, respectively, were born overseas. In most states and territories, the largest group of overseas-born recipients were from either South/East European countries or the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Tasmania, most overseas-born recipients were from North and West Europe and the United Kingdom and Ireland. 
Nationally, 84% of all responding care recipients indicated that English was their preferred language, and 11% preferred another European language. Australian Indigenous languages accounted for 1% of preferred languages of all respondents (Table 3.5). 
3.4 Usual residence status
Of the 35,998 care recipients who reported their usual residence status at the time of application for a CACP, the majority (67%) were home owners or purchasers. Those who lived in public rental housing made up 12% and those who lived in a private rental property or were boarding or lodging accounted for 7% (Table 3.6). 
The Northern Territory stood out from the other states and territories, with 34% of all responding care recipients indicating public rental housing as their usual residence, with the next highest being the Australian Capital Territory at 18%. While care should be taken when interpreting these figures because of the small number of recipients in both territories, these proportions are consistent with those reported in recent years. 
3.5 Living arrangements
The question that care recipients were asked in relation to their living arrangements at the time of application for a package was: ‘With whom do you normally live?’. Of those for whom a response was recorded, a large proportion normally lived alone (54%) or with family (42%). In contrast to care recipients in most states, 65% in the Northern Territory lived with family, and 26% lived alone (Table 3.7). 
3.6 ‘Special needs’ groups
There are particular groups of older Australians who are more likely to be disadvantaged in accessing aged care services compared with older Australians in general. These groups are defined by the Aged Care Act 1997 as ‘special needs’ groups, which include those who live in rural or remote areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people born overseas in countries where English is not the main language spoken, people with personal financial hardship, homeless people and veterans. One of the Australian Government’s objectives is to promote equitable access to the CACP program for these groups. 
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care recipients
In total, 1,275 care recipients were identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander at 30 June 2008, making up 3.4% of identified recipients. There were 59 (0.2%) recipients whose Indigenous status was unknown or not stated. 
In the Northern Territory, 61% of care recipients identified as being Indigenous Australians. Western Australia had the next highest proportion at 5.8%. The proportions reported in other jurisdictions ranged from 1.2% in Victoria to 4.5% in the Australian Capital Territory (Table 3.8). 
As shown in Table 3.9, Remote and Very remote areas of Australia combined had a high proportion (40%) of Indigenous care recipients at 30 June 2008. A further 20% lived in Outer regional areas. The remaining Indigenous care recipients lived in Major cities (17%) and Inner regional areas (23%). 
The age profile of this subgroup is considerably younger than that of the general population of care recipients (Figure 3), with 4% aged under 50 years, 51% aged between 50 and 69 years, and 45% aged 70 years and over (compared with 0.4%, 8% and 91%, respectively, for other Australian care recipients). The median age of Indigenous recipients was 68 years, compared with 83 years for other Australians (Table 3.10). 
There were 254 packages provided to Indigenous care recipients by service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. No further data are available on the characteristics of recipients receiving packages under the strategy. It is probable that a large proportion of the 388 packages available from Multi-purpose Services were also used by Indigenous clients. However, further detail is not available for this report. 
Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Indigenous population projections (ABS 2004), the ratio of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples receiving CACPs, including those receiving packages under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, was 25.8 per 1,000 Indigenous persons aged 50 years and over at 30 June 2008. 

Figure 3.2: Age profile of Indigenous and other Australian CACP recipients, 30 June 2008
Vertical bar chart showing per cent of recipients on y-axis and age groups on x-axis.

Age-specific usage rates are an important element in understanding service use by Indigenous recipients. Table 3.11 shows usage rates for Indigenous care recipients receiving assistance from mainstream service providers by age and sex. At 30 June 2008, the rate of Indigenous Australians receiving packages was 36.9 per 1,000 Indigenous persons aged 
65–69 years, 50.2 per 1,000 aged 70–74 years, and 90.4 per 1,000 persons aged 75 years and over. The comparable figures for other Australians were 2.1, 4.5 and 22.2 per 1,000, respectively. 
The proportion of care recipients identified as Indigenous increased from 2.6% of mainstream care recipients in 2000 to 4.0% in 2004, and was 3.4% at 30 June 2008. When including packages provided under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, the proportion was 3.0% in 2000, 4.7% in 2005, and 4.1% at 30 June 2008 (Table A5).
Care recipients from non-English-speaking countries 
For the purposes of this report, people who were born overseas in countries where English is not the main language spoken are defined as those who were born in countries other than Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United States of America, Canada and South Africa. Overall, there were 7,941 people who fit this definition and who were receiving packages at 30 June 2008, which accounted for 21% of care recipients (Table 3.12). 
Based on AIHW projections of ABS-estimated resident population by country of birth, it was estimated that 14.7 per 1,000 Australian-born people aged 75–84 years and 39.2 per 1,000 aged 85 years and over were using CACPs at 30 June 2008. The corresponding rates for English‑speaking people who were born overseas were 13.6 and 41.3, respectively, whereas the corresponding rates for people born overseas in countries where English is not the main language were higher, at 18.7 and 50.0 per 1,000 persons (Table 3.13). 
Despite the fact that usage of CACPs was higher for older people in this group, the proportion of care recipients who were born overseas in countries where English was not the main language spoken decreased from 25% at 30 June 2000 to 21% at 30 June 2008. The proportion born overseas in English-speaking countries also decreased from 16% to 11%. Over the same period the proportion of Australian-born recipients increased from 59% to 68% of CACP recipients (Table A6). 
Care recipients in financial hardship
For the purposes of the CACP program, a person in financial hardship is defined as someone ‘who did not own a home in the 2 years before the reference time; and at the reference time was in receipt of the maximum basic rate of pension or benefit’. The conditions of allocation of packages may require priority of access for people who are financially and socially disadvantaged, and the proportion of packages subject to this requirement are specified in the service providers’ formal contracts (DoHA 2007). The specified proportion of allocations varies from region to region, depending mainly on the existing service provision levels in the region where the outlet is located. 
The financial hardship status of care recipients by state is presented in Table 3.14 and for each remoteness category in Table 3.15. Financial hardship status was reported for 68% of recipients. Of those for whom financial hardship status was reported, 35% were in financial hardship and 65% were not. 
The proportion of care recipients identified as being in financial hardship for each state and territory is poorly reported, with the financial hardship status of 11,710 recipients (32%) unknown. Consequently, these figures should be treated with great caution. The completeness of this information varies considerably across jurisdictions (from 13% missing data for South Australia to 52% for the Northern Territory). Financial disadvantage is usually reported as part of the outlets’ subsidy claim forms and recorded in the ACCMIS database used to produce this publication, although there is provision for disadvantage to be reported by other means. 
The high level of missing information in this database means that it is difficult to assess whether targets for providing service to financially disadvantaged clients have been met. This year the targets have clearly been met in Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania, while it is likely that targets have also been met in Queensland as the number of clients who were financially disadvantaged was only 200 short of the state target and the status of nearly 2,600 clients was not stated (tables 3.16 and 3.14). 
Information on home ownership is also relevant, as the definition of financial hardship states that the care recipients who owned their own home in the last 2 years are not considered to be in financial hardship. Usual accommodation details recorded at an ACAP assessment records whether the person is living in private accommodation that they own or are purchasing. This can be used to identify additional recipients who are not in financial hardship but cannot identify people who are. Also, the information on home ownership is not updated, so this method is only useful in assessing the status of people who recently started receiving assistance. (An assessment resulting in provision of a CACP must be carried out in the previous 12 months.)  
Table 3.17 estimates the status of people who took up a package within the last two years. Those who took up a package in 2006–07 and owned a home at that time are less likely to be in financial hardship and are classed here as probably not financially disadvantaged, while those who took up a package in 2007–08 and owned a home at the time of assessment were not in hardship, according to the definition. This method reduces the unknown data to 17% (previously 32%) ranging from 37% for the Northern Territory to 7% for South Australia.
Overall, 10,080 packages (25%) were allocated for people in financial hardship (Table 3.16), with the Northern Territory also having the highest proportion of such packages (67%), which was at least twice the proportion for any other state or territory. 
For almost all of the outlets providing CACPs at 30 June 2008 (97% of 1,100 outlets), the target set for provision to care recipients in financial hardship was at least 10% of their total packages, with the majority (79%) having a target of between 11% and 30% (Table 3.18). There were 80 outlets (7%) whose target was 90% or more of their care packages for recipients in financial hardship. The Northern Territory was the most exceptional case with 13% of the outlets having a target of more than 90%, and 11% with a target of 81–90%, making a total of 24% with a target of at least 80%. In addition, all Northern Territory outlets had a target of over 50%. This reflects the higher proportion of people identified as being in financial hardship in the Northern Territory. Victoria and Tasmania also had high proportions of outlets with a target in excess of 90% (both 13%), but both states had no outlets with a target between 51% and 90% (Table 3.18). Of outlets in New South Wales, 8% had a target of more than 80%. Outlets in Remote and Very remote regions were more likely than others to have targets of 80% or more for recipients in financial hardship (Table 3.19).
The Community Aged Care Packages census 2002 (AIHW 2004a) provided information on the financial hardship status of CACP recipients at that time; 31% were reported to be in financial hardship. A second census of care packages was carried out in 2008 and will provide more complete and up to date information on the financial disadvantage of 2008 CACP recipients (DoHA (forthcoming)).
Care recipients in Outer regional and Remote areas
As shown in Table 3.2, 3,882 CACP recipients lived in Outer regional, Remote and Very remote areas of Australia combined. This number accounted for 10% of all care recipients at 30 June 2008 (8% in Outer regional areas and 3% in Remote and Very remote areas combined) (Table 3.3). The age profile for care recipients in these regions was younger than for those in Major cities and Inner regional areas. The median age ranged from 83 years in Major cities to 72 years in Very remote areas (Table 3.2). Twenty-one per cent of recipients in Outer regional, Remote or Very remote areas combined were under the age of 70 years, compared with 8% and 12% in Major cities and Inner regional areas, respectively. This difference in the age profile is more marked when recipients in Very remote areas are viewed separately, where 40% of recipients were aged less than 70 years. The age profile in Remote and Very remote areas is likely to be influenced by the younger age profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care recipients, who made up 36% of recipients in Remote areas and 71% in Very remote areas (Table 3.9).
3.7 Admissions and separations
Between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, there were 19,911 admissions to a CACP, and 17,816 separations (tables 3.20 and 3.21). 
The majority of admissions (83%) were for people aged 75 years and over, and more than two‑thirds were for females, (32% for males). 
Over the period from 1999–00 to 2007–08, the age of admission has increased, with the proportion of people aged 80 years and over increasing from 57% in 1999–00 to 65% in 
2007–08 (Table A8).
Among those who stopped receiving assistance from a CACP provider between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, the main reasons reported were that care recipients either left to go to a residential aged care service (46%) or died (17%). A small proportion left to be admitted to a hospital (4%) or to move to another CACP service provider (8%) (Table 3.21). 
This pattern of completed care episodes is consistent across most states and territories. However, the Northern Territory is an exception, with a lower proportion moving to a residential aged care service (18%) and a higher proportion of deaths (27%). The Northern Territory also had a higher percentage moving to another CACP provider (17%) or being discharged to hospital (8%). Care must be taken in interpreting results for the Northern Territory, however, given the small number of separations involved (192). 
The proportion of men who left to go to a residential aged care service was somewhat lower (43% of separations involving men) than for women (47%). Conversely, there was a higher proportion of deaths among men (22%) than among women (15%). 
For separations from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, 17% received care for less than 3 months from a service provider before leaving, 33% for 3 months to 1 year, 23% between 1 and 2 years, and 16% between 2 and 4 years (Table 3.22). The number who received care for more than 4 years from the same service outlet accounted for 11%, compared with 9% in 2004–05. 
The relationship between length of stay and reasons for separations was also considered (Table 3.23). There does not seem to be a strong correlation between length of stay and reason for separation; however, very short stay (less than 4 weeks) care recipients were less likely to leave a package and enter residential care than longer stay recipients, and those with a length of stay greater than 2 years were slightly more likely to have died. Care recipients whose reason for leaving was recorded as ‘Other’ were more likely to have stayed for less than 3 months (27%) than other recipients (14%).

 Table 3.1: CACP recipients, age by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
 	Number	
Females	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	24	21	31	2	4	—	—	8	90	
50–54	39	36	28	5	6	1	—	11	126	
55–59	78	66	59	22	15	1	6	28	275	
60–64	161	162	111	41	40	8	9	31	563	
65–69 	365	375	183	84	102	35	16	52	1,212	
70–74 	739	611	322	161	154	63	18	63	2,131	
75–79 	1,399	1,099	599	330	382	113	36	54	4,012	
80–84 	2,400	1,721	1,016	538	640	174	95	50	6,634	
85–89 	2,502	1,619	1,069	533	667	213	107	28	6,738	
90–94 	1,291	765	613	311	308	110	60	15	3,473	
95+	345	199	166	83	90	43	3	1	930	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	14	13	17	4	3	—	1	3	55	
50–54	38	37	21	11	10	—	3	8	128	
55–59	48	62	30	25	18	1	1	19	204	
60–64	92	119	73	39	23	9	4	28	387	
65–69 	212	253	115	69	57	15	9	31	761	
70–74 	311	337	155	103	76	21	14	40	1,057	
75–79 	557	531	260	159	147	49	14	42	1,759	
80–84 	861	728	411	210	245	55	40	26	2,576	
85–89 	804	670	422	181	214	51	33	14	2,389	
90–94 	447	282	191	89	123	26	16	3	1,177	
95+	87	74	59	34	27	8	5	2	296	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	38	34	48	6	7	—	1	11	145	
50–54	77	73	49	16	16	1	3	19	254	
55–59	126	128	89	47	33	2	7	47	479	
60–64	253	281	184	80	63	17	13	59	950	
65–69 	577	628	298	153	159	50	25	83	1,973	
70–74 	1,050	948	477	264	230	84	32	103	3,188	
75–79 	1,956	1,630	859	489	529	162	50	96	5,771	
80–84 	3,261	2,449	1,427	748	885	229	135	76	9,210	
85–89 	3,306	2,289	1,491	714	881	264	140	42	9,127	
90–94 	1,738	1,047	804	400	431	136	76	18	4,650	
95+	432	273	225	117	117	51	8	3	1,226	
Total	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(continued)	

Table 3.1 (continued): CACP recipients, age by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
 	Per cent	
Females	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.2	—	—	2.3	0.3	
50–54	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	—	3.2	0.5	
55–59	0.8	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	8.2	1.1	
60–64	1.7	2.4	2.6	1.9	1.7	1.1	2.6	9.1	2.2	
65–69 	3.9	5.6	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.6	4.6	15.2	4.6	
70–74 	7.9	9.2	7.7	7.6	6.4	8.3	5.1	18.5	8.1	
75–79 	15.0	16.5	14.3	15.6	15.9	14.8	10.3	15.8	15.3	
80–84 	25.7	25.8	24.2	25.5	26.6	22.9	27.1	14.7	25.3	
85–89 	26.8	24.3	25.5	25.3	27.7	28.0	30.6	8.2	25.7	
90–94 	13.8	11.5	14.6	14.7	12.8	14.5	17.1	4.4	13.3	
95+	3.7	3.0	4.0	3.9	3.7	5.7	0.9	0.3	3.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.3	—	0.7	1.4	0.5	
50–54	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	—	2.1	3.7	1.2	
55–59	1.4	2.0	1.7	2.7	1.9	0.4	0.7	8.8	1.9	
60–64	2.7	3.8	4.2	4.2	2.4	3.8	2.9	13.0	3.6	
65–69 	6.1	8.1	6.6	7.5	6.0	6.4	6.4	14.4	7.1	
70–74 	9.0	10.8	8.8	11.1	8.1	8.9	10.0	18.5	9.8	
75–79 	16.0	17.1	14.8	17.2	15.6	20.9	10.0	19.4	16.3	
80–84 	24.8	23.4	23.4	22.7	26.0	23.4	28.6	12.0	23.9	
85–89 	23.2	21.6	24.1	19.6	22.7	21.7	23.6	6.5	22.1	
90–94 	12.9	9.1	10.9	9.6	13.0	11.1	11.4	1.4	10.9	
95+	2.5	2.4	3.4	3.7	2.9	3.4	3.6	0.9	2.7	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.2	—	0.2	2.0	0.4	
50–54	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	3.4	0.7	
55–59	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.4	8.4	1.3	
60–64	2.0	2.9	3.1	2.6	1.9	1.7	2.7	10.6	2.6	
65–69 	4.5	6.4	5.0	5.0	4.7	5.0	5.1	14.9	5.3	
70–74 	8.2	9.7	8.0	8.7	6.9	8.4	6.5	18.5	8.6	
75–79 	15.3	16.7	14.4	16.1	15.8	16.3	10.2	17.2	15.6	
80–84 	25.4	25.0	24.0	24.7	26.4	23.0	27.6	13.6	24.9	
85–89 	25.8	23.4	25.1	23.5	26.3	26.5	28.6	7.5	24.7	
90–94 	13.6	10.7	13.5	13.2	12.9	13.7	15.5	3.2	12.6	
95+	3.4	2.8	3.8	3.9	3.5	5.1	1.6	0.5	3.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age 										
Persons	83 years	82 years	83 years	83 years	83 years	83 years	84 years	72 years	83 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

 Table 3.2: CACP recipients, age by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
 	Number	
Females	 					 	
0–49	31	29	19	5	6	90	
50–54	48	40	21	4	13	126	
55–59	114	83	38	20	20	275	
60–64	282	140	91	17	33	563	
65–69 	713	300	122	35	42	1,212	
70–74 	1,364	494	186	38	49	2,131	
75–79 	2,706	895	306	62	43	4,012	
80–84 	4,623	1,457	462	59	33	6,634	
85–89 	4,740	1,471	450	60	17	6,738	
90–94 	2,401	794	239	30	9	3,473	
95+	665	199	55	6	5	930	
Total females	17,687	5,902	1,989	336	270	26,184	
Males	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	19	17	9	1	9	55	
50–54	53	39	22	8	6	128	
55–59	104	42	30	15	13	204	
60–64	214	97	38	21	17	387	
65–69 	450	179	94	20	18	761	
70–74 	651	235	114	23	34	1,057	
75–79 	1,077	453	166	30	33	1,759	
80–84 	1,774	563	179	36	24	2,576	
85–89 	1,675	515	160	20	19	2,389	
90–94 	819	257	85	10	6	1,177	
95+	211	58	20	4	3	296	
Total males 	7,047	2,455	917	188	182	10,789	
Persons	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	50	46	28	6	15	145	
50–54	101	79	43	12	19	254	
55–59	218	125	68	35	33	479	
60–64	496	237	129	38	50	950	
65–69 	1,163	479	216	55	60	1,973	
70–74 	2,015	729	300	61	83	3,188	
75–79 	3,783	1,348	472	92	76	5,771	
80–84 	6,397	2,020	641	95	57	9,210	
85–89 	6,415	1,986	610	80	36	9,127	
90–94 	3,220	1,051	324	40	15	4,650	
95+	876	257	75	10	8	1,226	
Total	24,734	8,357	2,906	524	452	36,973	
 	 	 	 	 	 	(continued)	

 Table 3.2 (continued): CACP recipients, age by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
 	Per cent	
Females	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.2	0.3	
50–54	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.2	4.8	0.5	
55–59	0.6	1.4	1.9	6.0	7.4	1.1	
60–64	1.6	2.4	4.6	5.1	12.2	2.2	
65–69 	4.0	5.1	6.1	10.4	15.6	4.6	
70–74 	7.7	8.4	9.4	11.3	18.1	8.1	
75–79 	15.3	15.2	15.4	18.5	15.9	15.3	
80–84 	26.1	24.7	23.2	17.6	12.2	25.3	
85–89 	26.8	24.9	22.6	17.9	6.3	25.7	
90–94 	13.6	13.5	12.0	8.9	3.3	13.3	
95+	3.8	3.4	2.8	1.8	1.9	3.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.5	4.9	0.5	
50–54	0.8	1.6	2.4	4.3	3.3	1.2	
55–59	1.5	1.7	3.3	8.0	7.1	1.9	
60–64	3.0	4.0	4.1	11.2	9.3	3.6	
65–69	6.4	7.3	10.3	10.6	9.9	7.1	
70–74	9.2	9.6	12.4	12.2	18.7	9.8	
75–79	15.3	18.5	18.1	16.0	18.1	16.3	
80–84	25.2	22.9	19.5	19.1	13.2	23.9	
85–89	23.8	21.0	17.4	10.6	10.4	22.1	
90–94 	11.6	10.5	9.3	5.3	3.3	10.9	
95+	3.0	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.6	2.7	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons	 	 	 	 	 	 	
0–49	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	3.3	0.4	
50–54	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.3	4.2	0.7	
55–59	0.9	1.5	2.3	6.7	7.3	1.3	
60–64	2.0	2.8	4.4	7.3	11.1	2.6	
65–69	4.7	5.7	7.4	10.5	13.3	5.3	
70–74	8.1	8.7	10.3	11.6	18.4	8.6	
75–79	15.3	16.1	16.2	17.6	16.8	15.6	
80–84	25.9	24.2	22.1	18.1	12.6	24.9	
85–89	25.9	23.8	21.0	15.3	8.0	24.7	
90–94 	13.0	12.6	11.1	7.6	3.3	12.6	
95+	3.5	3.1	2.6	1.9	1.8	3.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age							
Persons	83 years	82 years	81 years	78 years	72 years	83 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 

 Table 3.3: CACP recipients, remoteness(a) by state/territory, 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major 
cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
NSW 	8,878	3,204	688	32	12	12,814	
Vic 	7,260	2,095	419	6	. .	9,780	
Qld 	3,451	1,382	872	94	152	5,951	
WA 	2,238	360	230	179	27	3,034	
SA 	2,417	562	295	61	16	3,351	
Tas 	. .	754	208	32	2	996	
ACT 	490	—	. .	. .	. .	490	
NT 	. .	. .	194	120	243	557	
Australia	24,734	8,357	2,906	524	452	36,973	
	Per cent (column)	
NSW 	35.9	38.3	23.7	6.1	2.7	34.7	
Vic 	29.4	25.1	14.4	1.1	. .	26.5	
Qld 	14.0	16.5	30.0	17.9	33.6	16.1	
WA 	9.0	4.3	7.9	34.2	6.0	8.2	
SA 	9.8	6.7	10.2	11.6	3.5	9.1	
Tas 	. .	9.0	7.2	6.1	0.4	2.7	
ACT 	2.0	—	. .	. .	. .	1.3	
NT 	. .	. .	6.7	22.9	53.8	1.5	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
NSW 	69.3	25.0	5.4	0.2	0.1	100.0	
Vic 	74.2	21.4	4.3	0.1	. .	100.0	
Qld 	58.0	23.2	14.7	1.6	2.6	100.0	
WA 	73.8	11.9	7.6	5.9	0.9	100.0	
SA 	72.1	16.8	8.8	1.8	0.5	100.0	
Tas 	. .	75.7	20.9	3.2	0.2	100.0	
ACT 	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT 	. .	. .	34.8	21.5	43.6	100.0	
Australia	66.9	22.6	7.9	1.4	1.2	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 

 Table 3.4: Care recipients, birthplace(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australia	6,456	4,213	3,022	1,184	1,617	566	219	302	17,579	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	88	42	77	4	6	2	4	6	229	
UK and Ireland	669	559	338	392	299	88	60	11	2,416	
North/West Europe	246	282	117	91	90	41	13	4	884	
South/East Europe	1,000	1,123	312	239	306	30	24	5	3,039	
North Africa/Middle East	201	91	19	12	15	4	—	—	342	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	36	36	15	23	9	3	1	1	124	
Southeast Asia	137	121	38	58	19	3	10	4	390	
Northeast Asia	241	62	42	18	8	12	4	2	389	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	63	63	22	68	10	2	10	3	241	
North America	15	21	10	5	5	—	3	—	59	
Other America/Caribbean	69	12	15	3	3	1	1	—	104	
Other	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	
Not stated/not classified	121	48	170	13	21	9	1	3	386	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Australia	2,331	1,889	1,245	490	591	161	85	179	6,971	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	23	23	40	8	2	4	—	3	103	
UK and Ireland	308	304	161	208	146	30	18	13	1,188	
North/West Europe	99	112	54	33	36	14	12	6	366	
South/East Europe	411	559	126	96	125	18	14	8	1,357	
North Africa/Middle East	72	40	15	11	5	—	1	—	144	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	14	18	9	5	5	—	1	—	52	
Southeast Asia	50	42	6	29	5	1	3	1	137	
Northeast Asia	68	32	27	6	7	5	—	1	146	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	23	43	7	25	8	1	2	—	109	
North America	9	5	9	8	3	—	2	3	39	
Other America/Caribbean	22	8	2	—	2	—	1	—	35	
Other	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	
Not stated/not classified	40	31	53	5	8	1	1	2	141	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Australia	8,787	6,102	4,267	1,674	2,208	727	304	481	24,550	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	111	65	117	12	8	6	4	9	332	
UK and Ireland	977	863	499	600	445	118	78	24	3,604	
North/West Europe	345	394	171	124	126	55	25	10	1,250	
South/East Europe	1,411	1,682	438	335	431	48	38	13	4,396	
North Africa/Middle East	273	131	34	23	20	4	1	—	486	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	50	54	24	28	14	3	2	1	176	
Southeast Asia	187	163	44	87	24	4	13	5	527	
Northeast Asia	309	94	69	24	15	17	4	3	535	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	86	106	29	93	18	3	12	3	350	
North America	24	26	19	13	8	—	5	3	98	
Other America/Caribbean	91	20	17	3	5	1	2	—	139	
Other	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Not stated/not classified	161	79	223	18	29	10	2	5	527	
Total 	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
									(continued)	
 Table 3.4 (continued): Care recipients, birthplace(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Females	Per cent	
Australia	69.1	63.1	72.0	56.1	67.2	74.4	62.6	88.6	67.1	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	0.9	0.6	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.8	0.9	
UK and Ireland	7.2	8.4	8.1	18.6	12.4	11.6	17.1	3.2	9.2	
North/West Europe	2.6	4.2	2.8	4.3	3.7	5.4	3.7	1.2	3.4	
South/East Europe	10.7	16.8	7.4	11.3	12.7	3.9	6.9	1.5	11.6	
North Africa/Middle East	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	—	—	1.3	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	
Southeast Asia	1.5	1.8	0.9	2.7	0.8	0.4	2.9	1.2	1.5	
Northeast Asia	2.6	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.5	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.7	0.9	0.5	3.2	0.4	0.3	2.9	0.9	0.9	
North America	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	—	0.9	—	0.2	
Other America/Caribbean	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	—	0.4	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	1.3	0.7	4.1	0.6	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	1.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australia	67.2	60.8	71.0	53.0	62.7	68.5	60.7	82.9	64.6	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	0.7	0.7	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.7	—	1.4	1.0	
UK and Ireland	8.9	9.8	9.2	22.5	15.5	12.8	12.9	6.0	11.0	
North/West Europe	2.9	3.6	3.1	3.6	3.8	6.0	8.6	2.8	3.4	
South/East Europe	11.8	18.0	7.2	10.4	13.3	7.7	10.0	3.7	12.6	
North Africa/Middle East	2.1	1.3	0.9	1.2	0.5	—	0.7	—	1.3	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	—	0.7	—	0.5	
Southeast Asia	1.4	1.4	0.3	3.1	0.5	0.4	2.1	0.5	1.3	
Northeast Asia	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.6	0.7	2.1	—	0.5	1.4	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.7	1.4	0.4	2.7	0.8	0.4	1.4	—	1.0	
North America	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.3	—	1.4	1.4	0.4	
Other America/Caribbean	0.6	0.3	0.1	—	0.2	—	0.7	—	0.3	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	1.2	1.0	3.0	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australia	68.6	62.4	71.7	55.2	65.9	73.0	62.0	86.4	66.4	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	0.9	0.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.9	
UK and Ireland	7.6	8.8	8.4	19.8	13.3	11.8	15.9	4.3	9.7	
North/West Europe	2.7	4.0	2.9	4.1	3.8	5.5	5.1	1.8	3.4	
South/East Europe	11.0	17.2	7.4	11.0	12.9	4.8	7.8	2.3	11.9	
North Africa/Middle East	2.1	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2	—	1.3	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	
Southeast Asia	1.5	1.7	0.7	2.9	0.7	0.4	2.7	0.9	1.4	
Northeast Asia	2.4	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.4	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	0.7	1.1	0.5	3.1	0.5	0.3	2.4	0.5	0.9	
North America	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	—	1.0	0.5	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	—	0.4	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	1.3	0.8	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.4	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	ABS 2008b.
(b)	Refers to the location of the service providers.

