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["3A  Early childhood education and care — attachment"]
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["Tables in this attachment are sourced from the Early childhood education and care attachment of the 2013 Report. Table numbers refer to the 2013 Report, for example, a reference to ‘2013 Report, table 3A.15’ refers to attachment table 15 of attachment 3A of the 2013 Report."]
["Definitions for indicators and descriptors in this attachment are in the Early childhood education and care chapter of the Compendium. "]
["Data in this Compendium are examined by the Children’s Services Working Group, but have not been formally audited by the Secretariat. Unsourced information was obtained from the Australian, State and Territory governments. "]
["This file is available in Adobe PDF format on the Review web page (www.pc.gov.au/gsp)."]

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["All jurisdiction data"]
["Table 3A.1","Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia, as at 30 June 2012 "]
["Table 3A.15","Representation of special needs groups attending Australian Government approved child care services (per cent), by age group, 2010   "]
["Table 3A.16","Representation of special needs groups attending Australian Government approved child care services, children aged 0–12 (per cent)    "]
["Table 3A.17","Representation of children from special needs groups in State and Territory government child care and preschool services, 2011-12 "]
["Table 3A.18","Indigenous children enrolled in State and Territory government preschool services, 2006-07 to 2011-12 "]
["Table 3A.19","Children absent from non-government preschools, 2011   "]
["Table 3A.20","Proportion of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years who are enrolled in and attending a preschool program in the year before full time schooling, by remoteness, 2011"]

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["All jurisdiction data"]

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["Table 3A.1",null,null,null,"Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia, as at 30 June 2012 (a)"]
[null,null,null,"Child care",null,"Preschool",null,null,"Transition to primary school"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Year prior to Year One"]
[null,null,null,"Agency (b)",null,"Program","Age of entry","Agency (b)","School year","Age of entry"]
["NSW (c)",null,null,"Department of Education and Communities",null,"Preschool ","generally 4 and 5 year olds","Department of Education and Communities","Kindergarten","5 by 31 July"]
["Vic",null,null,"Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development",null,"Kindergarten","4 by 30 April","Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development","Preparatory (Prep)","5 by 30 April"]
["Qld (d)",null,null,"Department of Education, Training and Employment",null,"Kindergarten,\nPre-Preparatory (Pre-Prep)","4 by 30 June","Department of Education, Training and Employment","Preparatory Year (Prep)","5 by 30 June"]
["WA",null,null,"Dept for Communities",null,"Kindergarten","4 by 30 June","Dept of Education","Pre Primary","5 by 30 June"]
["SA (e) ",null,null,"Dept for Education and Child Development",null,"Preschool Kindergarten ","entry after 4th birthday ","Dept for Education and Child Development","Reception","entry after 5th birthday"]
["Tas",null,null,"Dept of Education",null,"Kindergarten","4 by 1 January","Dept of Education","Preparatory","5 by 1 January"]
["ACT (f)",null,null,"Community Services Directorate",null,"Preschool","4 by 30 April","Education and Training Directorate","Kindergarten","5 by 30 April"]
["NT (g)",null,null,"Department of Education",null,"Preschool","4 by 30 June, or 3 for Indigenous children in remote areas","Department of Education","Transition","5 by 30 June"]
[]
["(a)","The Early childhood education and care chapter reports data for child care and preschool services only. Data on primary school are reported in the School education chapter (chapter 4), but relate to 2011. Information on the first year of primary school are included here to show the point at which children can transition from preschool to the first year of primary school in each jurisdiction. "]
["(b)","The departmental responsibility of agencies varies between child care and preschool. Agency responsibility refers to licensing services for child care, and licensing, funding and/or providing services for preschool programs. State and Territory education departments are responsible for primary school."]
["(c)","In NSW, all licensed children’s services for under 6 year olds (who have not commenced Kindergarten) are required to offer programs that meet children’s educational and developmental needs. "]
["(d)","All licensed children’s services in Queensland are required to provide an appropriate program that is designed to stimulate and develop each child’s creative, emotional, intellectual, lingual, physical, recreational and social potential."]
["(e)","In SA, some children are entitled to enrol in preschool earlier. Indigenous children and children under the guardianship of the Minister can enter from 3 years, children with additional needs (which includes gifted children) and those living in small rural communities may commence at 3 ½ years. The compulsory school starting age in SA is 6 years at the oldest."]
["(f)","In the ACT, private preschools are monitored and assessed by the ACT Community Services Directorate. "]
["(g)","In the NT children turning four after 30 June are eligible to enrol in a preschool program after their birthday, if places are available and with the understanding that the child will access more than 12 months of preschool. Indigenous children living in remote areas are eligible to enrol in preschool if they turn three on or prior to 30 June of the same year. "]
["Source:",null,null,"State and Territory governments (unpublished)."]

