Every statistic on this site traces to one of the organisations below. They are the authorities that count, research and prevent child harm in Australia. Bookmark them; they update their data as we do.
A free one-hour course from home: infant and child CPR, and first aid for choking, burns, scalds and drowning.
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A map of trained fitters across WA who install and check your child's car seat, at your place or theirs.
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Low-cost summer and autumn school-holiday swimming lessons for WA children, at beaches and pools across the state.
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Free, research-backed guides on health, development and safety from newborn to teen, reviewed by experts.
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Protective Behaviours, online safety and child protection education for schools, parents and agencies.
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Child safety training, policies and resources for families and the organisations that care for children.
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Tools to put the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations into practice: checklists, guides and templates.
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Child safety support for churches and faith groups: policies, screening and training.
Visit siteThe Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia — home, playground, road and water safety.
Visit siteDrowning prevention, the Keep Watch program and the annual National Drowning Report.
Visit siteRecalls, mandatory standards, and button-battery safety — the national product-safety regulator.
Visit site24/7 poisons advice for the whole of Australia, plus prevention and first-aid guidance.
Visit siteSafe sleeping and sudden infant death prevention, education and bereavement support.
Visit siteAustralia's government-funded parenting website — home safety, first aid and child development.
Visit siteAustralia's online-safety regulator — cyberbullying reporting and guidance for children and teens.
Visit siteNational Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect — runs National Child Protection Week.
Visit siteNational injury surveillance, hospitalisations and child protection statistics.
Visit siteThe Growing Up in Australia longitudinal study, and child-protection and family research.
Visit siteChild injury hospitalisations by cause, age and place of occurrence (ages 0–18). Updated 18 April 2024.
Visit siteChildren on care and protection orders, substantiations and out-of-home care, to 30 June 2025.
Visit siteThe annual analysis of drowning deaths across Australia, including children under 5.
Visit siteThe all-ages injury report, including activity and place of occurrence. Updated 18 June 2026 (2024–25 data).
Visit siteSelf-harm hospitalisations for young people, 2023–24. Rates are highest at 15–19 (256 per 100,000), about 8 times under-15s.
Visit siteHow many Australians experienced abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence as children.
Visit siteLongitudinal Study of Australian Children release, 30 September 2021.
Visit siteThe latest national report: about 200,000 calls a year, and toddlers 1–4 are 36% of exposures.
Visit siteAbout the centre that answers 13 11 26. Paracetamol tops its list of substances (all ages).
Visit siteAbout 20 children a week go to emergency with a suspected swallowed or inserted button battery. Cites Product Safety Australia.
Visit siteBurns in children, citing BRANZ 2022–23: scalds cause 52% of child burns, and the typical child burned is 3.
Visit siteEach link goes to the report a figure on this site comes from. If a report has moved, search the organisation's site for the current edition.
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Child Safety at Home
Australian home-injury and child-harm data, made clear so it can be prevented.