Table 3.5: CACP recipients, preferred language(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	1	—	8	51	2	—	—	185	247	
English	7,781	5,353	3,734	1,779	2,068	703	306	139	21,863	
Other Northern European	87	134	19	25	41	16	6	2	330	
Southern European	628	592	107	126	163	11	8	3	1,638	
Eastern European	314	344	103	76	83	12	10	—	942	
Southwest Asian and North African	122	31	7	3	5	3	1	—	172	
Southern Asian	14	11	10	6	1	—	6	—	48	
Southeast Asian	66	84	8	15	8	—	7	1	189	
Eastern Asian	224	64	35	24	9	12	4	—	372	
African (excluding North African)	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	
Oceanic	2	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	4	
Other	8	11	6	—	3	1	1	3	33	
Not stated	96	49	160	3	24	3	1	8	344	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	1	—	2	40	1	—	—	93	137	
English	2,912	2,530	1,585	776	819	215	115	109	9,061	
Other Northern European	28	27	13	12	13	3	4	1	101	
Southern European	228	307	41	49	68	3	8	1	705	
Eastern European	117	148	27	27	24	8	9	1	361	
Southwest Asian and North African	49	12	8	1	1	—	—	—	71	
Southern Asian	9	5	1	1	—	—	—	—	16	
Southeast Asian	24	21	4	4	3	1	3	—	60	
Eastern Asian	70	37	19	9	6	5	—	1	147	
African (excluding North African)	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	
Oceanic	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	
Other	6	4	4	—	1	—	—	5	20	
Not stated	26	14	50	4	7	—	1	5	107	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	2	—	10	91	3	—	—	278	384	
English	10,693	7,883	5,319	2,555	2,887	918	421	248	30,924	
Other Northern European	115	161	32	37	54	19	10	3	431	
Southern European	856	899	148	175	231	14	16	4	2,343	
Eastern European	431	492	130	103	107	20	19	1	1,303	
Southwest Asian and North African	171	43	15	4	6	3	1	—	243	
Southern Asian	23	16	11	7	1	—	6	—	64	
Southeast Asian	90	105	12	19	11	1	10	1	249	
Eastern Asian	294	101	54	33	15	17	4	1	519	
African (excluding North African)	—	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	3	
Oceanic	3	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	6	
Other	14	15	10	—	4	1	1	8	53	
Not stated	122	63	210	7	31	3	2	13	451	
Total 	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
									(continued)	

Table 3.5 (continued): CACP recipients, preferred language(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008 
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	0.2	2.4	0.1	—	—	54.3	0.9	
English	83.3	80.2	89.0	84.3	85.9	92.4	87.4	40.8	83.5	
Other Northern European	0.9	2.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.1	1.7	0.6	1.3	
Southern European	6.7	8.9	2.5	6.0	6.8	1.4	2.3	0.9	6.3	
Eastern European	3.4	5.2	2.5	3.6	3.4	1.6	2.9	—	3.6	
Southwest Asian and North African	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.3	—	0.7	
Southern Asian	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	—	—	1.7	—	0.2	
Southeast Asian	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.7	0.3	—	2.0	0.3	0.7	
Eastern Asian	2.4	1.0	0.8	1.1	0.4	1.6	1.1	—	1.4	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Other	0.1	0.2	0.1	—	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.1	
Not stated	1.0	0.7	3.8	0.1	1.0	0.4	0.3	2.3	1.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	0.1	4.3	0.1	—	—	43.1	1.3	
English	83.9	81.5	90.4	84.0	86.9	91.5	82.1	50.5	84.0	
Other Northern European	0.8	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	0.5	0.9	
Southern European	6.6	9.9	2.3	5.3	7.2	1.3	5.7	0.5	6.5	
Eastern European	3.4	4.8	1.5	2.9	2.5	3.4	6.4	0.5	3.3	
Southwest Asian and North African	1.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	0.7	
Southern Asian	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Southeast Asian	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.1	—	0.6	
Eastern Asian	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.6	2.1	—	0.5	1.4	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	—	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	
Other	0.2	0.1	0.2	—	0.1	—	—	2.3	0.2	
Not stated	0.7	0.5	2.9	0.4	0.7	—	0.7	2.3	1.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	0.2	3.0	0.1	—	—	49.9	1.0	
English	83.4	80.6	89.4	84.2	86.2	92.2	85.9	44.5	83.6	
Other Northern European	0.9	1.6	0.5	1.2	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.5	1.2	
Southern European	6.7	9.2	2.5	5.8	6.9	1.4	3.3	0.7	6.3	
Eastern European	3.4	5.0	2.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	3.9	0.2	3.5	
Southwest Asian and North African	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	—	0.7	
Southern Asian	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	—	—	1.2	—	0.2	
Southeast Asian	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.7	
Eastern Asian	2.3	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	—	—	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	
Other	0.1	0.2	0.2	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.4	0.1	
Not stated	1.0	0.6	3.5	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.4	2.3	1.2	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	ABS 1997.
(b)	Refers to the location of the service providers.

Table 3.6: CACP recipients, usual residence status(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/usual residence status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Home owner/purchaser	6,387	4,811	2,320	1,366	1,479	544	193	144	17,244	
Public housing	1,101	671	332	259	335	91	68	114	2,971	
Private rental	486	384	264	109	119	68	11	13	1,454	
Board/lodging	17	8	38	6	2	1	—	1	73	
Other(c)	1,203	725	891	323	433	51	76	68	3,770	
Missing/not stated	149	75	352	47	40	6	2	1	672	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Home owner/purchaser	2,360	2,087	988	576	578	168	95	83	6,935	
Public housing	478	387	156	153	155	34	19	76	1,458	
Private rental	226	233	134	68	51	23	4	14	753	
Board/lodging	13	24	19	7	3	—	—	5	71	
Other(c)	329	335	299	97	142	9	22	36	1,269	
Missing/not stated	65	40	158	23	14	1	—	2	303	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Home owner/purchaser	8,747	6,898	3,308	1,942	2,057	712	288	227	24,179	
Public housing	1,579	1,058	488	412	490	125	87	190	4,429	
Private rental	712	617	398	177	170	91	15	27	2,207	
Board/lodging	30	32	57	13	5	1	—	6	144	
Other(c)	1,532	1,060	1,190	420	575	60	98	104	5,039	
Missing/not stated	214	115	510	70	54	7	2	3	975	
Total	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females										
Home owner/purchaser	68.4	72.1	55.3	64.7	61.4	71.5	55.1	42.2	65.9	
Public housing	11.8	10.1	7.9	12.3	13.9	12.0	19.4	33.4	11.3	
Private rental	5.2	5.8	6.3	5.2	4.9	8.9	3.1	3.8	5.6	
Board/lodging	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	—	0.3	0.3	
Other(c)	12.9	10.9	21.2	15.3	18.0	6.7	21.7	19.9	14.4	
Missing/not stated	1.6	1.1	8.4	2.2	1.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	2.6	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Home owner/purchaser	68.0	67.2	56.3	62.3	61.3	71.5	67.9	38.4	64.3	
Public housing	13.8	12.5	8.9	16.6	16.4	14.5	13.6	35.2	13.5	
Private rental	6.5	7.5	7.6	7.4	5.4	9.8	2.9	6.5	7.0	
Board/lodging	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.3	—	—	2.3	0.7	
Other(c)	9.5	10.8	17.0	10.5	15.1	3.8	15.7	16.7	11.8	
Missing/not stated	1.9	1.3	9.0	2.5	1.5	0.4	—	0.9	2.8	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Home owner/purchaser	68.3	70.5	55.6	64.0	61.4	71.5	58.8	40.8	65.4	
Public housing	12.3	10.8	8.2	13.6	14.6	12.6	17.8	34.1	12.0	
Private rental	5.6	6.3	6.7	5.8	5.1	9.1	3.1	4.8	6.0	
Board/lodging	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	—	1.1	0.4	
Other(c)	12.0	10.8	20.0	13.8	17.2	6.0	20.0	18.7	13.6	
Missing/not stated	1.7	1.2	8.6	2.3	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.6	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Usual residence status is that prior to admission. 
(b)	Refers to the location of the outlets.
(c)	Where the category 'Other' is largely coded as such in ACCMIS, small numbers of defined categories such as hospital and residential aged care are also included in this category.

Table 3.7: CACP recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/living arrangements	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Lives alone	5,429	3,728	2,424	1,273	1,494	527	214	72	15,161	
Lives with family	3,485	2,729	1,484	793	833	226	123	238	9,911	
Lives with others	282	165	269	31	68	6	6	28	855	
Undetermined	4	7	2	1	1	—	—	—	15	
Not applicable	143	45	18	12	12	2	7	3	242	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Lives alone	1,486	1,316	792	438	457	134	55	68	4,746	
Lives with family	1,806	1,630	840	448	440	97	81	118	5,460	
Lives with others	102	130	108	29	34	4	3	25	435	
Undetermined	5	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	8	
Not applicable	72	29	13	8	12	—	1	5	140	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Lives alone	6,915	5,044	3,216	1,711	1,951	661	269	140	19,907	
Lives with family	5,291	4,359	2,324	1,241	1,273	323	204	356	15,371	
Lives with others	384	295	377	60	102	10	9	53	1,290	
Undetermined	9	8	3	2	1	—	—	—	23	
Not applicable	215	74	31	20	24	2	8	8	382	
Total 	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females										
Lives alone	58.1	55.9	57.8	60.3	62.0	69.3	61.1	21.1	57.9	
Lives with family	37.3	40.9	35.4	37.6	34.6	29.7	35.1	69.8	37.9	
Lives with others	3.0	2.5	6.4	1.5	2.8	0.8	1.7	8.2	3.3	
Undetermined	—	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Not applicable	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	2.0	0.9	0.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Lives alone	42.8	42.4	45.2	47.4	48.5	57.0	39.3	31.5	44.0	
Lives with family	52.0	52.5	47.9	48.5	46.7	41.3	57.9	54.6	50.6	
Lives with others	2.9	4.2	6.2	3.1	3.6	1.7	2.1	11.6	4.0	
Undetermined	0.1	—	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Not applicable	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.3	—	0.7	2.3	1.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Lives alone	54.0	51.6	54.0	56.4	58.2	66.4	54.9	25.1	53.8	
Lives with family	41.3	44.6	39.1	40.9	38.0	32.4	41.6	63.9	41.6	
Lives with others	3.0	3.0	6.3	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.8	9.5	3.5	
Undetermined	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Not applicable	1.7	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.4	1.0	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet. 	

Table 3.8: CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Indigenous	227	81	132	101	42	14	12	220	829	
Other Australian	9,099	6,567	4,061	2,009	2,365	747	338	121	25,307	
Unknown/not reported	17	26	4	—	1	—	—	—	48	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Indigenous	108	38	63	75	31	3	10	118	446	
Other Australian	3,362	3,060	1,690	849	911	232	130	98	10,332	
Unknown/not reported	1	8	1	—	1	—	—	—	11	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Indigenous	335	119	195	176	73	17	22	338	1,275	
Other Australian	12,461	9,627	5,751	2,858	3,276	979	468	219	35,639	
Unknown/not reported	18	34	5	—	2	—	—	—	59	
Total	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females										
Indigenous	2.4	1.2	3.1	4.8	1.7	1.8	3.4	64.5	3.2	
Other Australian	97.4	98.4	96.8	95.2	98.2	98.2	96.6	35.5	96.7	
Unknown/not reported	0.2	0.4	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Indigenous	3.1	1.2	3.6	8.1	3.3	1.3	7.1	54.6	4.1	
Other Australian	96.9	98.5	96.4	91.9	96.6	98.7	92.9	45.4	95.8	
Unknown/not reported	—	0.3	0.1	—	0.1	—	—	—	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Indigenous	2.6	1.2	3.3	5.8	2.2	1.7	4.5	60.7	3.4	
Other Australian	97.2	98.4	96.6	94.2	97.8	98.3	95.5	39.3	96.4	
Unknown/not reported	0.1	0.3	0.1	—	0.1	—	—	—	0.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.								
Note: In addition, there were 248 packages provided by service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and many of the recipients of the 308 packages provided by Multi-purpose Services were likely to be Indigenous Australians.

Table 3.9: CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very remote	All regions	
	Number	
Females		 	 	 	 		
Indigenous	150	189	169	118	203	829	
Other Australians	17,502	5,706	1,814	218	67	25,307	
Unknown/not reported	35	7	6	—	—	48	
Total females	17,687	5,902	1,989	336	270	26,184	
Males							
Indigenous	69	99	88	71	119	446	
Other Australians	6,970	2,354	829	116	63	10,332	
Unknown/not reported	8	2	—	1	—	11	
Total males 	7,047	2,455	917	188	182	10,789	
Persons							
Indigenous	219	288	257	189	322	1,275	
Other Australians	24,472	8,060	2,643	334	130	35,639	
Unknown/not reported	43	9	6	1	—	59	
Total	24,734	8,357	2,906	524	452	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females							
Indigenous	0.8	3.2	8.5	35.1	75.2	3.2	
Other Australians	99.0	96.7	91.2	64.9	24.8	96.7	
Unknown/not reported	0.2	0.1	0.3	—	—	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males							
Indigenous	1.0	4.0	9.6	37.8	65.4	4.1	
Other Australians	98.9	95.9	90.4	61.7	34.6	95.8	
Unknown/not reported	0.1	0.1	—	0.5	—	0.1	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
Indigenous	0.9	3.4	8.8	36.1	71.2	3.4	
Other Australians	98.9	96.4	90.9	63.7	28.8	96.4	
Unknown/not reported	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	—	0.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC of Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
Note: In addition, there were 248 packages provided by service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and many of the recipients of the 308 packages provided by Multi-purpose Services were likely to be Indigenous Australians.

Table 3.10: CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and age, 30 June 2008	 
	Indigenous		Other Australian		Unknown		Total care recipients	
Sex/age	Number	Per cent	 	Number	Per cent	 	Number	Per cent	 	Number	Per cent	
Females												
0–49	33	4.0		57	0.2		—	—		90	0.3	
50–54	47	5.7		79	0.3		—	—		126	0.5	
55–59	99	11.9		175	0.7		1	2.1		275	1.1	
60–64	111	13.4		450	1.8		2	4.2		563	2.2	
65–69 	145	17.5		1,067	4.2		—	—		1,212	4.6	
70–74 	133	16.0		1,993	7.9		5	10.4		2,131	8.1	
75–79 	119	14.4		3,880	15.3		13	27.1		4,012	15.3	
80–84 	75	9.0		6,547	25.9		12	25.0		6,634	25.3	
85–89 	48	5.8		6,679	26.4		11	22.9		6,738	25.7	
90+ 	19	2.3		4,380	17.3		4	8.3		4,403	16.8	
Total females	829	100.0		25,307	100.0		48	100.0		26,184	100.0	
Males												
0–49	18	4.0		36	0.3		1	9.1		55	0.5	
50–54	37	8.3		91	0.9		—	—		128	1.2	
55–59	51	11.4		152	1.5		1	9.1		204	1.9	
60–64	63	14.1		323	3.1		1	9.1		387	3.6	
65–69 	93	20.9		666	6.4		2	18.2		761	7.1	
70–74 	69	15.5		988	9.6		—	—		1,057	9.8	
75–79 	62	13.9		1,695	16.4		2	18.2		1,759	16.3	
80–84 	30	6.7		2,546	24.6		—	—		2,576	23.9	
85–89 	15	3.4		2,371	22.9		3	27.3		2,389	22.1	
90+ 	8	1.8		1,464	14.2		1	9.1		1,473	13.7	
Total males	446	100.0		10,332	100.0		11	100.0		10,789	100.0	
Persons												
0–49	51	4.0		93	0.3		1	1.7		145	0.4	
50–54	84	6.6		170	0.5		—	—		254	0.7	
55–59	150	11.8		327	0.9		2	3.4		479	1.3	
60–64	174	13.6		773	2.2		3	5.1		950	2.6	
65–69 	238	18.7		1,733	4.9		2	3.4		1,973	5.3	
70–74 	202	15.8		2,981	8.4		5	8.5		3,188	8.6	
75–79 	181	14.2		5,575	15.6		15	25.4		5,771	15.6	
80–84 	105	8.2		9,093	25.5		12	20.3		9,210	24.9	
85–89 	63	4.9		9,050	25.4		14	23.7		9,127	24.7	
90+ 	27	2.1		5,844	16.4		5	8.5		5,876	15.9	
Total	1,275	100.0	 	35,639	100.0	 	59	100.0	 	36,973	100.0	
Median age 												
Persons	 68 years		 83 years		 81 years		 83 years	
Note: In addition, there were 248 packages provided by service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and many of the recipients of the 308 packages provided by Multi-purpose Services were likely to be Indigenous Australians.

Table 3.11: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for CACP recipients(a), by Indigenous status, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)(b)
	Indigenous		Other Australian	
Age	Females	Males	Persons		Females	Males	Persons	
0–49	0.1	0.1	0.1		—	—	—	
50–54	4.6	3.9	4.3		0.1	0.1	0.1	
55–59	12.5	7.2	10.0		0.3	0.2	0.3	
60–64	21.9	13.5	17.8		0.8	0.6	0.7	
65–69 	41.6	31.3	36.9		2.6	1.6	2.1	
70–74 	59.3	38.7	50.2		5.9	3.1	4.5	
75+	105.1	68.7	90.4		27.6	14.6	22.2	
Total	3.2	1.7	2.5		2.4	1.0	1.7	
(a)	Recipients with unknown status have been proportioned across categories.	
(b)	Ratios are calculated using ABS projections of the Indigenous population (ABS 2004) and the total estimated resident population released in December 2008 (ABS 2008A). 	

Table 3.12: CACP recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by sex and age, 30 June 2008
	 Australian-born		Overseas-born			
Sex/age			English-speaking countries		Non-English-speaking countries		Total care recipients	
	Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent	
Females												
0–49	89	0.5		—	—		1	—		90	0.3	
50–54	115	0.6		3	0.1		8	0.1		126	0.5	
55–59	238	1.3		12	0.4		25	0.4		275	1.1	
60–64	466	2.6		35	1.3		62	1.1		563	2.2	
65–69	855	4.8		97	3.5		260	4.7		1,212	4.6	
70–74	1,407	7.9		184	6.7		540	9.7		2,131	8.1	
75–79	2,555	14.3		390	14.1		1,067	19.1		4,012	15.3	
80–84	4,285	24.0		665	24.1		1,684	30.2		6,634	25.3	
85–89	4,600	25.8		829	30.0		1,309	23.5		6,738	25.7	
90+	3,238	18.1		545	19.7		620	11.1		4,403	16.8	
Total females	17,848	100.0		2,760	100.0		5,576	100.0		26,184	100.0	
Males												
0–49	52	0.7		1	0.1		2	0.1		55	0.5	
50–54	117	1.7		3	0.2		8	0.3		128	1.2	
55–59	173	2.4		14	1.0		17	0.7		204	1.9	
60–64	305	4.3		32	2.4		50	2.1		387	3.6	
65–69	577	8.2		81	6.0		103	4.4		761	7.1	
70–74	716	10.1		112	8.3		229	9.7		1,057	9.8	
75–79	1,151	16.3		199	14.7		409	17.3		1,759	16.3	
80–84	1,502	21.2		351	25.9		723	30.6		2,576	23.9	
85–89	1,453	20.6		389	28.7		547	23.1		2,389	22.1	
90+	1,023	14.5		173	12.8		277	11.7		1,473	13.7	
Total males	7,069	100.0		1,355	100.0		2,365	100.0		10,789	100.0	
Persons												
0–49	141	0.6		1	—		3	—		145	0.4	
50–54	232	0.9		6	0.1		16	0.2		254	0.7	
55–59	411	1.6		26	0.6		42	0.5		479	1.3	
60–64	771	3.1		67	1.6		112	1.4		950	2.6	
65–69	1,432	5.7		178	4.3		363	4.6		1,973	5.3	
70–74	2,123	8.5		296	7.2		769	9.7		3,188	8.6	
75–79	3,706	14.9		589	14.3		1,476	18.6		5,771	15.6	
80–84	5,787	23.2		1,016	24.7		2,407	30.3		9,210	24.9	
85–89	6,053	24.3		1,218	29.6		1,856	23.4		9,127	24.7	
90+	4,261	17.1		718	17.4		897	11.3		5,876	15.9	
Total	24,917	100.0	 	4,115	100.0	 	7,941	100.0	 	36,973	100.0	
Median age Persons	83 years		85 years		83 years		83 years	
Note: Recipients of undetermined origin have been spread proportionately over the overseas born categories. While the overall median age uses all recipients, only those with known country of birth were used to determine the median age for specific English-speaking categories. 

Table 3.13: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for CACP recipients, by English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)			
Sex/age	Australian-born	Overseas born	Total	
		English-speaking countries	Non-English-speaking countries		
Females					
50–64	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.5	
65–74	4.7	2.7	4.6	4.4	
75–84	18.4	17.3	25.2	19.7	
85+	44.1	45.5	57.3	46.1	
Total females (50+)	7.7	6.2	7.7	7.5	
Males					
50–64	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	
65–74	2.9	1.8	1.8	2.5	
75–84	9.6	9.7	11.4	10.0	
85+	29.2	33.7	38.3	31.4	
Total males (50+)	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	
Persons					
50–64	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	
65–74	3.8	2.2	3.2	3.5	
75–84	14.7	13.6	18.7	15.4	
85+	39.2	41.3	50.0	41.1	
Total persons (50+)	5.7	4.6	5.6	5.5	
Notes	
1.	Recipients with unknown status have been spread proportionately across overseas born categories.
2.	Ratios are calculated using AIHW projections of ABS migration statistics and ABS estimated resident population. (ABS 2007b and ABS 2008A).
3.	Owing to the unavailability of regular population estimates by language preference, English-speaking status is based on country of birth. People born in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States of America, Canada and South Africa are assumed to be from an English-speaking background.

 Table 3.14: Care recipients, financial hardship status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/FDP(b status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Disadvantaged	1,966	1,393	796	612	747	212	82	107	5,915	
Not disadvantaged	4,464	2,945	1,585	1,158	1,350	367	171	37	12,077	
Unknown	2,913	2,336	1,816	340	311	182	97	197	8,192	
Total females	9,343	6,674	4,197	2,110	2,408	761	350	341	26,184	
Males										
Disadvantaged	791	820	373	314	319	65	32	92	2,806	
Not disadvantaged	1,472	1,249	604	444	506	91	68	31	4,465	
Unknown	1,208	1,037	777	166	118	79	40	93	3,518	
Total males	3,471	3,106	1,754	924	943	235	140	216	10,789	
Persons										
Disadvantaged	2,757	2,213	1,169	926	1,066	277	114	199	8,721	
Not disadvantaged	5,936	4,194	2,189	1,602	1,856	458	239	68	16,542	
Unknown	4,121	3,373	2,593	506	429	261	137	290	11,710	
Total	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females										
Disadvantaged	21.0	20.9	19.0	29.0	31.0	27.9	23.4	31.4	22.6	
Not disadvantaged	47.8	44.1	37.8	54.9	56.1	48.2	48.9	10.9	46.1	
Unknown	31.2	35.0	43.3	16.1	12.9	23.9	27.7	57.8	31.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Disadvantaged	22.8	26.4	21.3	34.0	33.8	27.7	22.9	42.6	26.0	
Not disadvantaged	42.4	40.2	34.4	48.1	53.7	38.7	48.6	14.4	41.4	
Unknown	34.8	33.4	44.3	18.0	12.5	33.6	28.6	43.1	32.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Disadvantaged	21.5	22.6	19.6	30.5	31.8	27.8	23.3	35.7	23.6	
Not disadvantaged	46.3	42.9	36.8	52.8	55.4	46.0	48.8	12.2	44.7	
Unknown	32.2	34.5	43.6	16.7	12.8	26.2	28.0	52.1	31.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.
(b)	Financially disadvantaged person.

 Table 3.15: CACP recipients, financial hardship status by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/FDP(b) status	Major 
cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
Females		 			 	 	
Disadvantaged	3,955	1,262	479	145	74	5,915	
Not disadvantaged	8,616	2,688	690	69	14	12,077	
Unknown	5,116	1,952	820	122	182	8,192	
Total females	17,687	5,902	1,989	336	270	26,184	
Males							
Disadvantaged	1,837	557	249	99	64	2,806	
Not disadvantaged	3,128	999	305	22	11	4,465	
Unknown	2,082	899	363	67	107	3,518	
Total males 	7,047	2,455	917	188	182	10,789	
Persons							
Disadvantaged	5,792	1,819	728	244	138	8,721	
Not disadvantaged	11,744	3,687	995	91	25	16,542	
Unknown	7,198	2,851	1,183	189	289	11,710	
Total	24,734	8,357	2,906	524	452	36,973	
	Per cent	
Females							
Disadvantaged	22.4	21.4	24.1	43.2	27.4	22.6	
Not disadvantaged	48.7	45.5	34.7	20.5	5.2	46.1	
Unknown	28.9	33.1	41.2	36.3	67.4	31.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males							
Disadvantaged	26.1	22.7	27.2	52.7	35.2	26.0	
Not disadvantaged	44.4	40.7	33.3	11.7	6.0	41.4	
Unknown	29.5	36.6	39.6	35.6	58.8	32.6	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
Disadvantaged	23.4	21.8	25.1	46.6	30.5	23.6	
Not disadvantaged	47.5	44.1	34.2	17.4	5.5	44.7	
Unknown	29.1	34.1	40.7	36.1	63.9	31.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
(b)	Financially disadvantaged person.

