Carers
Carers are people who have been screened and received authorisation to provide placements in their private households for children in funded out-of-home care.
In 2018–19, the vast majority of children in out-of-home care were placed in home-based care (41,400 or 92%), primarily with relatives/kin (52% or 23,500) or foster carers (39% or 17,400).
About 14,600 carer households had 1 or more children placed with them at 30 June 2019. Of these, 58% (8,400) had only one child placed, 26% (3,800) had 2 children placed and 17% (2,500) had 3 or more children placed (Figure 14).
Foster carer households
Around 9,100 foster care households had 1 or more foster care children placed with them at 30 June 2019. Of these, 48% (4,400) had only one child placed, 30% (2,700) had 2 children placed and 22% (2,000) had 3 or more children placed (Figure 14).
Relative/kinship carer households
About 14,500 relative/kinship carer households had 1 or more children placed with them at 30 June 2019. Of these, 62% (9,000) had only one child placed, 24% (3,500) had 2 children placed and 14% (2,000) had 3 or more children placed (Figure 14).