Table 3.16: Operational CACPs aimed at financial hardship, by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Aimed at financial hardship	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Aimed	3,453	2,723	1,370	946	750	265	175	399	10,080	
Not aimed	10,019	7,408	5,592	2,523	2,714	747	354	200	29,558	
Total	13,472	10,131	6,962	3,469	3,464	1,012	529	599	39,638	
	Per cent	
Aimed	25.6	26.9	19.7	27.3	21.7	26.2	33.1	66.6	25.4	
Not aimed	74.4	73.1	80.3	72.7	78.3	73.8	66.9	33.4	74.6	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 3.17: CACP care recipients, estimated financial hardship(a) status by sex and state/ territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/Estimated financial hardship status(a)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
 	Number	
Disadvantaged 	2,757	2,213	1,169	926	1,066	277	114	199	8,721	
Not disadvantaged 	7,364	5,301	2,905	1,802	2,003	539	285	116	20,315	
Probably not disadvantaged 	554	628	328	61	43	44	12	38	1,708	
Unknown	2,139	1,638	1,549	245	239	136	79	204	6,229	
Total persons	12,814	9,780	5,951	3,034	3,351	996	490	557	36,973	
	Per cent	
Disadvantaged 	21.5	22.6	19.6	30.5	31.8	27.8	23.3	35.7	23.6	
Not disadvantaged 	57.5	54.2	48.8	59.4	59.8	54.1	58.2	20.8	54.9	
Probably not disadvantaged 	4.3	6.4	5.5	2.0	1.3	4.4	2.4	6.8	4.6	
Unknown	16.7	16.7	26.0	8.1	7.1	13.7	16.1	36.6	16.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Estimated financial hardship status uses recorded information on financial hardship status, home ownership and the date the client started receiving assistance, to reduce the proportion of unknowns for this item. A person who has owned a home in the last two years is not considered to be in financial hardship. This table estimates financial hardship for people whose status is not known. It is estimated that people who owned a home at their ACAT assessment and who had been receiving assistance for 1 year or less at 30 June 2008 were not in financial hardship, while people who owned a home at the time of their ACAT assessment (which would have been within 12 months of taking up a package) and who had been receiving assistance for 2 years or less were probably not in financial hardship. This method does not affect the numbers of clients who are reported to be in financial hardship.
(b)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 3.18: CACP outlets, financial hardship target by state/territory, 30 June 2008
FDP(a) target percentage	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
None	6	—	24	—	1	3	—	—	34	
1–10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
11–20	140	92	130	18	68	28	—	—	476	
21–30	140	97	83	56	2	8	9	—	395	
31–40	3	19	14	14	—	2	2	—	54	
41–50	—	—	—	2	2	1	—	—	5	
51–60	1	—	—	3	—	—	—	40	44	
61–70	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	
71–80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	
81–90	1	—	2	—	—	—	—	6	9	
91–100	24	30	7	4	2	6	—	7	80	
Total	316	238	260	97	76	48	11	54	1,100	
	Per cent	
None	1.9	—	9.2	—	1.3	6.3	—	—	3.1	
1–10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
11–20	44.3	38.7	50.0	18.6	89.5	58.3	—	—	43.3	
21–30	44.3	40.8	31.9	57.7	2.6	16.7	81.8	—	35.9	
31–40	0.9	8.0	5.4	14.4	—	4.2	18.2	—	4.9	
41–50	—	—	—	2.1	2.6	2.1	—	—	0.5	
51–60	0.3	—	—	3.1	—	—	—	74.1	4.0	
61–70	0.3	—	—	—	1.3	—	—	—	0.2	
71–80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9	0.1	
81–90	0.3	—	0.8	—	—	—	—	11.1	0.8	
91–100	7.6	12.6	2.7	4.1	2.6	12.5	—	13.0	7.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Financially disadvantaged person.

Table 3.19: CACP outlets, financial hardship target by remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
FDP(b) target percentage	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	All regions	
	Number	
None	21	8	1	—	4	34	
1–10	—	—	—	—	—	—	
11–20	221	167	70	11	7	476	
21–30	233	91	51	11	9	395	
31–40	37	7	2	7	1	54	
41–50	3	1	—	—	1	5	
51–60	4	—	9	10	21	44	
61–70	1	1	—	—	—	2	
71–80	—	—	—	—	1	1	
81–90	1	—	—	—	8	9	
91–100	36	22	10	4	8	80	
Total	557	297	143	43	60	1,100	
	Per cent	
None	3.8	2.7	0.7	—	6.7	3.1	
1–10	—	—	—	—	—	—	
11–20	39.7	56.2	49.0	25.6	11.7	43.3	
21–30	41.8	30.6	35.7	25.6	15.0	35.9	
31–40	6.6	2.4	1.4	16.3	1.7	4.9	
41–50	0.5	0.3	—	—	1.7	0.5	
51–60	0.7	—	6.3	23.3	35.0	4.0	
61–70	0.2	0.3	—	—	—	0.2	
71–80	—	—	—	—	1.7	0.1	
81–90	0.2	—	—	—	13.3	0.8	
91–100	6.5	7.4	7.0	9.3	13.3	7.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
(b)	Financially disadvantaged person.

Table 3.20: CACP admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 
30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–49	8	6	9	2	1	—	—	1	27	
50–54	13	16	8	4	3	2	—	5	51	
55–59	18	19	26	13	5	—	4	7	92	
60–64	60	60	59	19	24	2	4	8	236	
65–69	150	166	116	48	61	19	7	20	587	
70–74	384	274	192	101	95	28	15	21	1,110	
75–79	809	547	396	243	228	39	28	19	2,309	
80–84	1,306	856	683	332	397	84	67	16	3,741	
85–89	1,218	750	617	309	358	80	61	11	3,404	
90+	679	381	383	192	199	54	29	6	1,923	
Total females	4,645	3,075	2,489	1,263	1,371	308	215	114	13,480	
Males										
0–49	6	4	5	1	2	—	—	1	19	
50–54	12	11	7	6	5	—	1	3	45	
55–59	18	30	14	9	5	1	2	7	86	
60–64	38	50	41	25	11	6	—	9	180	
65–69	111	110	69	39	22	7	3	8	369	
70–74	189	179	107	53	49	11	7	11	606	
75–79	389	312	225	121	100	19	11	13	1,190	
80–84	582	405	299	152	181	35	26	6	1,686	
85–89	504	349	267	129	161	29	31	6	1,476	
90+	281	159	157	68	85	11	9	4	774	
Total males	2,130	1,609	1,191	603	621	119	90	68	6,431	
Persons										
0–49	14	10	14	3	3	—	—	2	46	
50–54	25	27	15	10	8	2	1	8	96	
55–59	36	49	40	22	10	1	6	14	178	
60–64	98	110	100	44	35	8	4	17	416	
65–69	261	276	185	87	83	26	10	28	956	
70–74	573	453	299	154	144	39	22	32	1,716	
75–79	1,198	859	621	364	328	58	39	32	3,499	
80–84	1,888	1,261	982	484	578	119	93	22	5,427	
85–89	1,722	1,099	884	438	519	109	92	17	4,880	
90+	960	540	540	260	284	65	38	10	2,697	
Total	6,775	4,684	3,680	1,866	1,992	427	305	182	19,911	
(continued)

Table 3.20 (continued): CACP admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–49	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	—	—	0.9	0.2	
50–54	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	—	4.4	0.4	
55–59	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.4	—	1.9	6.1	0.7	
60–64	1.3	2.0	2.4	1.5	1.8	0.6	1.9	7.0	1.8	
65–69	3.2	5.4	4.7	3.8	4.4	6.2	3.3	17.5	4.4	
70–74 	8.3	8.9	7.7	8.0	6.9	9.1	7.0	18.4	8.2	
75–79 	17.4	17.8	15.9	19.2	16.6	12.7	13.0	16.7	17.1	
80–84 	28.1	27.8	27.4	26.3	29.0	27.3	31.2	14.0	27.8	
85–89 	26.2	24.4	24.8	24.5	26.1	26.0	28.4	9.6	25.3	
90+ 	14.6	12.4	15.4	15.2	14.5	17.5	13.5	5.3	14.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–49	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	—	—	1.5	0.3	
50–54	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.0	0.8	—	1.1	4.4	0.7	
55–59	0.8	1.9	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	10.3	1.3	
60–64	1.8	3.1	3.4	4.1	1.8	5.0	—	13.2	2.8	
65–69	5.2	6.8	5.8	6.5	3.5	5.9	3.3	11.8	5.7	
70–74 	8.9	11.1	9.0	8.8	7.9	9.2	7.8	16.2	9.4	
75–79 	18.3	19.4	18.9	20.1	16.1	16.0	12.2	19.1	18.5	
80–84 	27.3	25.2	25.1	25.2	29.1	29.4	28.9	8.8	26.2	
85–89 	23.7	21.7	22.4	21.4	25.9	24.4	34.4	8.8	23.0	
90+ 	13.2	9.9	13.2	11.3	13.7	9.2	10.0	5.9	12.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–49	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	—	—	1.1	0.2	
50–54	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	4.4	0.5	
55–59	0.5	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	2.0	7.7	0.9	
60–64	1.4	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.8	1.9	1.3	9.3	2.1	
65–69	3.9	5.9	5.0	4.7	4.2	6.1	3.3	15.4	4.8	
70–74 	8.5	9.7	8.1	8.3	7.2	9.1	7.2	17.6	8.6	
75–79 	17.7	18.3	16.9	19.5	16.5	13.6	12.8	17.6	17.6	
80–84 	27.9	26.9	26.7	25.9	29.0	27.9	30.5	12.1	27.3	
85–89 	25.4	23.5	24.0	23.5	26.1	25.5	30.2	9.3	24.5	
90+ 	14.2	11.5	14.7	13.9	14.3	15.2	12.5	5.5	13.5	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 3.21: CACP separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Death	598	401	305	172	144	59	33	26	1,738	
To hospital	163	39	145	59	42	23	6	5	482	
To residential aged care	1,881	1,353	1,052	562	564	128	88	20	5,648	
To other CACP	342	208	189	123	90	23	14	14	1,003	
Other community/holiday	266	129	129	103	284	17	34	14	976	
Other	848	453	415	218	143	26	40	29	2,172	
Total females	4,098	2,583	2,235	1,237	1,267	276	215	108	12,019	
Males										
Death	432	350	237	110	74	31	15	26	1,275	
To hospital	89	35	66	45	19	6	—	11	271	
To residential aged care	782	642	475	246	230	52	32	14	2,473	
To other CACP	136	100	80	59	42	5	2	20	444	
Other community/holiday	115	78	59	43	125	3	11	4	438	
Other	308	222	180	91	58	11	17	9	896	
Total males	1,862	1,427	1,097	594	548	108	77	84	5,797	
Persons										
Death	1,030	751	542	282	218	90	48	52	3,013	
To hospital	252	74	211	104	61	29	6	16	753	
To residential aged care	2,663	1,995	1,527	808	794	180	120	34	8,121	
To other CACP	478	308	269	182	132	28	16	34	1,447	
Other community/holiday	381	207	188	146	409	20	45	18	1,414	
Other	1,156	675	595	309	201	37	57	38	3,068	
Total	5,960	4,010	3,332	1,831	1,815	384	292	192	17,816	
	Per cent	
Females										
Death	14.6	15.5	13.6	13.9	11.4	21.4	15.3	24.1	14.5	
To hospital	4.0	1.5	6.5	4.8	3.3	8.3	2.8	4.6	4.0	
To residential aged care	45.9	52.4	47.1	45.4	44.5	46.4	40.9	18.5	47.0	
To other CACP	8.3	8.1	8.5	9.9	7.1	8.3	6.5	13.0	8.3	
Other community/holiday	6.5	5.0	5.8	8.3	22.4	6.2	15.8	13.0	8.1	
Other	20.7	17.5	18.6	17.6	11.3	9.4	18.6	26.9	18.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Death	23.2	24.5	21.6	18.5	13.5	28.7	19.5	31.0	22.0	
To hospital	4.8	2.5	6.0	7.6	3.5	5.6	—	13.1	4.7	
To residential aged care	42.0	45.0	43.3	41.4	42.0	48.1	41.6	16.7	42.7	
To other CACP	7.3	7.0	7.3	9.9	7.7	4.6	2.6	23.8	7.7	
Other community/holiday	6.2	5.5	5.4	7.2	22.8	2.8	14.3	4.8	7.6	
Other	6.2	5.5	5.4	7.2	22.8	2.8	14.3	4.8	7.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Death	17.3	18.7	16.3	15.4	12.0	23.4	16.4	27.1	16.9	
To hospital	4.2	1.8	6.3	5.7	3.4	7.6	2.1	8.3	4.2	
To residential aged care	44.7	49.8	45.8	44.1	43.7	46.9	41.1	17.7	45.6	
To other CACP	8.0	7.7	8.1	9.9	7.3	7.3	5.5	17.7	8.1	
Other community/holiday	6.4	5.2	5.6	8.0	22.5	5.2	15.4	9.4	7.9	
Other	19.4	16.8	17.9	16.9	11.1	9.6	19.5	19.8	17.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.
Table 3.22: CACP separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
<4 weeks	160	81	116	62	45	4	10	1	479	
4–<8 weeks	234	92	156	84	78	11	14	4	673	
8–<13 weeks	305	154	175	72	74	15	14	7	816	
13–<26 weeks	568	332	357	194	164	32	31	14	1,692	
26–<39 weeks	416	253	244	120	126	27	23	13	1,222	
39–<52 weeks	311	201	190	104	107	20	22	9	964	
1–<2 years	894	637	463	302	272	63	45	19	2,695	
2–<3 years	412	300	221	111	143	27	23	14	1,251	
3–<4 years	275	186	110	74	81	26	12	9	773	
4–<5 years	163	123	60	36	81	18	10	7	498	
5–<6 years	175	105	69	28	38	14	7	6	442	
6+ years	185	119	74	50	58	19	4	5	514	
Total females	4,098	2,583	2,235	1,237	1,267	276	215	108	12,019	
Males										
<4 weeks	85	51	52	33	28	—	4	2	255	
4–<8 weeks	105	59	84	38	41	5	3	2	337	
8–<13 weeks	121	77	95	46	39	5	8	5	396	
13–<26 weeks	289	184	201	94	88	11	11	15	893	
26–<39 weeks	209	162	138	73	64	8	12	5	671	
39–<52 weeks	155	124	94	60	45	11	9	6	504	
1–<2 years	429	362	222	132	107	28	21	17	1,318	
2–<3 years	175	147	89	55	58	16	4	14	558	
3–<4 years	114	106	46	22	21	2	1	6	318	
4–<5 years	60	62	26	19	26	9	—	2	204	
5–<6 years	62	42	27	12	11	7	1	8	170	
6+ years	58	51	23	10	20	6	3	2	173	
Total males	1,862	1,427	1,097	594	548	108	77	84	5,797	
Persons										
<4 weeks	245	132	168	95	73	4	14	3	734	
4–<8 weeks	339	151	240	122	119	16	17	6	1,010	
8–<13 weeks	426	231	270	118	113	20	22	12	1,212	
13–<26 weeks	857	516	558	288	252	43	42	29	2,585	
26–<39 weeks	625	415	382	193	190	35	35	18	1,893	
39–<52 weeks	466	325	284	164	152	31	31	15	1,468	
1–<2 years	1,323	999	685	434	379	91	66	36	4,013	
2–<3 years	587	447	310	166	201	43	27	28	1,809	
3–<4 years	389	292	156	96	102	28	13	15	1,091	
4–<5 years	223	185	86	55	107	27	10	9	702	
5–<6 years	237	147	96	40	49	21	8	14	612	
6+ years	243	170	97	60	78	25	7	7	687	
Total	5,960	4,010	3,332	1,831	1,815	384	292	192	17,816	
(continued)

Table 3.22 (continued): CACP separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
<4 weeks	3.9	3.1	5.2	5.0	3.6	1.4	4.7	0.9	4.0	
4–<8 weeks	5.7	3.6	7.0	6.8	6.2	4.0	6.5	3.7	5.6	
8–<13 weeks	7.4	6.0	7.8	5.8	5.8	5.4	6.5	6.5	6.8	
13–<26 weeks	13.9	12.9	16.0	15.7	12.9	11.6	14.4	13.0	14.1	
26–<39 weeks	10.2	9.8	10.9	9.7	9.9	9.8	10.7	12.0	10.2	
39–<52 weeks	7.6	7.8	8.5	8.4	8.4	7.2	10.2	8.3	8.0	
1–<2 years	21.8	24.7	20.7	24.4	21.5	22.8	20.9	17.6	22.4	
2–<3 years	10.1	11.6	9.9	9.0	11.3	9.8	10.7	13.0	10.4	
3–<4 years	6.7	7.2	4.9	6.0	6.4	9.4	5.6	8.3	6.4	
4–<5 years	4.0	4.8	2.7	2.9	6.4	6.5	4.7	6.5	4.1	
5–<6 years	4.3	4.1	3.1	2.3	3.0	5.1	3.3	5.6	3.7	
6+ years	4.5	4.6	3.3	4.0	4.6	6.9	1.9	4.6	4.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
<4 weeks	4.6	3.6	4.7	5.6	5.1	—	5.2	2.4	4.4	
4–<8 weeks	5.6	4.1	7.7	6.4	7.5	4.6	3.9	2.4	5.8	
8–<13 weeks	6.5	5.4	8.7	7.7	7.1	4.6	10.4	6.0	6.8	
13–<26 weeks	15.5	12.9	18.3	15.8	16.1	10.2	14.3	17.9	15.4	
26–<39 weeks	11.2	11.4	12.6	12.3	11.7	7.4	15.6	6.0	11.6	
39–<52 weeks	8.3	8.7	8.6	10.1	8.2	10.2	11.7	7.1	8.7	
1–<2 years	23.0	25.4	20.2	22.2	19.5	25.9	27.3	20.2	22.7	
2–<3 years	9.4	10.3	8.1	9.3	10.6	14.8	5.2	16.7	9.6	
3–<4 years	6.1	7.4	4.2	3.7	3.8	1.9	1.3	7.1	5.5	
4–<5 years	3.2	4.3	2.4	3.2	4.7	8.3	—	2.4	3.5	
5–<6 years	3.3	2.9	2.5	2.0	2.0	6.5	1.3	9.5	2.9	
6+ years	3.1	3.6	2.1	1.7	3.6	5.6	3.9	2.4	3.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
<4 weeks	4.1	3.3	5.0	5.2	4.0	1.0	4.8	1.6	4.1	
4–<8 weeks	5.7	3.8	7.2	6.7	6.6	4.2	5.8	3.1	5.7	
8–<13 weeks	7.1	5.8	8.1	6.4	6.2	5.2	7.5	6.3	6.8	
13–<26 weeks	14.4	12.9	16.7	15.7	13.9	11.2	14.4	15.1	14.5	
26–<39 weeks	10.5	10.3	11.5	10.5	10.5	9.1	12.0	9.4	10.6	
39–<52 weeks	7.8	8.1	8.5	9.0	8.4	8.1	10.6	7.8	8.2	
1–<2 years	22.2	24.9	20.6	23.7	20.9	23.7	22.6	18.8	22.5	
2–<3 years	9.8	11.1	9.3	9.1	11.1	11.2	9.2	14.6	10.2	
3–<4 years	6.5	7.3	4.7	5.2	5.6	7.3	4.5	7.8	6.1	
4–<5 years	3.7	4.6	2.6	3.0	5.9	7.0	3.4	4.7	3.9	
5–<6 years	4.0	3.7	2.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	2.7	7.3	3.4	
6+ years	4.1	4.2	2.9	3.3	4.3	6.5	2.4	3.6	3.9	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 3.23: CACP separations, completed length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Length of stay	Death	To hospital	To residential aged care	To other CACP outlet	Other community/ holiday	Other	Total	
	Number	
<4 weeks	114	42	195	68	63	252	734	
4–<8 weeks	172	50	345	64	90	289	1,010	
8–<13 weeks	175	54	513	83	83	304	1,212	
13–<26 weeks	416	122	1,189	186	190	482	2,585	
26–<39 weeks	301	88	921	147	128	308	1,893	
39–<52 weeks	213	70	729	103	109	244	1,468	
1–<2 years	663	162	1,953	320	337	578	4,013	
2–<3 years	315	64	855	171	148	256	1,809	
3–<4 years	206	34	550	105	88	108	1,091	
4–<5 years	147	23	283	58	94	97	702	
5–<6 years	138	21	278	61	39	75	612	
6+ years	153	23	310	81	45	75	687	
Total	3,013	753	8,121	1,447	1,414	3,068	17,816	
	Per cent (column)	
<4 weeks	3.8	5.6	2.4	4.7	4.5	8.2	4.1	
4–<8 weeks	5.7	6.6	4.2	4.4	6.4	9.4	5.7	
8–<13 weeks	5.8	7.2	6.3	5.7	5.9	9.9	6.8	
13–<26 weeks	13.8	16.2	14.6	12.9	13.4	15.7	14.5	
26–<39 weeks	10.0	11.7	11.3	10.2	9.1	10.0	10.6	
39–<52 weeks	7.1	9.3	9.0	7.1	7.7	8.0	8.2	
1–<2 years	22.0	21.5	24.0	22.1	23.8	18.8	22.5	
2–<3 years	10.5	8.5	10.5	11.8	10.5	8.3	10.2	
3–<4 years	6.8	4.5	6.8	7.3	6.2	3.5	6.1	
4–<5 years	4.9	3.1	3.5	4.0	6.6	3.2	3.9	
5–<6 years	4.6	2.8	3.4	4.2	2.8	2.4	3.4	
6+ years	5.1	3.1	3.8	5.6	3.2	2.4	3.9	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
<4 weeks	15.5	5.7	26.6	9.3	8.6	34.3	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	17.0	5.0	34.2	6.3	8.9	28.6	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	14.4	4.5	42.3	6.8	6.8	25.1	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	16.1	4.7	46.0	7.2	7.4	18.6	100.0	
26–<39 weeks	15.9	4.6	48.7	7.8	6.8	16.3	100.0	
39–<52 weeks	14.5	4.8	49.7	7.0	7.4	16.6	100.0	
1–<2 years	16.5	4.0	48.7	8.0	8.4	14.4	100.0	
2–<3 years	17.4	3.5	47.3	9.5	8.2	14.2	100.0	
3–<4 years	18.9	3.1	50.4	9.6	8.1	9.9	100.0	
4–<5 years	20.9	3.3	40.3	8.3	13.4	13.8	100.0	
5–<6 years	22.5	3.4	45.4	10.0	6.4	12.3	100.0	
6+ years	22.3	3.3	45.1	11.8	6.6	10.9	100.0	
Total	16.9	4.2	45.6	8.1	7.9	17.2	100.0	

4	EACH recipients
The EACH program provides the equivalent of high-level residential care to people living in their homes in the community. It provides a similar range of services to care recipients as CACPs, with the addition of nursing and allied health services. Recipients need approval from an Aged Care Assessment Team to access an EACH package. Additional high-level packages for people with behaviours of concern and psychological symptoms associated with dementia are now provided by the EACH Dementia program (see Section 5).
In 2007–08, 5,908 individuals who were eligible to receive high-level residential aged care received assistance to stay in their own homes through assistance provided by around 4,250 EACH packages (Table A9). Of these, 3,892 were receiving assistance at 30 June 2008, an increase of 893 (30%) compared with the number of recipients at 30 June 2007. 
This chapter examines the characteristics of people receiving assistance from an EACH package at 30 June 2008, and provides information on admissions and separations during 2007–08.
4.1 Location
The distribution of the 3,892 EACH package recipients at 30 June 2008 across states and territories were New South Wales (33%), Victoria (30%), Queensland (15%), South Australia (9%) and Western Australia (8%) (Table 4.3). Tasmania, The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory all had small numbers of recipients; 94 (2.4%), 93 (2.4%), and 66 (1.7%), respectively. 
The majority of EACH package recipients (67%) were located in Major cities, with 24% in Inner regional areas and 9% in Outer regional areas. While the number of EACH recipients in Remote and Very remote areas combined is small (0.6% of EACH recipients) the number in these areas doubled during 2007–08 from 12 to 24, with three of these care recipients living in Very remote locations (Table 4.3). 
4.2 Age and sex distribution
At 30 June 2008, 2,462 (63%) EACH package recipients were women and 1,430 (37%) were men (Table 4.1). The sex profile was similar across most states and territories, ranging from 61% to 67% women, with the exception of the Northern Territory (52% women) and Tasmania (70% women). 
The median age of EACH package recipients was 81 years, with 45% aged less than 80 years. Male care recipients were younger (median age 79 years) than female recipients (median age 83 years), with 56% of males aged less than 80 years, compared with 41% of females. EACH package recipients had a younger age profile than CACP recipients, with only 34% of CACP recipients aged less than 80 years. About 7% of EACH package recipients were aged less than 65 years and 0.4% were under 50 years (Table 4.1; Figure 4.1). The median age of care recipients in Remote and Very remote areas (75 and 77 years respectively) was lower than for Major cities and Regional areas (80–81 years) (Table 4.2).

Figure 4.1: Age and sex profile of EACH package recipients, 30 June 2008
Horizontal bar chart showing age groups on y-axis and per cent of recipients (male and female) on x-axis.

4.3 Birthplace and preferred language
Birthplace and preferred language were recorded for almost all care recipients—90% of recipients at 30 June 2008 were born either in Australia (64%), the United Kingdom and Ireland (10%) or European countries (17%) (Table 4.4). Italy (5%), Greece (2%) and Germany (1%) were the top three countries of birth for people who were born overseas in countries where English was not the main language spoken (Table A7).
Although 82% of recipients preferred to speak English, 12% preferred to speak a European language (Table 4.5). 
People from a country where English is not the main language spoken are defined as those born in countries other than Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America. For people in this group aged 75 years and over, age-specific use of EACH packages per 1,000 was around 50% higher when compared with Australian-born and English-speaking overseas-born recipients (Table 4.11). The small numbers need to be taken into account for this measure.
4.4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care recipients
At 30 June 2008, 54 of the 3,892 EACH package recipients identified as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples and 3 recipients were of unknown status. Only 4 Indigenous care recipients lived in Remote areas. This represents 19% of care recipients in this locality compared with 1.4% of recipients overall. None of the recipients in Very remote localities were identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders (tables 4.7 and 4.8). 
Indigenous care recipients had a younger age profile than other Australians. Their median age was 68 years with 56% aged under 70 years, compared with 15% for non-Indigenous (median age 81 years) EACH package recipients (Table 4.9). 
4.5 Living arrangements
The question that care recipients were asked in relation to their living arrangements at the time of their application for a package was: ‘With whom do you normally live?’. At 30 June 2008, 68% of EACH package recipients were living with family and 3% were living with others. This high percentage of recipients who did not live alone (71%) reflects the importance of informal care arrangements in supporting high-care recipients in their home. This care is more commonly provided by family (Table 4.6). 
However, there was still a significant proportion of these high-care recipients (29%) who lived alone at the time they started receiving assistance in the form of an EACH package. Victoria had the lowest percentage of recipients who lived alone (24%), while Tasmania and South Australia had the highest (46% and 44% respectively). 
Over time, living arrangements of individuals may change, and these changes will not be reflected in this data. However, data collected by DoHA’s 2008 Community Care Census will provide information on living arrangements at the time of the census (DoHA (forthcoming)). 
4.6 Carer status
Carers are an important factor in determining the care plan for high-care package recipients and this information is regularly updated (see Appendix 2). Most EACH package recipients (89%) received assistance from a carer; 70% had a co-resident carer, 19% had a carer who did not live with them, and 11% did not have a carer. A slightly higher percentage of male care recipients (91%) had a carer than females (88%), but the main difference was the proportion of carers who lived with the recipient; 87% of carers of male EACH package recipients lived with the recipient compared with 74% of carers of female recipients (tables 4.12 and 4.13).
The proportion of care recipients with a carer ranged from 92% in New South Wales to 68% in the Northern Territory. Victoria had the highest percentage of recipients with a co‑resident carer (76%), while Tasmania had the lowest percentage of recipients with a co-resident carer (48%) (Table 4.12).
4.7 Admissions and separations
There were 2,957 admissions to EACH packages in the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, of which 62% were women and 38% were men. Of these recipients, 63% of women and 51% of men were aged 80 years and over (Table 4.15). 
There were 2,067 separations from EACH packages over the same period. The main reasons for separation were admission to residential aged care (45%), death (34%), and admission to hospital (8%). Four percent withdrew from the service and another 4% changed to other forms of community care, most of whom moved onto EACH Dementia packages (3%) (Table 4.17). Other reasons for stopping receipt of an EACH package included the care recipient moving out of the area and the provider no longer providing service to the recipient. Six people moved to Transition Care places. Of those recorded as moving out of the area, a small number immediately started receiving services from a new outlet. The administrative database does not have an option for recording that the client transferred to another EACH provider.
For separations between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, 26% had a length of stay of less than 3 months, and 18% of between 3 and 6 months. Over half (56%) had a length of stay of at least 6 months and 33% of separations had length of stay 1 year or more (Table 4.18).

Table 4.1: EACH package recipients, age by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–49	—	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	9	
50–54	8	4	5	2	1	—	—	—	20	
55–59	7	12	7	9	—	1	—	—	36	
60–64	19	20	18	9	4	5	2	—	77	
65–69 	67	57	30	12	8	4	3	4	185	
70–74 	90	87	39	29	19	5	5	7	281	
75–79 	125	105	47	32	27	12	9	6	363	
80–84 	160	142	77	47	61	13	6	6	512	
85–89 	175	117	80	43	47	16	22	8	508	
90–94 	137	75	36	25	34	7	9	3	326	
95+	46	36	18	20	18	3	4	—	145	
Total females	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
0–49	3	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	5	
50–54	4	3	1	2	—	1	—	—	11	
55–59	2	8	6	2	—	1	—	4	23	
60–64	25	31	13	4	2	3	5	3	86	
65–69 	34	50	22	13	7	5	4	3	138	
70–74 	73	81	35	20	13	—	2	9	233	
75–79 	92	80	33	23	28	4	7	2	269	
80–84 	87	91	52	23	29	9	5	6	302	
85–89 	83	48	30	19	19	2	8	1	210	
90–94 	41	24	24	13	8	2	2	3	117	
95+	14	9	7	1	3	1	—	1	36	
Total males	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
0–49	3	7	4	—	—	—	—	—	14	
50–54	12	7	6	4	1	1	—	—	31	
55–59	9	20	13	11	—	2	—	4	59	
60–64	44	51	31	13	6	8	7	3	163	
65–69 	101	107	52	25	15	9	7	7	323	
70–74 	163	168	74	49	32	5	7	16	514	
75–79 	217	185	80	55	55	16	16	8	632	
80–84 	247	233	129	70	90	22	11	12	814	
85–89 	258	165	110	62	66	18	30	9	718	
90–94 	178	99	60	38	42	9	11	6	443	
95+	60	45	25	21	21	4	4	1	181	
Total	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
(continued)

Table 4.1 (continued): EACH package recipients, age by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–49	—	0.9	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	
50–54	1.0	0.6	1.4	0.9	0.5	—	—	—	0.8	
55–59	0.8	1.8	1.9	3.9	—	1.5	—	—	1.5	
60–64	2.3	3.0	5.0	3.9	1.8	7.6	3.3	—	3.1	
65–69 	8.0	8.6	8.3	5.3	3.7	6.1	5.0	11.8	7.5	
70–74 	10.8	13.2	10.8	12.7	8.7	7.6	8.3	20.6	11.4	
75–79 	15.0	15.9	13.1	14.0	12.3	18.2	15.0	17.6	14.7	
80–84 	19.2	21.5	21.4	20.6	27.9	19.7	10.0	17.6	20.8	
85–89 	21.0	17.7	22.2	18.9	21.5	24.2	36.7	23.5	20.6	
90–94 	16.4	11.3	10.0	11.0	15.5	10.6	15.0	8.8	13.2	
95+	5.5	5.4	5.0	8.8	8.2	4.5	6.7	—	5.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–49	0.7	0.2	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	
50–54	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	—	3.6	—	—	0.8	
55–59	0.4	1.9	2.7	1.7	—	3.6	—	12.5	1.6	
60–64	5.5	7.3	5.8	3.3	1.8	10.7	15.2	9.4	6.0	
65–69 	7.4	11.7	9.8	10.8	6.4	17.9	12.1	9.4	9.7	
70–74 	15.9	19.0	15.6	16.7	11.9	—	6.1	28.1	16.3	
75–79 	20.1	18.8	14.7	19.2	25.7	14.3	21.2	6.3	18.8	
80–84 	19.0	21.4	23.2	19.2	26.6	32.1	15.2	18.8	21.1	
85–89 	18.1	11.3	13.4	15.8	17.4	7.1	24.2	3.1	14.7	
90–94 	9.0	5.6	10.7	10.8	7.3	7.1	6.1	9.4	8.2	
95+	3.1	2.1	3.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	—	3.1	2.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–49	0.2	0.6	0.7	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.1	—	—	0.8	
55–59	0.7	1.8	2.2	3.2	—	2.1	—	6.1	1.5	
60–64	3.4	4.7	5.3	3.7	1.8	8.5	7.5	4.5	4.2	
65–69 	7.8	9.8	8.9	7.2	4.6	9.6	7.5	10.6	8.3	
70–74 	12.6	15.5	12.7	14.1	9.8	5.3	7.5	24.2	13.2	
75–79 	16.8	17.0	13.7	15.8	16.8	17.0	17.2	12.1	16.2	
80–84 	19.1	21.4	22.1	20.1	27.4	23.4	11.8	18.2	20.9	
85–89 	20.0	15.2	18.8	17.8	20.1	19.1	32.3	13.6	18.4	
90–94 	13.8	9.1	10.3	10.9	12.8	9.6	11.8	9.1	11.4	
95+	4.6	4.1	4.3	6.0	6.4	4.3	4.3	1.5	4.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age 										
Persons	81 years	79 years	81 years	81 years	83 years	81 years	84 years	77 years	81 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets

Table 4.2: EACH package recipients, age by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner
 regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
Females		 	 	 	 		
0–49	3	5	1	—	—	9	
50–54	10	5	5	—	—	20	
55–59	19	14	3	—	—	36	
60–64	57	17	2	1	—	77	
65–69 	115	48	21	1	—	185	
70–74 	187	69	24	1	—	281	
75–79 	228	100	34	1	—	363	
80–84 	349	118	43	2	—	512	
85–89 	348	106	51	3	—	508	
90–94 	224	77	25	—	—	326	
95+	107	28	8	2	—	145	
Total females	1,647	587	217	11	—	2,462	
Males							
0–49	2	1	2	—	—	5	
50–54	5	4	2	—	—	11	
55–59	12	6	3	2	—	23	
60–64	57	16	10	2	1	86	
65–69 	97	32	9	—	—	138	
70–74 	156	55	19	3	—	233	
75–79 	181	66	21	—	1	269	
80–84 	200	70	30	1	1	302	
85–89 	142	51	15	2	—	210	
90–94 	73	33	11	—	—	117	
95+	24	7	5	—	—	36	
Total males 	949	341	127	10	3	1,430	
Persons							
0–49	5	6	3	—	—	14	
50–54	15	9	7	—	—	31	
55–59	31	20	6	2	—	59	
60–64	114	33	12	3	1	163	
65–69 	212	80	30	1	—	323	
70–74 	343	124	43	4	—	514	
75–79 	409	166	55	1	1	632	
80–84 	549	188	73	3	1	814	
85–89 	490	157	66	5	—	718	
90–94 	297	110	36	—	—	443	
95+	131	35	13	2	—	181	
Total	2,596	928	344	21	3	3,892	
(continued)

Table 4.2 (continued): EACH package recipients, age by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner
 regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Per cent	
Females							
0–49	0.2	0.9	0.5	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.6	0.9	2.3	—	—	0.8	
55–59	1.2	2.4	1.4	—	—	1.5	
60–64	3.5	2.9	0.9	9.1	—	3.1	
65–69 	7.0	8.2	9.7	9.1	—	7.5	
70–74 	11.4	11.8	11.1	9.1	—	11.4	
75–79 	13.8	17.0	15.7	9.1	—	14.7	
80–84 	21.2	20.1	19.8	18.2	—	20.8	
85–89 	21.1	18.1	23.5	27.3	—	20.6	
90–94 	13.6	13.1	11.5	—	—	13.2	
95+	6.5	4.8	3.7	18.2	—	5.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
Males							
0–49	0.2	0.3	1.6	—	—	0.3	
50–54	0.5	1.2	1.6	—	—	0.8	
55–59	1.3	1.8	2.4	20.0	—	1.6	
60–64	6.0	4.7	7.9	20.0	33.3	6.0	
65–69 	10.2	9.4	7.1	—	—	9.7	
70–74 	16.4	16.1	15.0	30.0	—	16.3	
75–79 	19.1	19.4	16.5	—	33.3	18.8	
80–84 	21.1	20.5	23.6	10.0	33.3	21.1	
85–89 	15.0	15.0	11.8	20.0	—	14.7	
90–94 	7.7	9.7	8.7	—	—	8.2	
95+	2.5	2.1	3.9	—	—	2.5	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons							
0–49	0.2	0.6	0.9	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.6	1.0	2.0	—	—	0.8	
55–59	1.2	2.2	1.7	9.5	—	1.5	
60–64	4.4	3.6	3.5	14.3	33.3	4.2	
65–69 	8.2	8.6	8.7	4.8	—	8.3	
70–74 	13.2	13.4	12.5	19.0	—	13.2	
75–79 	15.8	17.9	16.0	4.8	33.3	16.2	
80–84 	21.1	20.3	21.2	14.3	33.3	20.9	
85–89 	18.9	16.9	19.2	23.8	—	18.4	
90–94 	11.4	11.9	10.5	—	—	11.4	
95+	5.0	3.8	3.8	9.5	—	4.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age							
Persons	81 years	80 years	81 years	75 years	77 years	81 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 
Table 4.3: EACH package recipients, remoteness(a) by state/territory, 30 June 2008
State/territory	Major
 cities	Inner
 regional	Outer 
regional	Remote	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
NSW 	879	313	100	—	—	1,292	
Vic 	774	245	67	1	—	1,087	
Qld 	332	178	69	2	3	584	
WA	270	54	20	4	—	348	
SA	248	49	31	—	—	328	
Tas 	—	89	3	2	—	94	
ACT 	93	—	—	—	—	93	
NT	—	—	54	12	—	66	
Australia	2,596	928	344	21	3	3,892	
	Per cent (column)	
NSW 	33.9	33.7	29.1	—	—	33.2	
Vic	29.8	26.4	19.5	—	. .	27.9	
Qld	12.8	19.2	20.1	—	—	15.0	
WA	10.4	5.8	5.8	—	—	8.9	
SA	9.6	5.3	9.0	—	—	8.4	
Tas 	. .	9.6	0.9	—	—	2.4	
ACT 	3.6	—	. .	. .	. .	2.4	
NT	. .	. .	15.7	—	—	1.7	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
NSW 	68.0	24.2	7.7	—	—	100.0	
Vic	71.2	22.5	6.2	0.1	. .	100.0	
Qld	56.8	30.5	11.8	0.3	0.5	100.0	
WA	77.6	15.5	5.7	1.1	—	100.0	
SA	75.6	14.9	9.5	—	—	100.0	
Tas 	. .	94.7	3.2	2.1	—	100.0	
ACT 	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	81.8	18.2	—	100.0	
Australia	66.7	23.8	8.8	0.5	0.1	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 

Table 4.4: EACH package recipients, birthplace(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australia	583	391	287	109	142	52	37	25	1,626	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	11	9	10	2	2	1	—	1	36	
UK and Ireland	69	50	28	41	24	8	10	—	230	
North/West Europe	22	17	12	13	9	2	3	—	78	
South/East Europe	79	135	11	33	36	2	4	4	304	
North Africa/Middle East	21	13	2	2	2	—	—	—	40	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	2	6	1	4	—	1	—	—	14	
Southeast Asia	16	13	1	11	3	—	1	1	46	
Northeast Asia	14	8	1	2	1	—	2	2	30	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	10	14	2	8	—	—	2	—	36	
North America	—	2	4	—	—	—	1	1	8	
Other America/Caribbean	5	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	10	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	4	
Total females	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
Australia	278	237	166	45	64	20	19	21	850	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	11	4	3	—	1	2	1	1	23	
UK and Ireland	40	30	25	32	17	2	6	5	157	
North/West Europe	13	18	10	8	4	—	—	1	54	
South/East Europe	54	95	10	21	18	3	5	1	207	
North Africa/Middle East	22	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	30	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	6	3	—	3	—	—	1	—	13	
Southeast Asia	11	12	3	2	3	—	—	3	34	
Northeast Asia	8	5	1	—	—	—	1	—	15	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	8	13	1	7	—	—	—	—	29	
North America	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	10	
Other America/Caribbean	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	4	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	3	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	4	
Total males	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
Australia	861	628	453	154	206	72	56	46	2,476	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	22	13	13	2	3	3	1	2	59	
UK and Ireland	109	80	53	73	41	10	16	5	387	
North/West Europe	35	35	22	21	13	2	3	1	132	
South/East Europe	133	230	21	54	54	5	9	5	511	
North Africa/Middle East	43	19	4	2	2	—	—	—	70	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	8	9	1	7	—	1	1	—	27	
Southeast Asia	27	25	4	13	6	—	1	4	80	
Northeast Asia	22	13	2	2	1	—	3	2	45	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	18	27	3	15	—	—	2	—	65	
North America	2	4	6	2	2	—	1	1	18	
Other America/Caribbean	7	3	2	2	—	—	—	—	14	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	5	1	—	1	—	1	—	—	8	
Total 	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
(continued)

Table 4.4 (continued): EACH package recipients, birthplace(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australia	69.9	59.2	79.7	47.8	64.8	78.8	61.7	73.5	66.0	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.3	1.4	2.8	0.9	0.9	1.5	—	2.9	1.5	
UK and Ireland	8.3	7.6	7.8	18.0	11.0	12.1	16.7	—	9.3	
North/West Europe	2.6	2.6	3.3	5.7	4.1	3.0	5.0	—	3.2	
South/East Europe	9.5	20.4	3.1	14.5	16.4	3.0	6.7	11.8	12.3	
North Africa/Middle East	2.5	2.0	0.6	0.9	0.9	—	—	—	1.6	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.8	—	1.5	—	—	0.6	
Southeast Asia	1.9	2.0	0.3	4.8	1.4	—	1.7	2.9	1.9	
Northeast Asia	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.9	0.5	—	3.3	5.9	1.2	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	1.2	2.1	0.6	3.5	—	—	3.3	—	1.5	
North America	—	0.3	1.1	—	—	—	1.7	2.9	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	—	—	—	—	0.4	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	0.2	0.2	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australia	60.7	55.6	74.1	37.5	58.7	71.4	57.6	65.6	59.4	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	2.4	0.9	1.3	—	0.9	7.1	3.0	3.1	1.6	
UK and Ireland	8.7	7.0	11.2	26.7	15.6	7.1	18.2	15.6	11.0	
North/West Europe	2.8	4.2	4.5	6.7	3.7	—	—	3.1	3.8	
South/East Europe	11.8	22.3	4.5	17.5	16.5	10.7	15.2	3.1	14.5	
North Africa/Middle East	4.8	1.4	0.9	—	—	—	—	—	2.1	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	1.3	0.7	—	2.5	—	—	3.0	—	0.9	
Southeast Asia	2.4	2.8	1.3	1.7	2.8	—	—	9.4	2.4	
Northeast Asia	1.7	1.2	0.4	—	—	—	3.0	—	1.0	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	1.7	3.1	0.4	5.8	—	—	—	—	2.0	
North America	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.7	1.8	—	—	—	0.7	
Other America/Caribbean	0.4	0.2	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	0.7	—	—	—	—	3.6	—	—	0.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australia	66.6	57.8	77.6	44.3	62.8	76.6	60.2	69.7	63.6	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.7	1.2	2.2	0.6	0.9	3.2	1.1	3.0	1.5	
UK and Ireland	8.4	7.4	9.1	21.0	12.5	10.6	17.2	7.6	9.9	
North/West Europe	2.7	3.2	3.8	6.0	4.0	2.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	
South/East Europe	10.3	21.2	3.6	15.5	16.5	5.3	9.7	7.6	13.1	
North Africa/Middle East	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	—	—	—	1.8	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	—	1.1	1.1	—	0.7	
Southeast Asia	2.1	2.3	0.7	3.7	1.8	—	1.1	6.1	2.1	
Northeast Asia	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.6	0.3	—	3.2	3.0	1.2	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	1.4	2.5	0.5	4.3	—	—	2.2	—	1.7	
North America	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	—	1.1	1.5	0.5	
Other America/Caribbean	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	—	—	—	—	0.4	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	0.4	0.1	—	0.3	—	1.1	—	—	0.2	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	ABS 2008b.
(b)	Refers to the location of the service providers.

Table 4.5: EACH package recipients, preferred language(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	2	5	
English	692	505	348	180	177	64	52	26	2,044	
Other Northern European	7	6	2	4	6	1	2	—	28	
Southern European	47	88	4	22	19	—	1	2	183	
Eastern European	25	27	2	10	11	1	2	2	80	
Southwest Asian and North African	20	7	1	1	2	—	—	—	31	
Southern Asian	8	6	1	1	—	—	1	—	17	
Southeast Asian	9	5	—	1	3	—	1	—	19	
Eastern Asian	18	11	1	3	1	—	1	2	37	
African (excluding North African)	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Oceanic	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	
Other	2	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	5	
Not stated	5	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	8	
Total females	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	
English	360	315	217	101	91	24	29	26	1,163	
Other Northern European	4	6	1	2	—	—	—	—	13	
Southern European	37	67	3	13	13	1	1	1	136	
Eastern European	11	17	1	3	2	2	2	—	38	
Southwest Asian and North African	16	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	
Southern Asian	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	
Southeast Asian	6	9	—	—	2	—	—	1	18	
Eastern Asian	12	5	2	—	—	—	1	—	20	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	
Other	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	
Not stated	2	3	—	1	1	1	—	—	8	
Total males	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	6	9	
English	1,052	820	565	281	268	88	81	52	3,207	
Other Northern European	11	12	3	6	6	1	2	—	41	
Southern European	84	155	7	35	32	1	2	3	319	
Eastern European	36	44	3	13	13	3	4	2	118	
Southwest Asian and North African	36	10	1	1	2	—	—	—	50	
Southern Asian	15	7	1	1	—	—	1	—	25	
Southeast Asian	15	14	—	1	5	—	1	1	37	
Eastern Asian	30	16	3	3	1	—	2	2	57	
African (excluding North African)	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Oceanic	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Other	4	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	7	
Not stated	7	3	1	3	1	1	—	—	16	
Total 	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
(continued)

Table 4.5 (continued): EACH package recipients, preferred language(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Sex/preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	1.3	—	—	—	5.9	0.2	
English	83.0	76.4	96.7	78.9	80.8	97.0	86.7	76.5	83.0	
Other Northern European	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.7	1.5	3.3	—	1.1	
Southern European	5.6	13.3	1.1	9.6	8.7	—	1.7	5.9	7.4	
Eastern European	3.0	4.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.5	3.3	5.9	3.2	
Southwest Asian and North African	2.4	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	—	—	—	1.3	
Southern Asian	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.4	—	—	1.7	—	0.7	
Southeast Asian	1.1	0.8	—	0.4	1.4	—	1.7	—	0.8	
Eastern Asian	2.2	1.7	0.3	1.3	0.5	—	1.7	5.9	1.5	
African (excluding North African)	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Oceanic	0.1	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Other	0.2	0.3	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Not stated	0.6	—	0.3	0.9	—	—	—	—	0.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.5	0.3	
English	78.6	73.9	96.9	84.2	83.5	85.7	87.9	81.3	81.3	
Other Northern European	0.9	1.4	0.4	1.7	—	—	—	—	0.9	
Southern European	8.1	15.7	1.3	10.8	11.9	3.6	3.0	3.1	9.5	
Eastern European	2.4	4.0	0.4	2.5	1.8	7.1	6.1	—	2.7	
Southwest Asian and North African	3.5	0.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3	
Southern Asian	1.5	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	
Southeast Asian	1.3	2.1	—	—	1.8	—	—	3.1	1.3	
Eastern Asian	2.6	1.2	0.9	—	—	—	3.0	—	1.4	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Other	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Not stated	0.4	0.7	—	0.8	0.9	3.6	—	—	0.6	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	0.9	—	—	—	9.1	0.2	
English	81.4	75.4	96.7	80.7	81.7	93.6	87.1	78.8	82.4	
Other Northern European	0.9	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	1.1	2.2	—	1.1	
Southern European	6.5	14.3	1.2	10.1	9.8	1.1	2.2	4.5	8.2	
Eastern European	2.8	4.0	0.5	3.7	4.0	3.2	4.3	3.0	3.0	
Southwest Asian and North African	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.6	—	—	—	1.3	
Southern Asian	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.3	—	—	1.1	—	0.6	
Southeast Asian	1.2	1.3	—	0.3	1.5	—	1.1	1.5	1.0	
Eastern Asian	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.9	0.3	—	2.2	3.0	1.5	
African (excluding North African)	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Oceanic	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Other	0.3	0.2	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Not stated	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.1	—	—	0.4	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	ABS 1997.
(b)	Refers to the location of the service providers.

Table 4.6: EACH recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/living arrangements	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Lives alone	277	191	111	73	112	36	32	13	845	
Lives with family	515	452	241	150	102	29	27	19	1,535	
Lives with others	27	12	8	4	5	1	1	2	60	
Not applicable	15	6	—	1	—	—	—	—	22	
Total females	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
Lives alone	78	68	43	21	33	7	5	10	265	
Lives with family	355	343	171	94	73	20	28	21	1,105	
Lives with others	17	14	8	4	1	—	—	1	45	
Not applicable	8	1	2	1	2	1	—	—	15	
Total males	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
Lives alone	355	259	154	94	145	43	37	23	1,110	
Lives with family	870	795	412	244	175	49	55	40	2,640	
Lives with others	44	26	16	8	6	1	1	3	105	
Not applicable	23	7	2	2	2	1	—	—	37	
Total 	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
	Per cent	
Females										
Lives alone	33.2	28.9	30.8	32.0	51.1	54.5	53.3	38.2	34.3	
Lives with family	61.8	68.4	66.9	65.8	46.6	43.9	45.0	55.9	62.3	
Lives with others	3.2	1.8	2.2	1.8	2.3	1.5	1.7	5.9	2.4	
Not applicable	1.8	0.9	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	0.9	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Lives alone	17.0	16.0	19.2	17.5	30.3	25.0	15.2	31.3	18.5	
Lives with family	77.5	80.5	76.3	78.3	67.0	71.4	84.8	65.6	77.3	
Lives with others	3.7	3.3	3.6	3.3	0.9	—	—	3.1	3.1	
Not applicable	1.7	0.2	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.6	—	—	1.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Lives alone	27.5	23.8	26.4	27.0	44.2	45.7	39.8	34.8	28.5	
Lives with family	67.3	73.1	70.5	70.1	53.4	52.1	59.1	60.6	67.8	
Lives with others	3.4	2.4	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.1	1.1	4.5	2.7	
Not applicable	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.1	—	—	1.0	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet. 

Table 4.7: EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Indigenous	17	1	7	4	1	1	1	2	34	
Other Australian	817	660	351	224	218	65	59	32	2,426	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2	
Total females	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
Indigenous	10	3	—	—	—	—	—	7	20	
Other Australian	448	423	223	120	109	28	33	25	1,409	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	
Total males	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
Indigenous	27	4	7	4	1	1	1	9	54	
Other Australian	1,265	1,083	574	344	327	93	92	57	3,835	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Total	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
	Per cent	
Females										
Indigenous	2.0	0.2	1.9	1.8	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.9	1.4	
Other Australian	98.0	99.8	97.5	98.2	99.5	98.5	98.3	94.1	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Indigenous	2.2	0.7	—	—	—	—	—	21.9	1.4	
Other Australian	97.8	99.3	99.6	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	78.1	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Indigenous	2.1	0.4	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.1	13.6	1.4	
Other Australian	97.9	99.6	98.3	98.9	99.7	98.9	98.9	86.4	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.
Note: In addition, there were 248 packages provided by service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and many of the recipients of the 308 packages provided by Multi-purpose Services were likely to be Indigenous Australians.

Table 4.8: EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	Major 
cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote 	Very 
remote	All 
regions	
	Number	
Females		 	 	 	 		
Indigenous	9	11	12	2	—	34	
Other Australians	1,636	576	205	9	—	2,426	
Unknown/not reported	2	—	—	—	—	2	
Total females	1,647	587	217	11	—	2,462	
Males							
Indigenous	5	3	10	2	—	20	
Other Australians	943	338	117	8	3	1,409	
Unknown/not reported	1	—	—	—	—	1	
Total males 	949	341	127	10	3	1,430	
Persons							
Indigenous	14	14	22	4	—	54	
Other Australians	2,579	914	322	17	3	3,835	
Unknown/not reported	3	—	—	—	—	3	
Total	2,596	928	344	21	3	3,892	
	Per cent	
Females							
Indigenous	0.5	1.9	5.5	18.2	—	1.4	
Other Australians	99.3	98.1	94.5	81.8	—	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
Males							
Indigenous	0.5	0.9	7.9	20.0	—	1.4	
Other Australians	99.4	99.1	92.1	80.0	—	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total males 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
Persons							
Indigenous	0.5	1.5	6.4	19.0	—	1.4	
Other Australians	99.3	98.5	93.6	81.0	—	98.5	
Unknown/not reported	0.1	—	—	—	—	0.1	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC of Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS.

Table 4.9: EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and age, 30 June 2008
	Indigenous		Other Australian		Unknown		Total care recipients	
Sex/age	Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent	
Females												
0–49	—	—		9	0.4		—	—		9	0.4	
50–54	5	14.7		14	0.6		1	50.0		20	0.8	
55–59	2	5.9		34	1.4		—	—		36	1.5	
60–64	3	8.8		74	3.1		—	—		77	3.1	
65–69	8	23.5		176	7.3		1	50.0		185	7.5	
70–74	5	14.7		276	11.4		—	—		281	11.4	
75–79	2	5.9		361	14.9		—	—		363	14.7	
80–84	3	8.8		509	21.0		—	—		512	20.8	
85–89	4	11.8		504	20.8		—	—		508	20.6	
90+	2	5.9		469	19.3		—	—		471	19.1	
Total females	34	100.0		2,426	100.0		2	100.0		2,462	100.0	
Males												
0–49	2	10.0		3	0.2		—	—		5	0.3	
50–54	—	—		11	0.8		—	—		11	0.8	
55–59	3	15.0		20	1.4		—	—		23	1.6	
60–64	5	25.0		81	5.7		—	—		86	6.0	
65–69	2	10.0		136	9.7		—	—		138	9.7	
70–74	4	20.0		228	16.2		1	100.0		233	16.3	
75–79	1	5.0		268	19.0		—	—		269	18.8	
80–84	2	10.0		300	21.3		—	—		302	21.1	
85–89	1	5.0		209	14.8		—	—		210	14.7	
90+	—	—		153	10.9		—	—		153	10.7	
Total males	20	100.0		1,409	100.0		1	100.0		1,430	100.0	
Persons												
0–49	2	3.7		12	0.3		—	—		14	0.4	
50–54	5	9.3		25	0.7		1	33.3		31	0.8	
55–59	5	9.3		54	1.4		—	—		59	1.5	
60–64	8	14.8		155	4.0		—	—		163	4.2	
65–69	10	18.5		312	8.1		1	33.3		323	8.3	
70–74	9	16.7		504	13.1		1	33.3		514	13.2	
75–79	3	5.6		629	16.4		—	—		632	16.2	
80–84	5	9.3		809	21.1		—	—		814	20.9	
85–89	5	9.3		713	18.6		—	—		718	18.4	
90+	2	3.7		622	16.2		—	—		624	16.0	
Total	54	100.0		3,835	100.0		3	—		3,892	100.0	
Median age 												
Persons	 68 years		 81 years		 67 years		 81 years	

Table 4.10: EACH package recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by sex and age, 30 June 2008
	Australian-born		Overseas-born		Total care recipients	
Sex/age			English-speaking countries		Non-English-speaking countries			
	Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent	
Females												
0–49	9	0.6		—	—		—	—		9	0.4	
50–54	16	1.0		1	0.4		3	0.5		20	0.8	
55–59	29	1.8		3	1.1		4	0.7		36	1.5	
60–64	54	3.3		10	3.8		13	2.3		77	3.1	
65–69	121	7.4		30	11.3		34	6.0		185	7.5	
70–74	183	11.2		24	9.1		74	13.0		281	11.4	
75–79	236	14.5		32	12.1		95	16.7		363	14.7	
80–84	320	19.6		56	21.1		136	23.9		512	20.8	
85–89	338	20.7		51	19.2		119	21.0		508	20.6	
90+	323	19.8		58	21.9		90	15.8		471	19.1	
Total females	1,629	100.0		265	100.0		568	100.0		2,462	100.0	
Males												
0–49	5	0.6		—	—		—	—		5	0.3	
50–54	11	1.3		—	—		—	—		11	0.8	
55–59	17	2.0		4	2.1		2	0.5		23	1.6	
60–64	62	7.3		8	4.2		16	4.1		86	6.0	
65–69	82	9.6		19	10.1		37	9.6		138	9.7	
70–74	140	16.4		37	19.6		56	14.5		233	16.3	
75–79	152	17.8		36	19.0		81	20.9		269	18.8	
80–84	169	19.8		27	14.3		106	27.4		302	21.1	
85–89	122	14.3		29	15.3		59	15.2		210	14.7	
90+	94	11.0		29	15.3		30	7.8		153	10.7	
Total males	854	100.0		189	100.0		387	100.0		1,430	100.0	
Persons												
0–49	14	0.6		—	—		—	—		14	0.4	
50–54	27	1.1		—	—		—	—		31	0.8	
55–59	46	1.9		7	1.5		6	0.6		59	1.5	
60–64	116	4.7		18	4.0		29	3.0		163	4.2	
65–69	203	8.2		49	10.8		71	7.4		323	8.3	
70–74	323	13.0		61	13.4		130	13.6		514	13.2	
75–79	388	15.6		68	15.0		176	18.4		632	16.2	
80–84	489	19.7		83	18.3		242	25.3		814	20.9	
85–89	460	18.5		80	17.6		178	18.6		718	18.4	
90+	417	16.8		87	19.2		120	12.6		624	16.0	
Total	2,483	100.0		454	100.0		955	100.0		3,892	100.0	
Median age 								
Persons	 81 years		 81 years		 81 years		 81 years	
Note: There were 8 care recipients of undetermined origin; these have been spread proportionately. While the overall median age uses all recipients, only those with known country of birth were used to determine the median age for specific English-speaking categories. 

Table 4.11: Age- and sex-specific usage rates for EACH package recipients, by English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
		Overseas born		
Sex/age	Australian-born	English-speaking countries	Non-English-speaking countries	Total	
Females					
50–64	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.07	
65–74	0.63	0.52	0.62	0.61	
75–84	1.50	1.44	2.12	1.62	
85+	3.72	3.61	6.21	4.05	
Total females (50+)	0.71	0.59	0.79	0.71	
Males					
50–64	0.07	0.04	0.05	0.06	
65–74	0.50	0.52	0.52	0.51	
75–84	1.16	1.11	1.89	1.32	
85+	2.54	3.47	4.15	2.95	
Total males (50+)	0.42	0.42	0.56	0.45	
Persons					
50–64	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.07	
65–74	0.57	0.52	0.57	0.56	
75–84	1.36	1.28	2.01	1.49	
85+	3.34	3.56	5.41	3.68	
Total (50+)	0.57	0.51	0.67	0.58	
Notes
1.	Recipients with unknown status have been spread proportionately across overseas born categories.
2.	Ratios are calculated using AIHW projections of ABS migration data and estimated resident population. (ABS 2007b and ABS 2008A).
3.	Owing to the unavailability of regular population estimates by language preference, English-speaking status is based on country of birth. People born in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States of America, Canada and South Africa are assumed to be from an English-speaking background. 

Table 4.12: EACH package recipients, carer status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/Indigenous status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	572	476	231	149	100	27	38	17	1,610	
Carer not co-resident	195	113	89	43	79	25	15	5	564	
Total	767	589	320	192	179	52	53	22	2,174	
Does not have a carer	67	72	40	36	40	14	7	12	288	
Total	834	661	360	228	219	66	60	34	2,462	
Males										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	374	353	164	98	75	18	28	19	1,129	
Carer not co-resident	50	43	38	8	20	8	2	4	173	
Total	424	396	202	106	95	26	30	23	1,302	
Does not have a carer	34	30	22	14	14	2	3	9	128	
Total	458	426	224	120	109	28	33	32	1,430	
Persons										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	946	829	395	247	175	45	66	36	2,739	
Carer not co-resident	245	156	127	51	99	33	17	9	737	
Total	1,191	985	522	298	274	78	83	45	3,476	
Does not have a carer	101	102	62	50	54	16	10	21	416	
Total	1,292	1,087	584	348	328	94	93	66	3,892	
	Per cent	
Females										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	68.6	72.0	64.2	65.4	45.7	40.9	63.3	50.0	65.4	
Carer not co-resident	23.4	17.1	24.7	18.9	36.1	37.9	25.0	14.7	22.9	
Total	92.0	89.1	88.9	84.2	81.7	78.8	88.3	64.7	88.3	
Does not have a carer	8.0	10.9	11.1	15.8	18.3	21.2	11.7	35.3	11.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	81.7	82.9	73.2	81.7	68.8	64.3	84.8	59.4	79.0	
Carer not co-resident	10.9	10.1	17.0	6.7	18.3	28.6	6.1	12.5	12.1	
Total	92.6	93.0	90.2	88.3	87.2	92.9	90.9	71.9	91.0	
Does not have a carer	7.4	7.0	9.8	11.7	12.8	7.1	9.1	28.1	9.0	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	73.2	76.3	67.6	71.0	53.4	47.9	71.0	54.5	70.4	
Carer not co-resident	19.0	14.4	21.7	14.7	30.2	35.1	18.3	13.6	18.9	
Total	92.2	90.6	89.4	85.6	83.5	83.0	89.2	68.2	89.3	
Does not have a carer	7.8	9.4	10.6	14.4	16.5	17.0	10.8	31.8	10.7	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet. 									

Table 4.13: EACH package recipients with a carer, carer co-residency status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Sex/carer co-residency	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Females										
Co-resident carer	74.6	80.8	72.2	77.6	55.9	51.9	71.7	77.3	74.1	
Carer not co-resident	25.4	19.2	27.8	22.4	44.1	48.1	28.3	22.7	25.9	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total (number)	767	589	320	192	179	52	53	22	2,174	
Males										
Co-resident carer	88.2	89.1	81.2	92.5	78.9	69.2	93.3	82.6	86.7	
Carer not co-resident	11.8	10.9	18.8	7.5	21.1	30.8	6.7	17.4	13.3	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total (number)	424	396	202	106	95	26	30	23	1,302	
Persons										
Co-resident carer	79.4	84.2	75.7	82.9	63.9	57.7	79.5	80.0	78.8	
Carer not co-resident	20.6	15.8	24.3	17.1	36.1	42.3	20.5	20.0	21.2	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total (number)	1,191	985	522	298	274	78	83	45	3,476	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet. 

Table 4.14: EACH package recipients, carer status, by sex and age of care recipient, 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Has a carer		Does not 
have a carer		Total care recipients	
	Co- resident carer		Non-resident carer		Total with a carer					
	No.	Per cent		No.	Per cent		No.	Per cent		No.	Per cent		No.	Per cent	
Females															
0–49	5	0.3		3	0.5		8	0.4		1	0.3		9	0.4	
50–54	13	0.8		2	0.4		15	0.7		5	1.7		20	0.8	
55–59	26	1.6		5	0.9		31	1.4		5	1.7		36	1.5	
60–64	61	3.8		6	1.1		67	3.1		10	3.5		77	3.1	
65–69	140	8.7		21	3.7		161	7.4		24	8.3		185	7.5	
70–74	212	13.2		37	6.6		249	11.5		32	11.1		281	11.4	
75–79	250	15.5		66	11.7		316	14.5		47	16.3		363	14.7	
80–84	324	20.1		130	23.0		454	20.9		58	20.1		512	20.8	
85–89	312	19.4		139	24.6		451	20.7		57	19.8		508	20.6	
90+	267	16.6		155	27.5		422	19.4		49	17.0		471	19.1	
Total females	1,610	100.0		564	100.0		2,174	100.0		288	100.0		2,462	100.0	
Males															
0–49	4	0.4		1	0.6		5	0.4		—	—		5	0.3	
50–54	8	0.7		—	—		8	0.6		3	2.3		11	0.8	
55–59	16	1.4		3	1.7		19	1.5		4	3.1		23	1.6	
60–64	72	6.4		6	3.5		78	6.0		8	6.3		86	6.0	
65–69	106	9.4		14	8.1		120	9.2		18	14.1		138	9.7	
70–74	190	16.8		19	11.0		209	16.1		24	18.8		233	16.3	
75–79	225	19.9		24	13.9		249	19.1		20	15.6		269	18.8	
80–84	248	22.0		37	21.4		285	21.9		17	13.3		302	21.1	
85–89	152	13.5		39	22.5		191	14.7		19	14.8		210	14.7	
90+	108	9.6		30	17.3		138	10.6		15	11.7		153	10.7	
Total males	1,129	100.0		173	100.0		1,302	100.0		128	100.0		1,430	100.0	
Persons															
0–49	9	0.3		4	0.5		13	0.4		1	0.2		14	0.4	
50–54	21	0.8		2	0.3		23	0.7		8	1.9		31	0.8	
55–59	42	1.5		8	1.1		50	1.4		9	2.2		59	1.5	
60–64	133	4.9		12	1.6		145	4.2		18	4.3		163	4.2	
65–69	246	9.0		35	4.7		281	8.1		42	10.1		323	8.3	
70–74	402	14.7		56	7.6		458	13.2		56	13.5		514	13.2	
75–79	475	17.3		90	12.2		565	16.3		67	16.1		632	16.2	
80–84	572	20.9		167	22.7		739	21.3		75	18.0		814	20.9	
85–89	464	16.9		178	24.2		642	18.5		76	18.3		718	18.4	
90+	375	13.7		185	25.1		560	16.1		64	15.4		624	16.0	
Total	2,739	100.0		737	100.0		3,476	100.0		416	100.0		3,892	100.0	

Table 4.15: EACH package admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–49	1	1	4	1	—	—	—	—	7	
50–54	3	5	—	2	1	1	—	—	12	
55–59	5	7	4	10	1	1	—	—	28	
60–64	13	12	19	6	2	4	—	—	56	
65–69	44	32	17	4	6	3	—	6	112	
70–74	75	45	31	16	16	7	8	4	202	
75–79	104	52	38	26	22	9	7	6	264	
80–84	137	97	62	36	45	12	14	4	407	
85–89	157	72	67	26	41	11	21	4	399	
90+	121	78	40	38	32	10	17	1	337	
Total females	660	401	282	165	166	58	67	25	1,824	
Males										
0–49	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	4	
50–54	1	3	4	1	—	1	—	—	10	
55–59	3	4	1	3	—	1	—	2	14	
60–64	22	18	13	3	1	3	1	4	65	
65–69	29	28	16	9	3	1	2	2	90	
70–74	50	50	25	19	10	2	2	7	165	
75–79	77	53	30	20	17	4	3	3	207	
80–84	90	62	41	28	22	7	6	2	258	
85–89	74	36	33	16	17	—	7	1	184	
90+	51	26	31	10	12	4	1	1	136	
Total males	398	281	195	110	82	23	22	22	1,133	
Persons										
0–49	2	2	5	2	—	—	—	—	11	
50–54	4	8	4	3	1	2	—	—	22	
55–59	8	11	5	13	1	2	—	2	42	
60–64	35	30	32	9	3	7	1	4	121	
65–69	73	60	33	13	9	4	2	8	202	
70–74	125	95	56	35	26	9	10	11	367	
75–79	181	105	68	46	39	13	10	9	471	
80–84	227	159	103	64	67	19	20	6	665	
85–89	231	108	100	42	58	11	28	5	583	
90+	172	104	71	48	44	14	18	2	473	
Total	1,058	682	477	275	248	81	89	47	2,957	
(continued)

Table 4.15 (continued): EACH package admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–49	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.6	—	—	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.5	1.2	—	1.2	0.6	1.7	—	—	0.7	
55–59	0.8	1.7	1.4	6.1	0.6	1.7	—	—	1.5	
60–64	2.0	3.0	6.7	3.6	1.2	6.9	—	—	3.1	
65–69	6.7	8.0	6.0	2.4	3.6	5.2	—	24.0	6.1	
70–74	11.4	11.2	11.0	9.7	9.6	12.1	11.9	16.0	11.1	
75–79	15.8	13.0	13.5	15.8	13.3	15.5	10.4	24.0	14.5	
80–84	20.8	24.2	22.0	21.8	27.1	20.7	20.9	16.0	22.3	
85–89	23.8	18.0	23.8	15.8	24.7	19.0	31.3	16.0	21.9	
90+	18.3	19.5	14.2	23.0	19.3	17.2	25.4	4.0	18.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–49	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	—	—	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.3	1.1	2.1	0.9	—	4.3	—	—	0.9	
55–59	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.7	—	4.3	—	9.1	1.2	
60–64	5.5	6.4	6.7	2.7	1.2	13.0	4.5	18.2	5.7	
65–69	7.3	10.0	8.2	8.2	3.7	4.3	9.1	9.1	7.9	
70–74	12.6	17.8	12.8	17.3	12.2	8.7	9.1	31.8	14.6	
75–79	19.3	18.9	15.4	18.2	20.7	17.4	13.6	13.6	18.3	
80–84	22.6	22.1	21.0	25.5	26.8	30.4	27.3	9.1	22.8	
85–89	18.6	12.8	16.9	14.5	20.7	—	31.8	4.5	16.2	
90+	12.8	9.3	15.9	9.1	14.6	17.4	4.5	4.5	12.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–49	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	—	—	—	—	0.4	
50–54	0.4	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.4	2.5	—	—	0.7	
55–59	0.8	1.6	1.0	4.7	0.4	2.5	—	4.3	1.4	
60–64	3.3	4.4	6.7	3.3	1.2	8.6	1.1	8.5	4.1	
65–69	6.9	8.8	6.9	4.7	3.6	4.9	2.2	17.0	6.8	
70–74	11.8	13.9	11.7	12.7	10.5	11.1	11.2	23.4	12.4	
75–79	17.1	15.4	14.3	16.7	15.7	16.0	11.2	19.1	15.9	
80–84	21.5	23.3	21.6	23.3	27.0	23.5	22.5	12.8	22.5	
85–89	21.8	15.8	21.0	15.3	23.4	13.6	31.5	10.6	19.7	
90+	16.3	15.2	14.9	17.5	17.7	17.3	20.2	4.3	16.0	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 4.16: EACH package separations, age at separation by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–49	2	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	4	
50–54	1	3	1	2	—	1	—	—	8	
55–59	2	4	2	1	1	—	—	—	10	
60–64	7	6	5	1	2	1	—	2	24	
65–69	18	12	11	2	3	2	1	5	54	
70–74 	49	23	27	2	5	5	8	2	121	
75–79 	70	42	31	15	18	5	7	2	190	
80–84 	101	39	45	18	24	7	12	2	248	
85–89 	90	55	54	23	37	11	9	4	283	
90+ 	101	56	41	28	36	7	15	5	289	
Total females	441	240	217	93	126	40	52	22	1,231	
Males										
0–49	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	
50–54	—	4	4	1	—	—	—	—	9	
55–59	2	2	2	—	—	1	—	—	7	
60–64	5	8	6	1	—	2	2	2	26	
65–69	19	17	12	10	2	1	1	3	65	
70–74 	30	30	14	4	6	7	1	3	95	
75–79 	72	27	24	14	11	2	3	4	157	
80–84 	59	58	30	18	9	4	9	2	189	
85–89 	61	37	31	11	17	1	4	1	163	
90+ 	43	22	26	8	16	4	2	2	123	
Total males	292	205	149	67	62	22	22	17	836	
Persons										
0–49	3	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	6	
50–54	1	7	5	3	—	1	—	—	17	
55–59	4	6	4	1	1	1	—	—	17	
60–64	12	14	11	2	2	3	2	4	50	
65–69	37	29	23	12	5	3	2	8	119	
70–74 	79	53	41	6	11	12	9	5	216	
75–79 	142	69	55	29	29	7	10	6	347	
80–84 	160	97	75	36	33	11	21	4	437	
85–89 	151	92	85	34	54	12	13	5	446	
90+ 	144	78	67	36	52	11	17	7	412	
Total	733	445	366	160	188	62	74	39	2,067	
(continued)
Table 4.16 (continued): EACH package separations, age at separation by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–49	0.5	—	—	1.1	—	2.5	—	—	0.3	
50–54	0.2	1.3	0.5	2.2	—	2.5	—	—	0.6	
55–59	0.5	1.7	0.9	1.1	0.8	—	—	—	0.8	
60–64	1.6	2.5	2.3	1.1	1.6	2.5	—	9.1	1.9	
65–69	4.1	5.0	5.1	2.2	2.4	5.0	1.9	22.7	4.4	
70–74 	11.1	9.6	12.4	2.2	4.0	12.5	15.4	9.1	9.8	
75–79 	15.9	17.5	14.3	16.1	14.3	12.5	13.5	9.1	15.4	
80–84 	22.9	16.3	20.7	19.4	19.0	17.5	23.1	9.1	20.1	
85–89 	20.4	22.9	24.9	24.7	29.4	27.5	17.3	18.2	23.0	
90+ 	22.9	23.3	18.9	30.1	28.6	17.5	28.8	22.7	23.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–49	0.3	—	—	—	1.6	—	—	—	0.2	
50–54	—	2.0	2.7	1.5	—	—	—	—	1.1	
55–59	0.7	1.0	1.3	—	—	4.5	—	—	0.8	
60–64	1.7	3.9	4.0	1.5	—	9.1	9.1	11.8	3.1	
65–69	6.5	8.3	8.1	14.9	3.2	4.5	4.5	17.6	7.8	
70–74 	10.3	14.6	9.4	6.0	9.7	31.8	4.5	17.6	11.4	
75–79 	24.7	13.2	16.1	20.9	17.7	9.1	13.6	23.5	18.8	
80–84 	20.2	28.3	20.1	26.9	14.5	18.2	40.9	11.8	22.6	
85–89 	20.9	18.0	20.8	16.4	27.4	4.5	18.2	5.9	19.5	
90+ 	14.7	10.7	17.4	11.9	25.8	18.2	9.1	11.8	14.7	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–49	0.4	—	—	0.6	0.5	1.6	—	—	0.3	
50–54	0.1	1.6	1.4	1.9	—	1.6	—	—	0.8	
55–59	0.5	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.6	—	—	0.8	
60–64	1.6	3.1	3.0	1.3	1.1	4.8	2.7	10.3	2.4	
65–69	5.0	6.5	6.3	7.5	2.7	4.8	2.7	20.5	5.8	
70–74 	10.8	11.9	11.2	3.8	5.9	19.4	12.2	12.8	10.4	
75–79 	19.4	15.5	15.0	18.1	15.4	11.3	13.5	15.4	16.8	
80–84 	21.8	21.8	20.5	22.5	17.6	17.7	28.4	10.3	21.1	
85–89 	20.6	20.7	23.2	21.3	28.7	19.4	17.6	12.8	21.6	
90+ 	19.6	17.5	18.3	22.5	27.7	17.7	23.0	17.9	19.9	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 4.17: EACH package separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Death	141	86	70	24	32	16	9	9	387	
To hospital	22	8	18	9	17	6	8	1	89	
To residential aged care 	202	124	107	52	56	13	26	9	589	
To other type of community care: 							
HACC	2	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	6	
CACP	4	1	—	—	—	1	2	—	8	
EACH Dementia	18	8	1	—	8	1	3	2	41	
Total	24	10	2	2	8	2	5	2	55	
Recipient withdrew	17	5	14	3	2	—	1	1	43	
Other	35	7	6	3	11	3	3	0	68	
Total females	441	240	217	93	126	40	52	22	1,231	
Males										
Death	117	83	46	26	27	6	7	8	320	
To hospital	16	12	25	3	6	1	2	3	68	
To residential aged care 	118	88	62	36	24	9	5	3	345	
To other type of community care: 								
HACC	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	3	
CACP	1	1	2	1	—	1	—	—	6	
EACH Dementia	3	10	3	—	2	—	—	—	18	
Total	5	11	6	2	2	1	—	—	27	
Recipient withdrew	21	4	5	—	—	3	4	1	38	
Other	15	7	5	—	3	2	4	2	38	
Total males	292	205	149	67	62	22	22	17	836	
Persons										
Death	258	169	116	50	59	22	16	17	707	
To hospital	38	20	43	12	23	7	10	4	157	
To residential aged care 	320	212	169	88	80	22	31	12	934	
To other type of community care: 								
HACC	3	1	2	3	—	—	—	—	9	
CACP	5	2	2	1	—	2	2	—	14	
EACH Dementia	21	18	4	—	10	1	3	2	59	
Total	29	21	8	4	10	3	5	2	82	
Recipient withdrew	38	9	19	3	2	3	5	2	81	
Other	49	11	11	3	13	5	6	2	100	
Total persons	733	445	366	160	188	62	74	39	2067	
(continued)

Table 4.17 (continued): EACH package separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
Death	32.0	35.8	32.3	25.8	25.4	40.0	17.3	40.9	31.4	
To hospital	5.0	3.3	8.3	9.7	13.5	15.0	15.4	4.5	7.2	
To residential aged care 	45.8	51.7	49.3	55.9	44.4	32.5	50.0	40.9	47.8	
To other type of community care: 								
HACC	0.5	0.4	0.5	2.2	—	—	—	—	0.5	
CACP	0.9	0.4	—	—	—	2.5	3.8	—	0.6	
EACH Dementia	4.1	3.3	0.5	—	6.3	2.5	5.8	9.1	3.3	
Total	5.4	4.2	0.9	2.2	6.3	5.0	9.6	9.1	4.5	
Recipient withdrew	3.9	2.1	6.5	3.2	1.6	—	1.9	4.5	3.5	
Other	7.9	2.9	2.8	3.2	8.7	7.5	5.8	—	5.5	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Death	40.1	40.5	30.9	38.8	43.5	27.3	31.8	47.1	38.3	
To hospital	5.5	5.9	16.8	4.5	9.7	4.5	9.1	17.6	8.1	
To residential aged care 	40.4	42.9	41.6	53.7	38.7	40.9	22.7	17.6	41.3	
To other type of community care: 								
HACC	0.3	—	0.7	1.5	—	—	—	—	0.4	
CACP	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	—	4.5	—	—	0.7	
EACH Dementia	1.0	4.9	2.0	—	3.2	—	—	—	2.2	
Total	1.7	5.4	4.0	3.0	3.2	4.5	—	—	3.2	
Recipient withdrew	7.2	2.0	3.4	—	—	13.6	18.2	5.9	4.5	
Other	5.1	3.4	3.4	—	4.8	9.1	18.2	11.8	4.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Death	35.2	38.0	31.7	31.3	31.4	35.5	21.6	43.6	34.2	
To hospital	5.2	4.5	11.7	7.5	12.2	11.3	13.5	10.3	7.6	
To residential aged care 	43.7	47.6	46.2	55.0	42.6	35.5	41.9	30.8	45.2	
To other type of community care: 								
HACC	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.9	—	—	—	—	0.4	
CACP	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	—	3.2	2.7	—	0.7	
EACH Dementia	2.9	4.0	1.1	—	5.3	1.6	4.1	5.1	2.9	
Total	4.0	4.7	2.2	2.5	5.3	4.8	6.8	5.1	4.0	
Recipient withdrew	5.2	2.0	5.2	1.9	1.1	4.8	6.8	5.1	3.9	
Other	6.7	2.5	3.0	1.9	6.9	8.1	8.1	5.1	4.8	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.
Note: ‘Other’ includes 6 care recipients who moved to a Transition Care place.

Table 4.18: EACH package separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
<4 weeks	46	10	12	5	5	5	6	1	90	
4 to <8 weeks	43	17	15	8	14	2	5	2	106	
8 to <13 weeks	51	12	24	8	10	1	6	2	114	
13 to <26 weeks	72	42	41	17	12	7	8	7	206	
26 to <39 weeks	52	28	32	14	19	9	6	1	161	
39 to <52 weeks	51	28	16	8	11	1	6	5	126	
1 to <2 years	90	57	48	27	37	8	9	2	278	
2 to <3 years	21	32	20	4	14	3	4	—	98	
3 to <4 years	11	13	8	1	2	1	1	1	38	
4 to <5 years	2	1	1	—	2	3	1	1	11	
5+ years	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	3	
Total females	441	240	217	93	126	40	52	22	1,231	
Males										
<4 weeks	25	17	11	4	1	2	1	1	62	
4 to <8 weeks	32	15	20	7	5	1	2	1	83	
8 to <13 weeks	33	21	17	7	6	2	2	1	89	
13 to <26 weeks	56	38	28	12	16	8	5	3	166	
26 to <39 weeks	35	29	14	11	7	1	2	4	103	
39 to <52 weeks	25	16	18	3	4	2	2	4	74	
1 to <2 years	61	46	32	10	14	4	4	2	173	
2 to <3 years	19	16	4	9	7	2	2	1	60	
3 to <4 years	4	5	4	2	1	—	1	—	17	
4 to <5 years	—	2	1	—	1	—	1	—	5	
5+ years	2	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	4	
Total males	292	205	149	67	62	22	22	17	836	
Persons										
<4 weeks	71	27	23	9	6	7	7	2	152	
4 to <8 weeks	75	32	35	15	19	3	7	3	189	
8 to <13 weeks	84	33	41	15	16	3	8	3	203	
13 to <26 weeks	128	80	69	29	28	15	13	10	372	
26 to <39 weeks	87	57	46	25	26	10	8	5	264	
39 to <52 weeks	76	44	34	11	15	3	8	9	200	
1 to <2 years	151	103	80	37	51	12	13	4	451	
2 to <3 years	40	48	24	13	21	5	6	1	158	
3 to <4 years	15	18	12	3	3	1	2	1	55	
4 to <5 years	2	3	2	—	3	3	2	1	16	
5+ years	4	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	7	
Total	733	445	366	160	188	62	74	39	2,067	
(continued)

Table 4.18 (continued): EACH package separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/length of stay	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Per cent	
Females										
<4 weeks	10.4	4.2	5.5	5.4	4.0	12.5	11.5	4.5	7.3	
4 to <8 weeks	9.8	7.1	6.9	8.6	11.1	5.0	9.6	9.1	8.6	
8 to <13 weeks	11.6	5.0	11.1	8.6	7.9	2.5	11.5	9.1	9.3	
13 to <26 weeks	16.3	17.5	18.9	18.3	9.5	17.5	15.4	31.8	16.7	
26 to <39 weeks	11.8	11.7	14.7	15.1	15.1	22.5	11.5	4.5	13.1	
39 to <52 weeks	11.6	11.7	7.4	8.6	8.7	2.5	11.5	22.7	10.2	
1 to <2 years	20.4	23.8	22.1	29.0	29.4	20.0	17.3	9.1	22.6	
2 to <3 years	4.8	13.3	9.2	4.3	11.1	7.5	7.7	—	8.0	
3 to <4 years	2.5	5.4	3.7	1.1	1.6	2.5	1.9	4.5	3.1	
4 to <5 years	0.5	0.4	0.5	—	1.6	7.5	1.9	4.5	0.9	
5+ years	0.5	—	—	1.1	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
<4 weeks	8.6	8.3	7.4	6.0	1.6	9.1	4.5	5.9	7.4	
4 to <8 weeks	11.0	7.3	13.4	10.4	8.1	4.5	9.1	5.9	9.9	
8 to <13 weeks	11.3	10.2	11.4	10.4	9.7	9.1	9.1	5.9	10.6	
13 to <26 weeks	19.2	18.5	18.8	17.9	25.8	36.4	22.7	17.6	19.9	
26 to <39 weeks	12.0	14.1	9.4	16.4	11.3	4.5	9.1	23.5	12.3	
39 to <52 weeks	8.6	7.8	12.1	4.5	6.5	9.1	9.1	23.5	8.9	
1 to <2 years	20.9	22.4	21.5	14.9	22.6	18.2	18.2	11.8	20.7	
2 to <3 years	6.5	7.8	2.7	13.4	11.3	9.1	9.1	5.9	7.2	
3 to <4 years	1.4	2.4	2.7	3.0	1.6	—	4.5	—	2.0	
4 to <5 years	—	1.0	0.7	—	1.6	—	4.5	—	0.6	
5+ years	0.7	—	—	3.0	—	—	—	—	0.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
<4 weeks	9.7	6.1	6.3	5.6	3.2	11.3	9.5	5.1	7.4	
4 to <8 weeks	10.2	7.2	9.6	9.4	10.1	4.8	9.5	7.7	9.1	
8 to <13 weeks	11.5	7.4	11.2	9.4	8.5	4.8	10.8	7.7	9.8	
13 to <26 weeks	17.5	18.0	18.9	18.1	14.9	24.2	17.6	25.6	18.0	
26 to <39 weeks	11.9	12.8	12.6	15.6	13.8	16.1	10.8	12.8	12.8	
39 to <52 weeks	10.4	9.9	9.3	6.9	8.0	4.8	10.8	23.1	9.7	
1 to <2 years	20.6	23.1	21.9	23.1	27.1	19.4	17.6	10.3	21.8	
2 to <3 years	5.5	10.8	6.6	8.1	11.2	8.1	8.1	2.6	7.6	
3 to <4 years	2.0	4.0	3.3	1.9	1.6	1.6	2.7	2.6	2.7	
4 to <5 years	0.3	0.7	0.5	—	1.6	4.8	2.7	2.6	0.8	
5+ years	0.5	—	—	1.9	—	—	—	—	0.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.

Table 4.19: EACH package separations, length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Length of stay	Death	To hospital	To residential aged care	To other type of community care	Care recipient withdrew	Other	Total	
	Number	
<4 weeks	64	8	53	3	13	11	152	
4 to <8 weeks	70	15	78	8	12	6	189	
8 to <13 weeks	72	11	84	6	15	15	203	
13 to <26 weeks	114	30	183	11	11	23	372	
26 to <39 weeks	94	16	129	9	9	7	264	
39 to <52 weeks	48	24	97	11	7	13	200	
1 to <2 years	155	34	209	23	12	18	451	
2 to <3 years	61	13	68	7	2	7	158	
3 to <4 years	21	4	23	3	—	4	55	
4 to <5 years	4	2	7	1	—	2	16	
5+ years	4	—	3	—	—	—	7	
Total	707	157	934	82	81	106	2,067	
	Per cent (column)	
<4 weeks	9.1	5.1	5.7	3.7	16.0	10.4	7.4	
4 to <8 weeks	9.9	9.6	8.4	9.8	14.8	5.7	9.1	
8 to <13 weeks	10.2	7.0	9.0	7.3	18.5	14.2	9.8	
13 to <26 weeks	16.1	19.1	19.6	13.4	13.6	21.7	18.0	
26 to <39 weeks	13.3	10.2	13.8	11.0	11.1	6.6	12.8	
39 to <52 weeks	6.8	15.3	10.4	13.4	8.6	12.3	9.7	
1 to <2 years	21.9	21.7	22.4	28.0	14.8	17.0	21.8	
2 to <3 years	8.6	8.3	7.3	8.5	2.5	6.6	7.6	
3 to <4 years	3.0	2.5	2.5	3.7	—	3.8	2.7	
4 to <5 years	0.6	1.3	0.7	1.2	—	1.9	0.8	
5+ years	0.6	—	0.3	—	—	—	0.3	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
<4 weeks	42.1	5.3	34.9	2.0	8.6	7.2	100.0	
4 to <8 weeks	37.0	7.9	41.3	4.2	6.3	3.2	100.0	
8 to <13 weeks	35.5	5.4	41.4	3.0	7.4	7.4	100.0	
13 to <26 weeks	30.6	8.1	49.2	3.0	3.0	6.2	100.0	
26 to <39 weeks	35.6	6.1	48.9	3.4	3.4	2.7	100.0	
39 to <52 weeks	24.0	12.0	48.5	5.5	3.5	6.5	100.0	
1 to <2 years	34.4	7.5	46.3	5.1	2.7	4.0	100.0	
2 to <3 years	38.6	8.2	43.0	4.4	1.3	4.4	100.0	
3 to <4 years	38.2	7.3	41.8	5.5	—	7.3	100.0	
4 to <5 years	25.0	12.5	43.8	6.3	—	12.5	100.0	
5+ years	57.1	—	42.9	—	—	—	100.0	
Total	34.2	7.6	45.2	4.0	3.9	5.1	100.0	
Note: ‘Other’ includes: Recipient moved out of the area; Recipient terminated the service ; Provider ceased providing service; and recipient moved to a Transition Care place (6 care recipients). Note that four care recipients who moved out of the area immediately transferred to another EACH service provider.
5	EACH Dementia recipients
In 2005, the Australian Government made a commitment to allocate 2,000 EACH Dementia packages over the 4-year period from 2006 to 2009. The first of the EACH Dementia packages became available in March 2006 and by 30 June 2008 there were 1,996 operational EACH Dementia places, with 1,615 care recipients receiving assistance from the program. This was an increase of 725 operational places and 743 care recipients compared with 30 June 2007. Over the 2007–08 financial year, 2,658 individuals received assistance from this program, reflecting the high turnover and current shorter average length of stay for care recipients (tables 5. 1 and A9).
The EACH Dementia program differs from the EACH and CACP programs in that: 
EACHD packages are specifically targeted towards those with dementia, who experience behaviours of concern and psychological symptoms associated with dementia, which impact on the ability of the care recipient to live independently in the community (DoHA 2007, page 1). 
A care recipient on an EACH Dementia package can access the same types of assistance that are available to an EACH package recipient. However, delivery of that assistance may be provided using a more flexible approach and strategies which are more appropriate for people with dementia. In addition, EACH Dementia packages also provide access to dementia specific specialist services and support, using techniques which are specifically targeted at managing the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (DoHA 2005, DoHA 2007). Recipients need approval from an Aged Care Assessment Team to access an EACH Dementia package.
In view of the small number of packages and the need to protect privacy, only limited analysis is provided. Tables provided in this chapter have wider age ranges, and some care recipient characteristics are not broken down by sex. It is important to note that the characteristics of EACH Dementia recipients in the future may be quite different in some respects from those of the current service population. 
The following sections describe the characteristics of EACH Dementia package recipients at 30 June 2008, and admissions and separations in the 2007–08 financial year.
The administrative data used to prepare this report does not contain any information on the functional status of care recipients, or the type or amount of assistance received by care recipients. This type of information is collected periodically through a census of care recipients. In March 2008, the Department of Health and Ageing conducted the second census of community care packages including EACH Dementia packages, and the report of that census provides additional information on care recipients and service providers (DoHA (forthcoming)). 
5.1 Location
There were 1,615 EACH Dementia package recipients at 30 June 2008. The care recipient distribution at 30 June 2008 across states and territories was: New South Wales, 33%; Victoria, 28%; Queensland, 16%; South Australia, 9%; Western Australia, 7%; Tasmania, 3%; the Australian Capital Territory, 3%; and the Northern Territory, 1% (Table 5. 1). 
The majority (71%) of EACH Dementia recipients were located in Major cities, 19% in Inner regional areas and 9% in Outer regional areas. Five care recipients (0.3%) were located in Remote areas. No EACH Dementia packages were available in Very remote areas (tables 5.2 and 5.3).
5.2 Demographic characteristics
At 30 June 2008, 1,019 (63%) of EACH Dementia package recipients were women, 596 (37%) were men, and 39% were younger than 80 years. As with the other types of community care packages, male care recipients were younger than females. The median age of men was 80 years, with 48% of men aged under 80 years compared with 34% of women (median age 83 years) (Figure 5.1, tables 5. 1 and A4). Nearly 10% of EACH Dementia package recipients were aged less than 70 years, including two who were aged less than 50 years.
Figure 5.1: Age and sex profile of EACH Dementia package recipients, 30 June 2008
Horizontal bar chart showing age groups on y-axis and per cent of recipients (male and female) on x-axis.

Fifty-nine per cent of EACH Dementia recipients were born in Australia, a further 21% were born in European countries, and 10% in the United Kingdom or Ireland (Table 5.4). Twenty-nine per cent of recipients were born in countries where English was not the main language spoken (Table 5.5). Of these countries, the top three countries of birth were Italy, Greece and Germany (Table A7).
English was the preferred language for 79% of care recipients, and European languages for 16% (Table 5.6). 
Only 8 EACH Dementia recipients identified as being Indigenous. Three lived in Major cities, two in Inner regional areas and 3 in Outer regional areas. None of the five care recipients living in Remote areas identified as Indigenous. 
The question about normal living arrangements is asked at the time care recipients apply for a package. For those who were EACH Dementia package recipients at 30 June 2008, 76% lived with family and 2% lived with others—a total of 78% who did not live alone (Table 5.7). While 22% (355) of EACH Dementia care recipients lived alone at the time of applying for a package, at 30 June 2008; 61 of these (4% of all EACH Dementia recipients) actually lived with a carer and 232 (14%) had a carer who did not live with them. Only 62 people (4%) lived alone at the time of assessment and did not have a current carer. 
5.3 Carer status
Carers are an important factor in determining the care plan for high-care package recipients and this information is regularly updated. 
Almost all EACH Dementia package recipients (1,238 or 95%) received assistance from a carer, reflecting the critical need for assistance from both formal service providers and from family and/or friends. Over three-quarters of care recipients (77%) had a co-resident carer, while 18% had a carer who did not live with them. Only 5% (84 people) reported not having a carer (Table 5.8); 21 of these did not live alone at the time of assessment and the living arrangements of one resident could not be determined. 
While there was little difference in the proportion of men and women who had a carer (Table 5.8), the proportion of carers who lived with the care recipient was higher for male (88%) than for female care recipients (77%) (Table 5.9). 
A similar proportion of care recipients in each age group had a carer (94%–96%), although younger care recipients were more likely to have a co-resident carer (88% for recipients aged less than 60 years and 87% for recipients aged 60–69 years, compared to 68% for recipients 90 years or older) (Table 5.10). The proportion of co-resident carers decreases with age for both males and females, with men having a higher proportion of co-resident carers. At younger ages, recipients’ carers are more likely to be a co-resident spouse. However, when a spouse dies the informal care provided to people living in the community is likely to be the responsibility of a relative, who may or may not live with the care recipient. As women more commonly outlive their husbands, the difference in co-residency of carers is most likely related to the relationship of the carer to the care recipient. However, this relationship is not available in the administrative data used for this report. Details on the relationship of the carer to the care recipient will be available in the report of the 2008 Community Aged Care Census (DoHA (forthcoming)).
5.4 Admissions and separations
There were 1,810 admissions to, and 1,073 separations from, EACH Dementia packages in the 2007–08 financial year (tables 5.11 and 5.12). 
The majority of people taking up EACH Dementia packages were 80 years and over (61%). This varied from 48% in the Northern Territory to 70% in the Australian Capital Territory. 
At 30 June 2008, the EACH Dementia program had been in operation for 28 months. For separations during 2007–08, 34% had received care for less than 3 months, and a further 25% for 3–6 months. Sixteen per cent of people who left the program had a length of stay of over 1 year (Table 5.14). Around one-fifth of separations were because the care recipient died, but in most cases the care recipient moved to residential aged care (65%). Nine care recipients remained in the community with assistance from other programs (3 with assistance from HACC, 1 moved to a CACP and 5 to EACH packages) (Table 5.13). It is not possible to determine, from the information on the reason for separation, whether any care recipients transferred directly to another EACH Dementia provider, as there is no option to record this information in the administrative database.
There does not seem to be a correlation between length of stay and reasons for separation, with the exception of those with a very short length of stay who are slightly more likely to withdraw from the program and slightly less likely to enter residential aged care (Table 5.14). 

Table 5.1: EACH Dementia package recipients, age by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–59	4	4	4	—	1	—	—	2	15	
60–69	18	25	10	5	4	6	1	1	70	
70–79	79	78	52	18	18	4	6	3	258	
80–89	184	114	75	32	58	21	17	5	506	
90+	77	30	26	16	16	1	4	—	170	
Total females	362	251	167	71	97	32	28	11	1,019	
Males										
0–59	1	5	—	2	—	2	—	—	10	
60–69	15	24	16	4	2	1	—	—	62	
70–79	61	78	28	13	23	4	4	3	214	
80–89	74	76	40	21	25	6	10	5	257	
90+	20	12	5	7	3	4	1	1	53	
Total males	171	195	89	47	53	17	15	9	596	
Persons										
0–59	5	9	4	2	1	2	—	2	25	
60–69	33	49	26	9	6	7	1	1	132	
70–79	140	156	80	31	41	8	10	6	472	
80–89	258	190	115	53	83	27	27	10	763	
90+	97	42	31	23	19	5	5	1	223	
Total	533	446	256	118	150	49	43	20	1,615	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–59	1.1	1.6	2.4	—	1.0	—	—	18.2	1.5	
60–69	5.0	10.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	18.8	3.6	9.1	6.9	
70–79	21.8	31.1	31.1	25.4	18.6	12.5	21.4	27.3	25.3	
80–89	50.8	45.4	44.9	45.1	59.8	65.6	60.7	45.5	49.7	
90+	21.3	12.0	15.6	22.5	16.5	3.1	14.3	—	16.7	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–59	0.6	2.6	—	4.3	—	11.8	—	—	1.7	
60–69	8.8	12.3	18.0	8.5	3.8	5.9	—	—	10.4	
70–79	35.7	40.0	31.5	27.7	43.4	23.5	26.7	33.3	35.9	
80–89	43.3	39.0	44.9	44.7	47.2	35.3	66.7	55.6	43.1	
90+	11.7	6.2	5.6	14.9	5.7	23.5	6.7	11.1	8.9	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–59	0.9	2.0	1.6	1.7	0.7	4.1	—	10.0	1.5	
60–69	6.2	11.0	10.2	7.6	4.0	14.3	2.3	5.0	8.2	
70–79	26.3	35.0	31.3	26.3	27.3	16.3	23.3	30.0	29.2	
80–89	48.4	42.6	44.9	44.9	55.3	55.1	62.8	50.0	47.2	
90+	18.2	9.4	12.1	19.5	12.7	10.2	11.6	5.0	13.8	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age 										
Persons	83 years	80 years	81 years	83 years	84 years	83 years	82 years	81 years	82 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.	

Table 5.2: EACH Dementia package recipients, age by sex and remoteness(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner
 regional	Outer
 regional	Remote	Very
 remote	All
 regions	
	Number	
Females		 	 	 	 		
0–59	9	3	3	—	. .	15	
60–69	49	15	6	—	. .	70	
70–79	182	55	21	—	. .	258	
80–89	353	102	49	2	. .	506	
90+	130	28	12	—	. .	170	
Total females	723	203	91	2	. .	1,019	
Males							
0–59	4	5	1	—	. .	10	
60–69	41	17	4	—	. .	62	
70–79	156	37	21	—	. .	214	
80–89	188	41	26	2	. .	257	
90+	39	8	5	1	. .	53	
Total males	428	108	57	3	. .	596	
Persons							
0–59	13	8	4	—	. .	25	
60–69	90	32	10	—	. .	132	
70–79	338	92	42	—	. .	472	
80–89	541	143	75	4	. .	763	
90+	169	36	17	1	. .	223	
Total	1,151	311	148	5	. .	1,615	
	Per cent	
Females							
0–59	1.2	1.5	3.3	—	. .	1.5	
60–69	6.8	7.4	6.6	—	. .	6.9	
70–79	25.2	27.1	23.1	—	. .	25.3	
80–89	48.8	50.2	53.8	100.0	. .	49.7	
90+	18.0	13.8	13.2	—	. .	16.7	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	. .	100.0	
Males							
0–59	0.9	4.6	1.8	—	. .	1.7	
60–69	9.6	15.7	7.0	—	. .	10.4	
70–79	36.4	34.3	36.8	—	. .	35.9	
80–89	43.9	38.0	45.6	66.7	. .	43.1	
90+	9.1	7.4	8.8	33.3	. .	8.9	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	. .	100.0	
Persons							
0–59	1.1	2.6	2.7	—	. .	1.5	
60–69	7.8	10.3	6.8	—	. .	8.2	
70–79	29.4	29.6	28.4	—	. .	29.2	
80–89	47.0	46.0	50.7	80.0	. .	47.2	
90+	14.7	11.6	11.5	20.0	. .	13.8	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	. .	100.0	
Median age							
Persons	82 years	81 years	83 years	83 years	. .	82 years	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Structure as developed by the ABS (ABS 2007a)

Table 5.3: EACH Dementia package recipients, remoteness(a) by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Sex/age	Major
 cities	Inner
 regional	Outer
 regional	Remote	Very
 remote	All
 regions	
	Number	
NSW	374	113	46	—	. .	533	
Vic	346	81	19	—	. .	446	
Qld	174	60	22	—	. .	256	
WA	98	11	9	—	. .	118	
SA	116	9	25	—	. .	150	
Tas	—	37	12	—	. .	49	
ACT	43	—	—	—	. .	43	
NT	—	—	15	5	. .	20	
Australia	1,151	311	148	5	. .	1,615	
	Per cent (column)	
NSW	32.5	36.3	31.1	—	. .	33.0	
Vic	30.1	26.0	12.8	—	. .	27.6	
Qld	15.1	19.3	14.9	—	. .	15.9	
WA	8.5	3.5	6.1	—	. .	7.3	
SA	10.1	2.9	16.9	—	. .	9.3	
Tas	. .	11.9	8.1	—	. .	3.0	
ACT	3.7	—	. .	. .	. .	2.7	
NT	. .	. .	10.1	—	. .	1.2	
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	. .	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
NSW	70.2	21.2	8.6	—	. .	100.0	
Vic	77.6	18.2	4.3	—	. .	100.0	
Qld	68.0	23.4	8.6	—	. .	100.0	
WA	83.1	9.3	7.6	—	. .	100.0	
SA	77.3	6.0	16.7	—	. .	100.0	
Tas	. .	75.5	24.5	—	. .	100.0	
ACT	100.0	—	. .	. .	. .	100.0	
NT	. .	. .	75.0	25.0	. .	100.0	
Australia	71.3	19.3	9.2	0.3	. .	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. The table uses the ASGC Remoteness Structure as developed by the ABS. 

Table 5.4: EACH Dementia recipients, birthplace(a) by sex and state/territory(b), 30 June 2008
Birthplace	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Australia	332	212	168	64	95	33	28	14	946	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	7	4	5	—	1	—	—	1	18	
UK and Ireland	41	42	27	20	20	8	5	2	165	
North/West Europe	16	18	12	1	5	3	1	—	56	
South/East Europe	85	129	23	18	23	3	6	—	287	
North Africa/Middle East	21	15	4	2	1	—	—	2	45	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	3	3	5	2	1	—	—	—	14	
Southeast Asia	4	9	4	5	1	—	—	1	24	
Northeast Asia	12	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	17	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	9	8	3	3	2	2	2	—	29	
North America	1	1	1	—	1	—	1	—	5	
Other America/Caribbean	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	5	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	4	
Total 	533	446	256	118	150	49	43	20	1,615	
	Per cent	
Australia	62.3	47.5	65.6	54.2	63.3	67.3	65.1	70.0	58.6	
Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	1.3	0.9	2.0	—	0.7	—	—	5.0	1.1	
UK and Ireland	7.7	9.4	10.5	16.9	13.3	16.3	11.6	10.0	10.2	
North/West Europe	3.0	4.0	4.7	0.8	3.3	6.1	2.3	—	3.5	
South/East Europe	15.9	28.9	9.0	15.3	15.3	6.1	14.0	—	17.8	
North Africa/Middle East	3.9	3.4	1.6	1.7	0.7	—	—	10.0	2.8	
Sub-Saharan Africa/South Africa	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.7	0.7	—	—	—	0.9	
Southeast Asia	0.8	2.0	1.6	4.2	0.7	—	—	5.0	1.5	
Northeast Asia	2.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	—	—	—	—	1.1	
Southern Asia/Central Asia	1.7	1.8	1.2	2.5	1.3	4.1	4.7	—	1.8	
North America	0.2	0.2	0.4	—	0.7	—	2.3	—	0.3	
Other America/Caribbean	0.2	0.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Not stated/not classified	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	ABS 2008b.	
(b)	Refers to the location of the service providers.

Table 5.5: EACH Dementia recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by age, 30 June 2008
Age	 Australian-born		Overseas-born		Total care recipients	
			English- speaking countries		Non-English-speaking countries			
	Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent		Number	Per cent	
0–59	15	1.6		3	1.6		7	1.5		25	1.5	
60–69	84	8.9		12	6.3		36	7.6		132	8.2	
70–84	484	51.0		100	52.6		276	58.0		860	53.3	
85+	366	38.6		75	39.5		157	33.0		598	37.0	
Total	949	100.0		190	100.0		476	100.0		1,615	100.0	
Median age 							
Persons	 83 years		 82 years		 81 years		 82 years	
Note: Recipients of undetermined origin have been spread proportionally. While the overall median age uses all recipients, only those with known country of birth were used to determine the median age for specific English-speaking categories. 

Table 5.6: EACH Dementia recipients, preferred language by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008 
Preferred language	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	
English	414	305	220	102	129	47	37	16	1,270	
Other Northern European	8	3	2	—	2	—	1	—	16	
Southern European	45	90	9	10	13	2	2	1	172	
Eastern European	27	22	13	2	3	—	2	—	69	
Southwest Asian and North African	16	11	3	—	1	—	—	1	32	
Southern Asian	3	3	5	—	—	—	1	—	12	
Southeast Asian	3	7	2	1	1	—	—	—	14	
Eastern Asian	10	3	1	3	—	—	—	—	17	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	
Other	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	5	
Not stated	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	4	
Total 	533	446	256	118	150	49	43	20	1,615	
	Per cent	
Australian Indigenous	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0	0.1	
English	77.7	68.4	85.9	86.4	86.0	95.9	86.0	80.0	78.6	
Other Northern European	1.5	0.7	0.8	—	1.3	—	2.3	—	1.0	
Southern European	8.4	20.2	3.5	8.5	8.7	4.1	4.7	5.0	10.7	
Eastern European	5.1	4.9	5.1	1.7	2.0	—	4.7	—	4.3	
Southwest Asian and North African	3.0	2.5	1.2	—	0.7	—	—	5.0	2.0	
Southern Asian	0.6	0.7	2.0	—	—	—	2.3	—	0.7	
Southeast Asian	0.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	—	—	—	0.9	
Eastern Asian	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.5	—	—	—	—	1.1	
African (excluding North African)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	
Oceanic	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Other	0.6	—	0.4	—	—	—	—	5.0	0.3	
Not stated	0.2	0.4	—	—	0.7	—	—	—	0.2	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the service providers.	

Table 5.7: EACH recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/living arrangements	 NSW 	 Vic 	 Qld 	 WA 	 SA 	 Tas 	 ACT 	 NT 	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Lives alone	106	31	32	23	45	15	10	4	266	
Lives with family	249	216	131	47	52	16	16	7	734	
Lives with others	6	3	4	1	—	1	2	—	17	
Not applicable	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	
Total females	362	251	167	71	97	32	28	11	1,019	
Males										
Lives alone	29	11	13	9	19	5	3	—	89	
Lives with family	138	179	74	38	32	11	12	8	492	
Lives with others	3	4	2	—	1	1	—	1	12	
Not applicable	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	3	
Total males	171	195	89	47	53	17	15	9	596	
Persons										
Lives alone	135	42	45	32	64	20	13	4	355	
Lives with family	387	395	205	85	84	27	28	15	1226	
Lives with others	9	7	6	1	1	2	2	1	29	
Not applicable	2	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	5	
Total 	533	446	256	118	150	49	43	20	1,615	
	Per cent	
Females										
Lives alone	29.3	12.4	19.2	32.4	46.4	46.9	35.7	36.4	26.1	
Lives with family	68.8	86.1	78.4	66.2	53.6	50.0	57.1	63.6	72.0	
Lives with others	1.7	1.2	2.4	1.4	—	3.1	7.1	—	1.7	
Not applicable	0.3	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Lives alone	17.0	5.6	14.6	19.1	35.8	29.4	20.0	—	14.9	
Lives with family	80.7	91.8	83.1	80.9	60.4	64.7	80.0	88.9	82.6	
Lives with others	1.8	2.1	2.2	—	1.9	5.9	—	11.1	2.0	
Not applicable	0.6	0.5	—	—	1.9	—	—	—	0.5	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Lives alone	25.3	9.4	17.6	27.1	42.7	40.8	30.2	20.0	22.0	
Lives with family	72.6	88.6	80.1	72.0	56.0	55.1	65.1	75.0	75.9	
Lives with others	1.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.7	4.1	4.7	5.0	1.8	
Not applicable	0.4	0.4	—	—	0.7	—	—	—	0.3	
Total 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlet. 	
Notes 
1.	Living arrangement is collected at the time of assessment and may change. Current living arrangements are only recorded through care recipient census collections. The first of these was conducted in 2002 (AIHW 2004b) and the second in 2008 (DoHA (forthcoming)). 
2.	Co-resident carers, which can be updated as needed, were recorded for 62 care recipients who lived alone at the time of assessment. 

Table 5.8: EACH Dementia recipients, carer status by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex/carer status	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	259	219	129	47	54	15	21	7	751	
Carer not co-resident	84	23	35	22	38	14	6	2	224	
Total	343	242	164	69	92	29	27	9	975	
Does not have a carer	19	9	3	2	5	3	1	2	44	
Total females	362	251	167	71	97	32	28	11	1,019	
Males										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	135	181	73	36	28	12	13	9	487	
Carer not co-resident	23	6	8	11	14	5	2	—	69	
Total	158	187	81	47	42	17	15	9	556	
Does not have a carer	13	8	8	—	11	—	—	—	40	
Total males	171	195	89	47	53	17	15	9	596	
Persons										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	394	400	202	83	82	27	34	16	1,238	
Carer not co-resident	107	29	43	33	52	19	8	2	293	
Total	501	429	245	116	134	46	42	18	1,531	
Does not have a carer	32	17	11	2	16	3	1	2	84	
Total	533	446	256	118	150	49	43	20	1,615	
	Per cent	
Females										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	71.5	87.3	77.2	66.2	55.7	46.9	75.0	63.6	73.7	
Carer not co-resident	23.2	9.2	21.0	31.0	39.2	43.8	21.4	18.2	22.0	
Total	94.8	96.4	98.2	97.2	94.8	90.6	96.4	81.8	95.7	
Does not have a carer	5.2	3.6	1.8	2.8	5.2	9.4	3.6	18.2	4.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	78.9	92.8	82.0	76.6	52.8	70.6	86.7	100.0	81.7	
Carer not co-resident	13.5	3.1	9.0	23.4	26.4	29.4	13.3	—	11.6	
Total	92.4	95.9	91.0	100.0	79.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.3	
Does not have a carer	7.6	4.1	9.0	—	20.8	—	—	—	6.7	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Has a carer										
Co-resident carer	73.9	89.7	78.9	70.3	54.7	55.1	79.1	80.0	76.7	
Carer not co-resident	20.1	6.5	16.8	28.0	34.7	38.8	18.6	10.0	18.1	
Total	94.0	96.2	95.7	98.3	89.3	93.9	97.7	90.0	94.8	
Does not have a carer	6.0	3.8	4.3	1.7	10.7	6.1	2.3	10.0	5.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.										

Table 5.9: EACH Dementia recipients with a carer, co-residency status of carer by sex and state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
Sex of care recipient	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
Co-resident carer	259	219	129	47	54	15	21	7	751	
Carer not co-resident	84	23	35	22	38	14	6	2	224	
Total with a carer	343	242	164	69	92	29	27	9	975	
Males										
Co-resident carer	135	181	73	36	28	12	13	9	487	
Carer not co-resident	23	6	8	11	14	5	2	—	69	
Total with a carer	158	187	81	47	42	17	15	9	556	
Persons										
Co-resident carer	394	400	202	83	82	27	34	16	1,238	
Carer not co-resident	107	29	43	33	52	19	8	2	293	
Total with a carer	501	429	245	116	134	46	42	18	1,531	
	Per cent	
Females										
Co-resident carer	75.5	90.5	78.7	68.1	58.7	51.7	77.8	77.8	77.0	
Carer not co-resident	24.5	9.5	21.3	31.9	41.3	48.3	22.2	22.2	23.0	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
Co-resident carer	85.4	96.8	90.1	76.6	66.7	70.6	86.7	100.0	87.6	
Carer not co-resident	14.6	3.2	9.9	23.4	33.3	29.4	13.3	—	12.4	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
Co-resident carer	78.6	93.2	82.4	71.6	61.2	58.7	81.0	88.9	80.9	
Carer not co-resident	21.4	6.8	17.6	28.4	38.8	41.3	19.0	11.1	19.1	
Total with a carer	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.									

Table 5.10: EACH Dementia package recipients, carer status, by age, 30 June 2008
	Has a carer	Does not 
have a carer	Total 	
Age	Co- resident	Non-resident	Total			
	Number	
0–59	22	2	24	1	25	
60–69	115	9	124	8	132	
70–79	379	74	453	19	472	
80–89	570	149	719	44	763	
90+	152	59	211	12	223	
Total	1,238	293	1,531	84	1,615	
	Per cent (column)	
0–59	1.8	0.7	1.6	1.2	1.5	
60–69	9.3	3.1	8.1	9.5	8.2	
70–79	30.6	25.3	29.6	22.6	29.2	
80–89	46.0	50.9	47.0	52.4	47.2	
90+	12.3	20.1	13.8	14.3	13.8	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
0–59	88.0	8.0	96.0	4.0	100.0	
60–69	87.1	6.8	93.9	6.1	100.0	
70–79	80.3	15.7	96.0	4.0	100.0	
80–89	74.7	19.5	94.2	5.8	100.0	
90+	68.2	26.5	94.6	5.4	100.0	
Total	76.7	18.1	94.8	5.2	100.0	

Table 5.11: EACH Dementia admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008									
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–59	6	4	4	—	—	—	—	3	17	
60–69	14	22	4	5	5	6	1	2	59	
70–79	93	91	58	29	25	6	9	4	315	
80–89	194	117	90	35	63	18	26	5	548	
90+	84	25	26	20	19	5	3	1	183	
Total females	391	259	182	89	112	35	39	15	1,122	
Males										
0–59	1	9	3	2	—	2	—	—	17	
60–69	15	25	19	9	2	1	—	—	71	
70–79	67	69	39	13	27	7	9	3	234	
80–89	88	89	42	26	30	4	13	3	295	
90+	23	15	8	10	4	7	2	2	71	
Total males	194	207	111	60	63	21	24	8	688	
Persons										
0–59	7	13	7	2	—	2	—	3	34	
60–69	29	47	23	14	7	7	1	2	130	
70–79	160	160	97	42	52	13	18	7	549	
80–89	282	206	132	61	93	22	39	8	843	
90+	107	40	34	30	23	12	5	3	254	
Total	585	466	293	149	175	56	63	23	1,810	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–59	1.5	1.5	2.2	—	—	—	—	20.0	1.5	
60–69	3.6	8.5	2.2	5.6	4.5	17.1	2.6	13.3	5.3	
70–79	23.8	35.1	31.9	32.6	22.3	17.1	23.1	26.7	28.1	
80–89	49.6	45.2	49.5	39.3	56.3	51.4	66.7	33.3	48.8	
90+	21.5	9.7	14.3	22.5	17.0	14.3	7.7	6.7	16.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–59	0.5	4.3	2.7	3.3	—	9.5	—	—	2.5	
60–69	7.7	12.1	17.1	15.0	3.2	4.8	—	—	10.3	
70–79	34.5	33.3	35.1	21.7	42.9	33.3	37.5	37.5	34.0	
80–89	45.4	43.0	37.8	43.3	47.6	19.0	54.2	37.5	42.9	
90+	11.9	7.2	7.2	16.7	6.3	33.3	8.3	25.0	10.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–59	1.2	2.8	2.4	1.3	—	3.6	—	13.0	1.9	
60–69	5.0	10.1	7.8	9.4	4.0	12.5	1.6	8.7	7.2	
70–79	27.4	34.3	33.1	28.2	29.7	23.2	28.6	30.4	30.3	
80–89	48.2	44.2	45.1	40.9	53.1	39.3	61.9	34.8	46.6	
90+	18.3	8.6	11.6	20.1	13.1	21.4	7.9	13.0	14.0	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	

Table 5.12: EACH Dementia separations, age at separation by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/age	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Females										
0–59	2	3	4	—	—	—	—	3	12	
60–69	13	7	2	4	1	—	1	3	31	
70–79	45	43	26	15	13	5	9	3	159	
80–89	110	83	58	26	35	8	15	2	337	
90+	47	28	16	11	17	7	1	1	128	
Total females	217	164	106	56	66	20	26	12	667	
Males										
0–59	—	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	8	
60–69	11	6	8	4	2	—	2	—	33	
70–79	35	33	26	6	14	7	7	1	129	
80–89	54	64	30	15	12	4	5	2	186	
90+	15	12	10	4	4	3	1	1	50	
Total males	115	119	78	29	32	14	15	4	406	
Persons										
0–59	2	7	8	—	—	—	—	3	20	
60–69	24	13	10	8	3	—	3	3	64	
70–79	80	76	52	21	27	12	16	4	288	
80–89	164	147	88	41	47	12	20	4	523	
90+	62	40	26	15	21	10	2	2	178	
Total	332	283	184	85	98	34	41	16	1,073	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–59	0.9	1.8	3.8	—	—	—	—	25.0	1.8	
60–69	6.0	4.3	1.9	7.1	1.5	—	3.8	25.0	4.6	
70–79	20.7	26.2	24.5	26.8	19.7	25.0	34.6	25.0	23.8	
80–89	50.7	50.6	54.7	46.4	53.0	40.0	57.7	16.7	50.5	
90+	21.7	17.1	15.1	19.6	25.8	35.0	3.8	8.3	19.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Males										
0–59	—	3.4	5.1	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	
60–69	9.6	5.0	10.3	13.8	6.3	—	13.3	—	8.1	
70–79	30.4	27.7	33.3	20.7	43.8	50.0	46.7	25.0	31.8	
80–89	47.0	53.8	38.5	51.7	37.5	28.6	33.3	50.0	45.8	
90+	13.0	10.1	12.8	13.8	12.5	21.4	6.7	25.0	12.3	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Persons										
0–59	0.6	2.5	4.3	—	—	—	—	18.8	1.9	
60–69	7.2	4.6	5.4	9.4	3.1	—	7.3	18.8	6.0	
70–79	24.1	26.9	28.3	24.7	27.6	35.3	39.0	25.0	26.8	
80–89	49.4	51.9	47.8	48.2	48.0	35.3	48.8	25.0	48.7	
90+	18.7	14.1	14.1	17.6	21.4	29.4	4.9	12.5	16.6	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets.	

Table 5.13: EACH Dementia package separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory(a), 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Sex/separation mode	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
	Number	
Death	67	63	33	16	21	8	10	3	221	
To hospital	19	11	7	14	7	2	7	1	68	
To residential aged care 	212	190	131	50	63	22	18	8	694	
To other type of community care: 					
HACC	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	3	
CACP	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	1	
EACH	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	5	
Total	4	3	1	—	1	—	—	—	9	
Recipient withdrew	22	8	6	4	1	2	3	1	47	
Other	8	8	6	1	5	—	3	3	34	
Total persons	332	283	184	85	98	34	41	16	1,073	
	Per cent	
Death	20.2	22.3	17.9	18.8	21.4	23.5	24.4	18.8	20.6	
To hospital	5.7	3.9	3.8	16.5	7.1	5.9	17.1	6.3	6.3	
To residential aged care 	63.9	67.1	71.2	58.8	64.3	64.7	43.9	50.0	64.7	
To other type of community care: 				
HACC	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	0.3	
CACP	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	0.1	
EACH	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	0.5	
Total	1.2	1.1	0.5	—	1.0	—	—	—	0.8	
Recipient withdrew	6.6	2.8	3.3	4.7	1.0	5.9	7.3	6.3	4.4	
Other	2.4	2.8	3.3	1.2	5.1	—	7.3	18.8	3.2	
Total persons	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
(a)	Refers to the location of the outlets. 	

Table 5.14: EACH Dementia package separations, length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Length of stay	Death	To hospital	To residential aged care	To other type of community care	Care recipient withdrew	Other	Total	
	Number	
<4 weeks	22	4	52	—	8	3	89	
4–<8 weeks	22	15	89	2	11	2	141	
8–<13 weeks	29	12	84	2	8	4	139	
13–<26 weeks	49	14	188	3	12	7	273	
26 to <39 weeks	25	7	105	—	4	8	149	
39 to <52 weeks	20	10	68	1	3	4	106	
1 to 2 years(a)	54	6	108	1	1	6	176	
Total	221	68	694	9	47	34	1,073	
	Per cent (column)	
<4 weeks	10.0	5.9	7.5	—	17.0	8.8	8.3	
4–<8 weeks	10.0	22.1	12.8	22.2	23.4	5.9	13.1	
8–<13 weeks	13.1	17.6	12.1	22.2	17.0	11.8	13.0	
13–<26 weeks	22.2	20.6	27.1	33.3	25.5	20.6	25.4	
26 to <39 weeks	11.3	10.3	15.1	—	8.5	23.5	13.9	
39 to <52 weeks	9.0	14.7	9.8	11.1	6.4	11.8	9.9	
1 to 2 years(a)	24.4	8.8	15.6	11.1	2.1	17.6	16.4	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
	Per cent (row)	
<4 weeks	24.7	4.5	58.4	—	9.0	3.4	100.0	
4–<8 weeks	15.6	10.6	63.1	1.4	7.8	1.4	100.0	
8–<13 weeks	20.9	8.6	60.4	1.4	5.8	2.9	100.0	
13–<26 weeks	17.9	5.1	68.9	1.1	4.4	2.6	100.0	
26 to <39 weeks	16.8	4.7	70.5	—	2.7	5.4	100.0	
39 to <52 weeks	18.9	9.4	64.2	0.9	2.8	3.8	100.0	
1 to 2 years(a)	30.7	3.4	61.4	0.6	0.6	3.4	100.0	
Total	20.6	6.3	64.7	0.8	4.4	3.2	100.0	
(a)	The maximum possible stay was 28 months—there were no separations where the length of stay was more than 2 years.							
6	Comparative statistics for CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia programs
The CACP program is the largest and longest running of the three Australian Government‑funded programs providing aged care packages in the community. At 30 June 2008, there were 39,638 operational packages available through mainstream service providers, 388 packages available through Multi-purpose Services, and 254 offered by service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. This program provides community-based care to people eligible for low-level residential aged care. 
The EACH and EACH Dementia programs are smaller (4,244 and 1,996 packages, respectively) and provide community-based care to people eligible for high-level residential aged care. However, both are expanding rapidly with a 12-month increase in operational packages of 29% for EACH packages and 57% for EACH Dementia packages, compared to 6% for CACPs. 
Average daily occupancy rates are higher for the two larger and longer established programs (CACP 93%, EACH 89%) than for the EACH Dementia program (76%), which has now been operational for 2 years and 4 months. 
Table 6.1 shows key statistics for each of the three programs. 
Women make up the majority of care recipients for all three programs, particularly for the CACP program, with the proportion of women being 7 percentage points higher than the other two programs, which provide help to people with high-care needs. 
Figure 6. 1: Age profile of CACP, EACH package and EACH Dementia package recipients, 30 June 2008
Vertical bar chart showing per cent on y-axis and age groups on x-axis.

EACH recipients had the youngest age profile with 7% of recipients aged under 65 years and 55% aged 80 years and over, while the CACP recipients had the oldest age profile, with 65% aged 80 years and over). 
The age profile for EACH Dementia care recipients was similar to that for CACP recipients, with a slightly lower percentage (61%) aged 80 years and over (Table 6.1; Figure 6. 1). The age profile of care recipients for all three types of packages in 2008 was similar to the profile in 2006–07, with a slightly higher proportion of recipients in older age groups. With the exception of the early phase of the EACH program, there has been a small but steady increase in the median age of recipients in all three programs (Table A4, Figure 6.2). 
Figure 6.2: Median age of care recipients at 30 June, by type of package, 2000–2008
Stacked line chart showing age (years) on y-axis and year on x-axis.

The proportion of people born in a country where English was not the main language spoken was higher among EACH Dementia recipients (30%) than among EACH (25%) and CACP recipients (22%) (Table 6.1). Higher use per 1,000 population was observed in older people in this group compared with other Australian- and overseas-born package recipients from English-speaking countries (Table A10). In contrast, in 2007–08 only 15% of people living in permanent residential aged care were born in countries where English is not the main language spoken (AIHW 2009). The higher use of community care packages among this population may reflect a stronger reliance on family support and a greater reluctance to use residential aged care. 
Just over 3% of CACP recipients were identified as Indigenous Australians, compared with just over 1% of EACH recipients and 0.5% of EACH Dementia recipients (Table 6.1). This is influenced by limited availability of high-care packages combined with difficulties in providing high‑level community care and dementia-specific care in more remote areas. Nevertheless, Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or older use community aged care packages at over 3 times the rate of other Australians (Table A11).
Table 6.1: Comparative statistics for CACP, EACH package and EACH Dementia package programs, 30 June 2008
Variable	CACP	EACH	EACH Dementia	
Operational places, 30 June 2008 	(a)40,280	4,244	1,996	
Mainstream operational places, 30 June 2008	39,638	4,244	1,996	
Care recipients, 30 June 2008	36,973	3,892	1,615	
Individuals receiving assistance, 1 July 2007–30 June 2008	53,247	5,908	2,658	
% mainstream operational places which were filled, 30 June 2008 	(b)93.2	91.7	(c)80.9	
Average daily occupancy rate, 1 July 2007–30 June 2008	(b)92.8	88.7	(c)75.6	
% females	70.8	63.3	63.1	
Median age	83 years	81 years	82 years	
% 80 years and over	65.4	55.4	61.1	
% 90 years and over	15.9	16.0	13.8	
% younger than 65 years	4.9	6.9	4.3	
% born in Australia	66.4	63.6	58.6	
% whose preferred language is English	83.6	82.4	78.6	
% from a country where English is not the main language 	21.5	24.5	29.5	
% Indigenous Australians	3.4	1.4	0.5	
% living in Major cities	66.9	66.7	71.3	
% living in Remote or Very remote areas	2.6	0.6	0.3	
% living alone	53.8	28.5	22.0	
% with a carer	n.a.(d)	89.3	94.8	
% with a co-resident carer	n.a.(d)	70.4	76.7	
% of carers who lived with care recipient	n.a.(d)	78.8	80.9	
% left to go to hospital or died	21.1	41.8	26.9	
% left to go to residential aged care	45.6	45.2	64.7	
% length of stay of less than 3 months	16.6	26.3	34.4	
% length of stay of less than a year(e)	50.0	66.8	(c)83.6	
(a)	Includes 388 packages offered by Multi-purpose Services and 254 offered by service providers receiving flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
(b)	Excludes packages and/or care recipients referred to in note (a), as information is not available on people receiving this assistance.
(c)	This program has been operating for 28 months only and is expanding rapidly. During the early stages where the program is expanding rapidly and the first care recipients are being recruited, occupancy is expected to be lower than for programs that are already established, and the proportion of care recipients who stay for a short period only may be higher than observed once the program becomes well established. 
(d)	Relevant percentage for the 2002 CACP census were 56.5% with a carer, 28.6% with a co-resident carer and 51.1% of carers living with the care recipient (AIHW 2004a). Results of the 2008 Community Care Census carried out by the Department of Health and Ageing, when published, will provide up-to-date information for CACP recipients that is not available from administrative data. 
(e)	Includes those who stayed less than 3 months.
n.a.	Not available.

EACH Dementia package recipients were more likely to have a carer (95%) than EACH package recipients (89%), reflecting their high‑care needs. Most carers of EACH and EACH Dementia package recipients (around 80%) lived with the care recipient. For EACH and EACH Dementia recipients, 70% and 77%, respectively, had a co-resident carer. 
A higher proportion of EACH recipients no longer received assistance because they died or were discharged from their packages at the time they were admitted to hospital (42%) than was the case for EACH Dementia (27%) or CACP recipients (21%). EACH Dementia recipients were more likely to enter residential care (65%) than EACH (45%) or CACP (46%) recipients. 
Most EACH and EACH Dementia recipients leaving the program had received assistance for less than 12 months (67% and 84% respectively) compared with 50% for CACP recipients. Between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008, 34% of separating EACH Dementia package recipients had received assistance for less than 3 months compared with 26% of EACH and 17% of CACP recipients. 

Appendix 1: Additional tables
Table A1: Number of operational residential aged care places, CACPs, EACH packages and EACH Dementia packages, and Transition Care places, and the provision ratio per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over(a), 30 June 1995 to 30 June 2008
Places and packages		Provision ratio	
Year	 Residential aged care 	CACP 	EACH and EACH Dementia 	Transition care 	 Total		Residential places 	CACP ratio	EACH and EACH Dementia 	Transition care 	(a)Total	
1995	134,810	2,542	. .	. .	137,352		92.2	1.7	. .	. .	93.9	
1996	136,851	4,431	. .	. .	141,282		90.6	2.9	. .	. .	93.5	
1997	139,058	6,124	. .	. .	145,182		89.2	3.9	. .	. .	93.1	
1998	139,917	10,046	. .	. .	149,963		87.1	6.3	. .	. .	93.3	
1999	141,697	13,896	. .	. .	155,593		85.6	8.4	. .	. .	94.0	
2000(b)	142,342	18,308	. .	. .	160,650		83.6	10.8	. .	. .	94.4	
2001(b)	144,013	24,629	. .	. .	168,642		82.2	14.0	. .	. .	96.2	
2002(b)	146,268	26,425	. .	. .	172,693		81.9	14.8	. .	. .	96.7	
2003	151,181	27,881	255	. .	179,062		83.4	15.4	0.1	. .	98.7	
2004	156,580	29,063	860	. .	186,503		85.1	15.8	0.5	. .	101.3	
2005	161,765	30,973	1,673	. .	194,411		86.4	16.5	0.9	. .	103.8	
2006	166,291	35,383	3,181	595	205,450		87.2	18.5	1.7	0.3	107.7	
2007	170,071	37,997	4,573	1,609	214,250		87.0	19.4	2.3	0.8	109.7	
2008	175,472	40,280	6,240	1,963	223,955		87.7	20.1	3.1	1.0	111.9	
(a)	The ratios are based on ABS population estimates released in December 2008 (ABS 2008A). Total provision may vary from the sum of the component parts because of rounding.
(b)	From 2000 until late 2002, the EACH program was in a pilot phase.
Notes
1.	The EACH/EACH Dementia totals include 601 EACH Dementia places in 2006, 1,271 in 2007, and 1,996 in 2008
2.	The ratios may differ slightly from those published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, which, for reporting purposes, used different population data based on small area population projections. The table also includes small programs not covered by the Aged Care Act 1997 and uses a different refresh of the ACCMIS.
3.	From 1999, the data in this table include places and packages provided by Multi-purpose Services and flexible funding under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program. 

Table A2: CACP and EACH package service providers, size of outlets and proportion of operational packages by size of outlet, 30 June 2000–2008
Number of packages per outlet	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
	Per cent of packages	
CACPs										
1–20	24.6	20.9	20.5	20.0	18.5	17.6	15.7	14.8	14.8	
21–40 	34.0	30.9	30.7	30.8	30.1	28.2	24.1	23.6	22.7	
41–60 	18.0	21.6	20.1	19.6	20.1	19.1	17.5	17.9	17.1	
61–80 	11.8	11.8	12.9	13.8	14.1	14.4	17.0	15.7	14.8	
81–100 	5.9	8.5	9.1	8.0	7.9	8.9	8.9	9.6	9.4	
101–120 	1.8	2.6	2.5	2.8	3.9	4.9	7.2	7.0	8.3	
121+ 	4.0	3.6	4.1	5.0	5.5	6.9	9.6	11.4	12.9	
All 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Number of packages(a)	18,114	24,415	26,142	27,575	28,573	30,485	34,868	37,381	39,638	
EACH packages										
1–20	. .	. .	22.2	20.8	51.6	56.2	54.7	53.5	51.4	
21–40 	. .	. .	48.5	59.6	42.6	32.2	27.0	29.7	33.2	
41–60 	. .	. .	29.2	19.6	5.8	11.6	18.4	14.8	10.9	
61–80 	. .	. .	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	4.6	
All 	. .	. . 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Number of packages	—	—	171	255	860	1,673	2,580	3,302	4,244	
	Per cent of outlets	
CACPs										
1–20	55.8	50.4	50.4	50.0	48.8	47.3	44.7	43.6	43.7	
21–40 	28.1	28.6	28.8	29.1	29.3	28.7	27.1	27.2	26.8	
41–60 	9.2	12.1	11.2	11.1	11.8	11.7	12.0	12.6	12.2	
61–80 	4.2	4.8	5.2	5.6	5.9	6.5	8.4	8.0	7.6	
81–100 	1.7	2.7	2.8	2.5	2.5	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.7	
101–120 	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	2.3	2.7	
121+ 	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.1	2.7	3.2	
All 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Number of outlets	720	859	916	958	959	973	1,011	1,053	1,100	
EACH packages 		
1–20	. .	. .	33.3	33.8	76.4	79.0	79.0	78.5	78.2	
21–40 	. .	. .	50.0	55.6	21.8	17.1	14.6	16.1	17.3	
41–60 	. .	. .	16.7	11.1	1.8	3.8	6.4	4.9	3.4	
61–80 	. .	. .	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	1.1	
All 	. .	. . 	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Number of outlets	—	—	6	9	55	105	157	205	266	
(a)	Includes only packages provided by mainstream outlets. Excludes packages provided by Multi-purpose Services and service providers receiving flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy. 

Table A3: CACP care recipients, by age at 30 June, 2000–2008
Age (years)	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
	Number	
0–49	174	199	250	255	241	201	186	167	145	
50–54	152	189	258	280	281	242	228	244	254	
55–59	281	334	473	493	485	476	512	520	479	
60–64	557	644	810	925	928	919	905	953	950	
65–69	941	1,075	1,281	1,417	1,551	1,621	1,804	1,848	1,973	
70–74	1,777	2,149	2,510	2,724	2,686	2,616	2,788	2,963	3,188	
75–79	2,983	3,735	4,318	4,584	4,761	4,847	5,298	5,615	5,771	
80–84	4,022	4,961	5,887	6,350	6,795	7,155	7,994	8,623	9,210	
85–89	3,698	4,777	5,604	5,970	5,996	6,491	7,257	8,412	9,127	
90+	2,032	2,665	3,194	3,575	3,933	4,331	4,831	5,522	5,876	
Total	16,617	20,728	24,585	26,573	27,657	28,899	31,803	34,867	36,973	
	Per cent	
0–49	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	
50–54	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	
55–59	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.3	
60–64	3.4	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.8	2.7	2.6	
65–69	5.7	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.3	5.3	
70–74	10.7	10.4	10.2	10.3	9.7	9.1	8.8	8.5	8.6	
75–79	18.0	18.0	17.6	17.3	17.2	16.8	16.7	16.1	15.6	
80–84	24.2	23.9	23.9	23.9	24.6	24.8	25.1	24.7	24.9	
85–89	22.3	23.0	22.8	22.5	21.7	22.5	22.8	24.1	24.7	
90+	12.2	12.9	13.0	13.5	14.2	15.0	15.2	15.9	15.9	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Median age	
Female	82.3	82.5	82.4	82.6	82.7	83.0	83.2	83.5	83.6	
Male 	80.6	81.0	80.9	80.9	81.1	81.4	81.6	81.9	82.1	
Persons	81.9	82.0	82.0	82.1	82.3	82.7	82.8	83.1	83.2	

Table A4: Median age of care recipients, by package type and sex, 30 June 2000–2008
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
CACP	
Female 	82.3	82.5	82.4	82.6	82.7	83	83.2	83.5	83.6	
Male	80.6	81	80.9	80.9	81.1	81.4	81.6	81.9	82.1	
Persons	81.9	82	82	82.1	82.3	82.7	82.8	83.1	83.2	
EACH	
Female 	. .	. .	. .	81.0	80.3	81.3	82.0	82.0	82.6	
Male	. .	. .	. .	78.1	77.4	78.0	78.2	78.7	79.1	
Persons	. .	. .	. .	80.1	79.2	79.9	80.2	80.8	81.3	
EACH Dementia	
Female	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	82.3	83.6	83.4	
Male	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	79.5	79.9	80.4	
Persons	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	81.0	82.3	82.2	
Note: The median age of EACH pilot care recipients during the 2002 census was 85 years. 

Table A5: CACP care recipients, Indigenous status by sex, 30 June 2000–2008
Sex/
Indigenous status	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
	Per cent	
Clients in packages provided by mainstream service providers:	
Females										
Indigenous	2.3	2.3	2.8	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.2	
Non-Indigenous	97.4	97.5	97.1	95.3	95.2	95.7	96.0	96.3	96.7	
Unknown/not reported	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.4	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.2	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total females (number)	11,731	14,602	17,349	18,791	19,664	20,619	22,662	24,715	26,184	
Males										
Indigenous	3.1	2.7	3.3	4.3	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.1	4.1	
Non-Indigenous	96.7	97.2	96.7	93.7	93.7	94.4	95.2	95.8	95.8	
Unknown/not reported	0.2	0.1	—	2.0	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total males (number)	4,886	6,126	7,236	7,782	7,993	8,280	9,141	10,152	10,789	
Persons										
Indigenous	2.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.4	
Non-Indigenous	97.2	97.4	97.0	94.8	94.8	95.4	95.8	96.2	96.4	
Unknown/not reported	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.2	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total mainstream clients (number)	16,617	20,728	24,585	26,573	27,657	28,899	31,803	34,867	36,973	
Indigenous clients including those using packages funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program(a):				
Indigenous clients	3.0	2.8	3.3	4.0	4.4	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	
Total clients including those using packages funded by National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program funded packages (number)	16,699	20,809	24,679	26,687	27,771	29,142	32,051	35,124	37,227	
(a)	This program provides cashed out funding of equivalent value to packages for use in flexible aged care. This table imputes the number of Indigenous clients on a 1 client per 1 package basis to better estimate the total number of Indigenous clients who are receiving community-based packages. It assumes full use of packages funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program."

Table A6: CACP care recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by age group, 30 June 2000–2008
	2000	2001	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	
	Per cent	
Females								
Australian-born	59.3	60.4	65.1	66.3	67.1	68.4	68.2	
Overseas-born English-speaking countries	15.7	15.7	12.3	11.5	11.0	10.6	10.5	
Total English-speaking countries	75.0	76.1	77.4	77.8	78.1	79.1	78.7	
Born overseas in a country where English is not the main language spoken	24.5	23.4	22.6	22.2	21.9	20.9	21.3	
Unknown	0.6	0.5	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total females (number)	 11,731 	 14,602 	 19,664 	 20,619 	 22,552 	 24,715 	 26,184 	
Males								
Australian-born	57.6	58.9	63.2	64.5	65.2	66.0	65.5	
Overseas-born English-speaking countries	16.0	17.1	13.5	12.9	12.3	12.2	12.6	
Total English-speaking countries	73.6	76.0	76.7	77.4	77.6	78.2	78.1	
Born overseas in a country where English is not the main language spoken	25.9	23.6	23.3	22.6	22.4	21.8	21.5	
Unknown	0.5	0.5	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total males (number)	 4,886 	 6,126 	 7,993 	 8,280 	 9,065 	 10,152 	 10,789 	
Persons								
Australian-born	58.8	59.9	64.6	65.8	66.6	67.7	67.4	
Overseas-born English-speaking countries	15.8	16.1	12.6	11.9	11.4	11.1	11.1	
Total English-speaking countries	74.6	76.0	77.2	77.7	77.9	78.8	78.5	
Born overseas in a country where English is not the main language spoken	24.9	23.5	22.8	22.3	22.1	21.2	21.5	
Unknown	0.5	0.5	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total (number)	16,617	20,728	27,657	28,899	31,617	34,867	36,973	
(a)	From 2004 unknowns have been spread proportionally over the other categories.
Note: Data for 2002 and 2003 have not been included because of the high proportion of unknown data (greater than 10%).

Table A7: Care recipients from countries where English is not the main language spoken, top three countries by state/territory(a), 30 June 2008
	First		Second		Third		Total numberof packages	
	Country	Per cent		Country	Per cent		Country	Per cent			
CACPs											
NSW	Italy	3.8		China	1.9		Greece	1.5		 12,814 	
Vic	Italy	5.7		Poland	3.1		Greece	2.5		 9,780 	
Qld	Italy	2.4		Poland	1.2		Germany	1.2		 5,951 	
WA	Italy	4.9		India	2.7		Netherlands	2.1		 3,034 	
SA	Italy	5.5		Netherlands	2.2		Greece	1.6		 3,351 	
Tas	Netherlands	2.7		Germany	2.3		Poland	1.6		 996 	
ACT	Netherlands	3.1		Vietnam	1.6		Italy	1.4		 490 	
NT	Germany	1.3		Greece, Hungary
and India 	0.5	
			 557 	
Australia	Italy	4.2		Poland	4.2		Netherlands	1.5		 36,973 	
EACH											
NSW	Italy 	3.3		Greece 	2.1		Lebanon 	1.9		1,292	
Vic	Italy 	8.4		Greece 	4.8		Poland 	2.2		1,087	
Qld	Netherlands 	1.4		Germany 	1.2		Italy 	1.0		584	
WA	Italy 	8.3		India 	3.4		Netherlands 	2.6		348	
SA	Italy 	9.1		Germany 	2.1		Greece 	1.2		328	
ACT(b)	Italy 	4.3		China 	3.2			n.p.		93	
Australia	Italy 	5.2		Greece 	2.4		Germany 	1.3		3,892	
EACH Dementia(b)										
NSW	Italy 	3.9			n.p.			n.p.		533	
Vic	Italy 	11.4			n.p.			n.p.		446	
Qld	Germany	2.0			n.p.			n.p.		256	
WA	Italy	7.6			n.p.			n.p.		118	
SA	Italy	7.3			n.p.			n.p.		150	
Australia	Italy 	6.2		Greece 	3.3		Germany 	1.7		1,615	
(a)	Refers to the location of the service providers.
(b)	Because of issues of confidentiality, for EACH Dementia packages only the top country of birth is reported at state level. For NSW and Victoria the top countries of birth are the same as for EACH packages. Similarly, the third country of birth for ACT EACH packages is not reported, and some states are omitted from the table. 			

Table A8: CACP admissions, age at admission, by sex, 1999–00 to 2007–08
Sex/age (years)	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	
	Per cent	
Females										
0–49	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	
50–54	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	
55–59	1.5	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	
60–64	2.5	2.2	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.8	
65–69	5.0	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.9	4.5	4.3	4.0	4.4	
70–74	10.4	10.4	9.6	10.6	9.4	8.6	8.3	7.9	8.2	
75–79	19.8	19.3	19.2	18.9	19.0	19.2	18.2	17.1	17.1	
80–84	26.9	26.1	26.4	26.1	27.4	27.7	28.1	27.9	27.8	
85–89	21.7	24.2	23.1	22.6	23.2	22.8	23.9	25.1	25.3	
90+	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.7	11.7	13.2	13.4	14.6	14.3	
Total females	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total females (number)	7,466	9,418	10,985	10,032	9,849	9,725	11,573	12,771	13,480	
Males										
0–49	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	
50–54	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	
55–59	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.3	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.3	
60–64	3.5	3.8	4.4	4.8	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.2	2.8	
65–69	6.6	5.2	6.1	6.6	6.3	6.3	6.2	5.7	5.7	
70–74	12.9	12.6	12.6	11.3	9.7	10.8	10.0	9.5	9.4	
75–79	20.1	18.2	18.2	18.9	18.8	18.6	19.8	18.4	18.5	
80–84	21.5	23.4	22.4	22.5	24.4	25.1	25.4	24.7	26.2	
85–89	20.5	21.2	20.6	20.7	21.8	20.8	21.0	23.2	23.0	
90+	10.3	10.7	10.4	10.2	11.7	12.0	11.6	12.9	12.0	
Total males	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total males (number)	3,358	4,202	5,125	4,687	4,576	4,455	5,288	6,115	6,431	
Persons										
0–49	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	
50–54	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	
55–59	1.7	1.4	1.8	1.6	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9	
60–64	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.3	2.7	2.8	2.4	2.3	2.1	
65–69	5.5	4.8	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.8	
70–74	11.2	11.1	10.5	10.8	9.5	9.3	8.9	8.4	8.6	
75–79	19.9	19.0	18.9	18.9	18.9	19.0	18.7	17.6	17.6	
80–84	25.2	25.3	25.2	24.9	26.4	26.9	27.3	26.9	27.3	
85–89	21.3	23.3	22.3	22.0	22.8	22.2	23.0	24.5	24.5	
90+	10.7	10.9	10.8	11.2	11.7	12.8	12.8	14.0	13.5	
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	
Total (number)	10,824	13,620	16,110	14,719	14,425	14,180	16,861	18,886	19,911	

Table A9: Number of individuals receiving assistance(a) from the CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia programs during the year, by 
state/territory(b), and the proportion receiving one or more episodes of care(c) in the year, 1999–00 to 2007–08
	People receiving assistance from the program		Episodes of care(c)	
			More than one	One only	
	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia		Australia	
	Number		Number	Per cent	Per cent	
CACP														
1999–00	8,103	5,806	4,185	2,065	1,956	715	452	213	23,495		33	0.14	99.86	
2000–01	10,223	7,493	4,959	2,577	2,553	844	514	270	29,433		49	0.17	99.83	
2001–02	12,674	9,142	5,916	3,229	3,221	905	565	421	36,073		40	0.11	99.89	
2002–03	13,487	9,728	6,176	3,375	3,535	980	538	559	38,378		51	0.13	99.87	
2003–04	13,848	10,288	6,389	3,517	3,717	1,067	573	637	40,036		26	0.06	99.94	

120

2004–05	14,318	10,438	6,523	3,584	3,769	1,120	624	655	41,031		17	0.04	99.96	
2005–06	15,439	11,664	7,251	3,892	4,007	1,189	668	696	44,806		30	0.07	99.93	
2006–07	17,094	12,477	8,268	4,556	4,517	1,253	739	715	49,619		28	0.06	99.94	
2007–08	18,338	13,408	9,007	4,741	4,828	1,368	769	738	53,247		38	0.007	99.93	
EACH														
2004–05	519	519	238	150	166	68	53	56	1,769		0	—	100.00	
2005–06	982	927	498	211	288	82	90	66	3,144		2	0.06	99.94	
2006–07	1,516	1,221	772	346	393	116	126	104	4,594		4	0.09	99.91	
2007–08	2,001	1,527	943	505	512	153	163	104	5,908		0	—	100.00	
EACH Dementia												
2005–06	83	120	50	3	19	6	11	9	301		0	—	100.00	
2006–07	431	384	241	87	109	36	31	25	1,344		0	—	100.00	
2007–08	857	724	436	203	244	83	80	31	2,658		2	0.08	99.92	
(a)	The number of individuals receiving assistance is related to both the number of operational places (Table 2.1) and the individuals’ length of stay. Where a person stays for only a short period, more than 
one person will receive assistance from the same package. A person may also move from one type of package to another and be included once in this table for each type of package used.
(b)	Refers to the location of the outlet providing the service.
(c)	Episodes of care differ from the number of admissions. A care recipient who is receiving care at the beginning of the year may be separated/discharged from the program, but be admitted again later
that year. If the original admission was in the previous year or earlier, and the second in the specified reporting year, this would be counted as two episodes of care in the year, but only one admission. 
Where a person transfers from one provider to another, this will be counted as two episodes of care. People may receive care in more than 1 year. 
Table A10: Overall use of community aged care packages per 1,000 population, by English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008.
Age group	CACPs	EACH packages	EACH 
Dementia packages	Total	
Australian-born					
50–64 years	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.7	
65–74 years	3.8	0.6	0.2	4.5	
75 to 84 years	14.7	1.4	0.6	16.6	
84 and over	39.2	3.3	1.4	44.0	
Total 50 and over	5.7	0.6	0.2	6.5	
Overseas-born English speaking countries	
50–64 years	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	
65–74 years	2.2	0.5	0.1	2.8	
75 to 84 years	13.6	1.3	0.8	15.7	
84 and over	41.3	3.6	1.6	46.5	
Total 50 and over	4.6	0.5	0.2	5.3	
Overseas-born English speaking countries	
50–64 years	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	
65–74 years	3.2	0.6	0.2	4.0	
75 to 84 years	18.7	2.0	1.1	21.7	
84 and over	50.0	5.4	2.9	58.2	
Total 50 and over	5.6	0.7	0.3	6.6	
All persons					
50–64 years	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.5	
65–74 years	3.5	0.6	0.2	4.2	
75 to 84 years	15.4	1.5	0.7	17.6	
84 and over	41.1	3.7	1.6	46.4	
Total 50 and over	5.5	0.6	0.2	6.4	

Table A11: Overall use of community aged care packages per 1,000 population, by Indigenous status, 30 June 2008	
Age group	CACPs	EACH
 packages	EACH Dementia packages	Total	
Indigenous					
50–64 years	9.2	0.4	0	9.6	
65–74 years	42.0	1.8	0.4	44.2	
75 and over	90.4	3.6	1.0	95.0	
Total 50 and over	20.7	0.9	0.1	21.7	
Non-Indigenous					
50–64 years	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	
65–74 years	3.2	0.5	0.2	3.9	
75 and over	22.2	2.1	1.0	25.3	
Total 50 and over	5.4	0.6	0.2	6.2	
All persons					
50–64 years	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.5	
65–74 years	3.5	0.6	0.2	4.2	
75 and over	22.4	2.1	1.0	25.5	
Total 50 and over	5.5	0.6	0.2	6.4	

Appendix 2: Data sources and limitations
The data presented in this report are drawn from the Aged and Community Care Management Information System (ACCMIS). This data repository contains information gathered through a number of instruments. Of those instruments, the following two are directly relevant to this report:
•	The Aged Care Client Record (Form 3020). This is a form used for the assessment and approval of a care recipient for residential aged care, a CACP, or flexible care (for example, an EACH or EACH Dementia package). This form is completed by a delegate of an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) in consultation with the applicant, and signed either by the applicant or by someone on behalf of the applicant.
•	The Provider Claim Form. This form is completed by the service provider for claiming the Community Care Subsidy that is payable for the service for a payment period: normally 1 calendar month. 
The initial transfer of this information is moving from paper copy to electronic transfer. The word ‘form’ thus needs to be interpreted accordingly.
Other instruments through which information on the service providers is gathered include the Approved Provider Status Application and the Community Care Service Agreement between the Australian Government and the service provider. 
General population data are taken from the latest AIHW population databases supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
Care recipients’ personal details 
All care recipients receiving a CACP, an EACH package or an EACH Dementia package must have a valid Aged Care Client Record (that is, the recipient must have an ‘approved’ status). This record is normally valid for a period of 12 months from the date of approval. Approval of applications is a responsibility of ACATs and their delegates.
The information entered into ACCMIS from the Aged Care Client Record is the major source of the following data items:
•	sex
•	date of birth
•	Indigenous status
•	birthplace
•	preferred language
•	usual residence status (before admission) OR usual accommodation (before admission)
•	living arrangements (before admission)
•	initial information on carer status.
Some recipient details, such as financial hardship status and carer support status, are obtained from the Provider Claim Form, which are submitted monthly and should be regularly updated.
The response categories for the characteristic ‘usual living arrangements before becoming a recipient of a package’ have changed, with the introduction of a revised ACAT form on 1 January 2003 and the Aged Care Assessment Program data dictionary. At the same time, some response categories for information about the care recipients’ type of residence changed with the discontinuation of the ‘usual residence status’ data item and the introduction of the ‘usual accommodation’ data item and subsequent minor amendments. 
Care recipients’ admission and separation details
The Provider Claim Form is sent to approved service providers at the beginning of a payment period. This form has the details of existing recipients under the care of service providers (the form would be blank for a new provider). It is the responsibility of service providers to check this form for accuracy and record new data and changes relating to new admissions, separations and leave for their care recipients. 
The Provider Claim Form is the original source for the following data items:
•	date of admission
•	date of separation
•	separation mode
•	length of stay (derived from date of admission and date of separation)
•	updates to financial hardship status
•	updates to carer status.
Service providers’ details
Details about community aged care service providers are collected through the Approved Provider Status Application and the Community Care Service Agreement between the Australian Government and the service provider. These documents are the main source for the following data items:
•	location of outlets (by both state/territory and geographical area)
•	size of outlets
•	financial hardship target percentage for CACP providers.
Limitations of the data
The following points should be noted when interpreting the data presented in this report.
The data used for this report were those available in ACCMIS in November 2008. However, as ACCMIS is ‘refreshed’ periodically, minor differences in some data will occur, depending on the version used for reporting.
•	The basis for the general population figure used in the calculation of the service provision ratio was the ABS estimated resident population at 30 June 2008, released in December 2008. The service provision ratios presented in this report may be different from those calculated by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, due to differences in the population figures used.
•	Some sociodemographic characteristics of care recipients are recorded at the time of application, and hence may not reflect their true characteristics while receiving care from these programs. These include their pension status, usual residence status and living arrangements. Care recipients’ actual financial hardship status may also be different from the status at the initial assessment by the service providers.
•	Because of the non-compulsory nature of self-identified Indigenous status, the number of people who were of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin presented in this report may be an underestimation of the true number using these programs.
•	Although the location of service-providing outlets can be used to infer the location of CACP and EACH recipients, it is possible that outlets provide services to care recipients who live outside the outlets’ jurisdictions or geographical areas. 
•	The lack of information on areas such as type of assistance received by care recipients, their levels of dependency and (for CACP recipients) carer support means that analysis of recipients’ care needs was outside the scope of this report. 
•	Each allocated package is provided to one specific service recipient, referred to as a funded care recipient. However, when all the allocated packages provided by a service are filled but the funding for these packages allows for additional services to be provided to other people, outlets may provide services to additional people, referred to as supplementary recipients. The Community Aged Care Packages census 2002, noted earlier, reported just over 3% of all CACP recipients as supplementary care recipients (AIHW 2004a). These recipients are not represented in the CACP reporting. 

Glossary 
Admission	The occasion on which the recipient begins to receive community care from the outlet. Admission date may also be referred to as ‘date of commencement’.	
Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)	Multidisciplinary team of health professionals responsible for determining eligibility for care.	
Birthplace (country of birth)
Countries other than Australia are grouped as follows (ABS 2008b):	
	Other Oceania/New Zealand/Antarctica	Includes American Samoa, Antarctica, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.	
	United Kingdom and Ireland 	England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Ireland.	
	North and West Europe 	Includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.	
	South and East Europe	Includes Albania, Andorra, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Ukrainian SSR, former USSR and former Yugoslavia.	
	North Africa and the Middle East	Includes Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Upper Volta.	
	Southeast Asia	Includes Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.	
	Northeast Asia	Includes China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau and Taiwan.	
	Southern and Central Asia	Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.	
	North America	Bermuda, Canada, St Pierre and Miquelon and the United States of America.	
	Other America/Caribbean	Includes Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.	
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Includes Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Zimbabwe.	
Care recipient	A person assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team as having significant care needs that can be appropriately met through the provision of residential care, community care and/or flexible care.	
Financial hardship status	Refers to whether the person is considered to experience financial hardship based on certain criteria, such as home ownership and pension status.	
Housing-linked packages	Refers to packages that provide care to financially disadvantaged people in designated rental housing developments, including public or community housing, and in secure private rental accommodation. 	
Leave	A situation where the recipient temporarily ceases to receive services from the outlet to take a holiday, to enter hospital or to temporarily receive alternative care.	
Length of stay	The time between the date of admission and the date of separation.	
Living arrangements	Refers to the normal cohabitation of the recipient at the time of assessment.	
Low-level residential care	Refers to general accommodation services provided in residential facilities, such as meals, laundry and room cleaning, together with additional daily personal assistance such as bathing, showering and personal hygiene. Care also includes organising, supervising and administering of medication; toileting and continence management; meal assistance; transfers; mobility; dressing/undressing; fitting of sensory/communication aids; assessment and referral for appropriate support; communication assistance; and provision of special diets and emotional support.	
Median	The middle number in a series after all values have been arranged or sorted from highest to lowest or lowest to highest. There are equal numbers of values above the median as below. For example the median for the group 75, 76, 80, 81, 81, 81, and 82 is 81. Where there is an even number of values in a group, the median is the midpoint between the two central values. For example, the median of 1, 2, 4 and 8 
is 3.	
Multi-purpose Services	Operating in rural and remote communities, these provide a mix of Australian Government- and state-funded services, including aged care services, best suited to the needs of each community.	

Preferred language
Languages other than English are grouped as follows:	
	Australian Indigenous	Includes all Australian Indigenous languages.	
	Other Northern European	Includes Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, Welsh and Yiddish.	
	Southern European	Includes French, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish.	
	Eastern European	Includes Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian.	
	Southwest Asian and North African	Includes Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew and Persian.	
	Southern Asian	Includes Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Sinhalese and Urdu.	
	Southeast Asian	Includes Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, Filipino, Bahasa (Indonesian and Malay), Timorese and Vietnamese.	
	Eastern Asian	Includes Chinese (various dialects), Japanese and Korean.	
	African (excluding North African)	Includes Afrikaans, Asante, Mauritian Creole, Oromo, Shona, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba and Zulu.	
	Oceanic	Includes Fijian, Samoan, Tongan and other South Pacific languages.	
Remoteness
The geographical areas used in this report are based on the ASGC Remoteness Structure, developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2007a). This classification categorises all Census Collection Districts (CDs) in Australia according to their remoteness, based on physical road distance to the nearest urban centre. Remoteness is measured by the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA). The structure of the classification is as follows:	
	Major cities	CDs with an average ARIA index value of 0 to 0.2	
	Inner regional	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 0.2 and less than or equal to 2.4	
	Outer regional	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 2.4 and less than or equal to 5.92	
	Remote	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 5.92 and less than or equal to 10.53	
	Very remote	CDs with an average ARIA index value greater than 10.53.	
Separation	The point at which a recipient ceases to receive community care from an outlet.	
Separation mode	Indicates the destination of a care recipient at separation, including death.	

Service outlet	

An organisation or incorporated body which has been approved to provide Community Aged Care Package services, Extended Aged Care at Home or Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia services. The outlet also has the responsibility to plan, coordinate and manage the provision of community care services to its care recipients.	
Supplementary care recipients	Care recipients receiving regular Community Aged Care Package assistance, but for whom their service providers are not entitled to claim the Community Care Subsidy.	
Usual residence status 	Refers to the housing tenure before the recipient’s application for a Community Aged Care Package.	
References
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2004. Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. ABS cat. no. 3238.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2007a. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), July 2007. Cat. no. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2007b. Migration Australia 2005–06. ABS cat. no. 3412.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2008a. Australian demographic statistics. ABS Cat. no. 3101.0. Canberra: ABS.
ABS 2008b. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) Australia, Second Edition. ABS Cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS.
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2004a. Community Aged Care Packages census 2002. Aged care statistics series no. 17. Cat. no. AGE 35. Canberra: AIHW.
AIHW 2004b. Extended Aged Care at Home census 2002: a report of the May 2002 Census prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Aged care statistics series no. 15. Cat. no. AGE 33. Canberra: AIHW.
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AIHW 2008. Aged care packages in the community 2006–07: a statistical overview. Aged care statistics series no. 27. Cat. no. AGE 57. Canberra: AIHW.
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DoHA (Department of Health and Ageing) 2005. Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) Dementia program: draft program guidelines. Canberra: DoHA. Viewed February 2007, <http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/ageing-dementia-eachguidelines.htm>.
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List of tables
Table 2.1:	CACPs and EACH packages, by state/territory, 30 June 1992 to 30 June 2008
Table 2.2:	CACPs and EACH packages per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over by state/territory and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 2.3:	CACPs, EACH and EACH Dementia packages, state/territory by remoteness, 
30 June 2008
Table 2.4:	CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, state/territory by remoteness, 
30 June 2008
Table 2.5:	CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, size by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 2.6:	CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, size by remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 2.7:	CACP, EACH and EACH Dementia outlets, organisation type by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 2.8:	Average occupancy rate for CACPs, EACH packages and EACH Dementia packages, by state/territory and remoteness, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Table 3.1:	CACP recipients, age by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.2:	CACP recipients, age by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 3.3:	CACP recipients, remoteness by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.4:	Care recipients, birthplace by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.5:	CACP recipients, preferred language by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.6:	CACP recipients, usual residence status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.7:	CACP recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.8:	CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.9:	CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 3.10:	CACP recipients, Indigenous status by sex and age, 30 June 2008
Table 3.11:	Age- and sex-specific usage rates for CACP recipients, by Indigenous status, 
30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
Table 3.12:	CACP recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by sex and age, 30 June 2008
Table 3.13:	Age- and sex-specific usage rates for CACP recipients, by English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
Table 3.14:	Care recipients, financial hardsip status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.15:	CACP recipients, financial hardship status by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 3.16:	Operational CACPs aimed at financial hardship, by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.17:	CACP care recipients, estimated financial hardship status by sex and state/ territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.18:	CACP outlets, financial hardship target by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 3.19:	CACP outlets, financial hardship target by remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 3.20:	CACP admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 
30 June 2008
Table 3.21:	CACP separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 
30 June 2008
Table 3.22:	CACP separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 
 30 June 2008
Table 3.23:	CACP separations, completed length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.1:	EACH package recipients, age by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.2:	EACH package recipients, age by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 4.3:	EACH package recipients, remoteness by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.4:	EACH package recipients, birthplace by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.5:	EACH package recipients, preferred language by sex and state/territory, 
30 June 2008
Table 4.6:	EACH recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.7:	EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.8:	EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 4.9:	EACH package recipients, Indigenous status by sex and age, 30 June 2008
Table 4.10:	EACH package recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by sex and age, 30 June 2008
Table 4.11:	Age- and sex-specific usage rates for EACH package recipients, by English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008 (per 1,000 population)
Table 4.12:	EACH package recipients, carer status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 4.13:	EACH package recipients with a carer, carer co-residency status by sex and 
state/territory, 30 June 2008 (per cent)
Table 4.14:	EACH package recipients, carer status, by sex and age of care recipient, 30 June 2008
Table 4.15:	EACH package admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.16:	EACH package separations, age at separation by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.17:	EACH package separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.18:	EACH package separations, length of stay by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 4.19:	EACH package separations, length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 
30 June 2008
Table 5.1:	EACH Dementia package recipients, age by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.2:	EACH Dementia package recipients, age by sex and remoteness, 30 June 2008
Table 5.3:	EACH Dementia package recipients, remoteness by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.4:	EACH Dementia recipients, birthplace by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.5:	EACH Dementia recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by age, 30 June 2008
Table 5.6:	EACH Dementia recipients, preferred language by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.7:	EACH recipients, living arrangements by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.8:	EACH Dementia recipients, carer status by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.9:	EACH Dementia recipients with a carer, co-residency status of carer by sex and state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table 5.10:	EACH Dementia package recipients, carer status, by age, 30 June 2008
Table 5.11:	EACH Dementia admissions, age at admission by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 5.12:	EACH Dementia separations, age at separation by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 5.13:	EACH Dementia package separations, separation mode by sex and state/territory, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table 5.14:	EACH Dementia package separations, length of stay by separation mode, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Table A1:	Number of operational residential aged care places, CACPs, EACH packages and 
EACH Dementia packages, and transition care places, and the provision ratio 
per 1,000 persons aged 70 years and over, 30 June 1995 to 30 June 2008
Table A2:	CACP and EACH package services, size of outlets and proportion of operational 
packages by size of outlet, 30 June 2000–2008
Table A3:	CACP care recipients, by age at 30 June, 2000–2008
Table A4:	Median age of care recipients, by package type and sex, 30 June 2000–2008
Table A5:	CACP care recipients, Indigenous status by sex, 30 June 2000–2008
Table A6:	CACP care recipients, English-speaking status based on country of birth, by age group, 30 June 2000–2008
Table A7:	Care recipients from countries where English is not the main language spoken, top 3 countries by state/territory, 30 June 2008
Table A8:	CACP admissions, age at admission, by sex, 1999–00 to 2007–08
Table A9:	Number of individuals receiving assistance from the CACP, EACH and 
EACH Dementia programs during the year, by state/territory, and the proportion receiving one or more episodes of care(c) in the year, 1999–00 to 
2007–08Table A10: Overall use of community aged care packages per 1,000 population, by 
English-speaking status based on country of birth, 30 June 2008.	121
Table A11: Overall use of community aged care packages per 1,000 population, by 
Indigenous status, 30 June 2008	122

List of figures
Figure 2.1:	Service provision ratios, aged care packages in the community, 1995–2008
Figure 3. 1:	Age and sex profile of CACP recipients, 30 June 2008
Figure 3.2:	Age profile of Indigenous and other Australian CACP recipients, 30 June 2008
Figure 4.1:	Age and sex profile of EACH package recipients, 30 June 2008
Figure 5.1:	Age and sex profile of EACH Dementia package recipients, 30 June 2008
Figure 6. 1:	Age profile of CACP, EACH package and EACH Dementia package recipients, 30 June 2008
Figure 6.2:	Median age of care recipients at 30 June, by type of package, 2000–2008