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["Table 3A.15",null,null,null,"Representation of special needs groups attending Australian Government approved child care services (per cent), by age group, 2010 (a), (b), (c)"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"NSW","Vic","Qld","WA","SA","Tas","ACT","NT","Aust"]
["Children from non-English speaking backgrounds"]
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[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,24.604124925409113,23.198770163425941,12.807732679069348,16.790688420214885,14.810983191123849,8.1467858271789417,17.799768135144088,37.016432287642303,20.075496581529002]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services",null,null,null,null,null,16.382475483215,15.3,4.7936430359509004,6.6,5.9685881167331001,2.6939371766090998,10.62162008622,9.2857344734952001,11.074985730157]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,22.071049655782353,20.482297519117079,11.234271157271426,14.534080239685201,12.7927647660104,6.4833821024588376,14.853218884120173,36.542480690595184,17.712652169929939]
["Indigenous children"]
[null,"Children aged 0–5 in child care services ",null,null,null,null,null,2.2195915390030998,0.62231356101140001,2.7946850008156998,2.1429159239984998,1.4277534309351001,1.3319182437628001,0.88571449530790003,8.1688485029965996,1.9603105675978001]
[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,4.4698921341637998,1.23990181826847,6.5840178276924597,5.7274213210734297,3.5729769707479999,7.2199814615326803,2.4117956819378601,41.925172211967002,4.7254355240114299]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services ",null,null,null,null,null,1.7744328997278001,0.6,3.0892016273570002,1.9897997716127001,1.3107457393812001,1.8522414257212001,0.89695039389099995,11.508680958336999,1.8670282693960001]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,4.2499750758177504,1.2548097431267,6.5126297239083604,6.0006507977202403,3.6384410496872799,6.7578275339023302,2.4672691660080401,44.7916666666667,4.69572633344902]
["Children from low-income families"]
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[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,30.3,26.4,26.7,22.5,25.2,35,8.8000000000000007,18,27.1]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services",null,null,null,null,null,19.483063609999999,23.504429269999999,22.135862190000001,23.274308789999999,23.870781239999999,21.756097560000001,7.1493874569999996,13.5534318,21.644860390000002]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,26.7,26.8,27.1,24.8,22.6,26.5,14.3,28,26.1]
["Children with a disability "]
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[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,4.5999999999999996,2.8,4,5.2,3.4,4.7,3.7,"np",4]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services",null,null,null,null,null,2.8787106178765001,2.5586090486494002,2.7039265417227001,2.6058793360732002,4.7,1.8412345439344999,2.0042701755535002,4.0566344874644003,2.8870758673382002]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,9.8000000000000007,8.3000000000000007,7.4,10.9,8.1999999999999993,11.8,12.9,8.5,9]
["Children from regional areas"]
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[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,27.025809434610959,26.471906328171897,44.331858663524137,23.810850245390636,25.717295773578456,97.807408258858004,0.14491553494534612,50.605264513470352,31.515808412946296]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services",null,null,null,null,null,23.6,22.1,29.6,18.5,15.7,99.8,0,84.3,25.8]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,30.243179693198375,29.603779376242777,46.586667852350921,31.960472211168589,27.323970786483564,97.645979822684197,0.25751072961373389,51.363016810540664,34.170603900929024]
["Children from remote areas"]
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[null,"Children aged 0–5 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,0.7354364999387466,8.4741389378535981E-2,4.625247119886148,8.9096697174691606,4.3118421427283335,1.9741946607661141,0,50.450728893009845,3.0961363939984428]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in child care services",null,null,null,null,null,0.187126296,0,1.0412365050000001,1.969555763,1.1671605119999999,0.18118466899999999,0,15.768896610000001,0.71782216600000004]
[null,"Children aged 6–12 in the community",null,null,null,null,null,0.74179352162639778,0.10498267341046892,4.2119689594835998,8.3256849278939988,4.4220256877472117,2.0876097305323844,0,50.122671512948656,2.9548677501806777]
[]
["(a)","Refer to table 3A.16 for complete footnotes."]
["(b)","Excludes children aged 6–12 years attending Occasional Care services. The number of children aged 6–12 years using Occasional care services were too small to be included here."]
["(c)","Data in italics have relative standard errors greater than 25 per cent and need to be used with caution."]
[null,"– Nil or rounded to zero."]
["Source:",null,null,"DEEWR (unpublished) National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census, 2010; administrative data collection, ABS (unpublished) Survey of Income and Housing Costs 2009-10, Cat. no. 6523.0, 2006 Census of Population and Housing and Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, Cat. no. 4430.0, Canberra. Experimental Estimates and Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 1991 to 2021 (Series B), Cat. no. 3238.0, Canberra."]

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["Table 3A.16",null,null,null,"Representation of special needs groups attending Australian Government approved child care services, children aged 0–12 (per cent) (a), (b), (c), (d)"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,"NSW","Vic","Qld","WA","SA","Tas","ACT","NT","Aust"]
["Children from non-English speaking backgrounds (e), (f)"]
[null,"Representation in child care services "]
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["Children from low-income families (i)"]
[null,"Representation in child care services  "]
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[null,null,"2006 ",null,null,null,25.212510217805001,26.508547953495,28.600538498751,27.634099616857998,29.297337278107001,29.057564951604999,10.37153505707,17.478951737222999,26.580634464462999]
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[null,"Representation in child care services  "]
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[null,null,"2006 ",null,null,null,3.1416479759685001,2.4311334039358998,2.1930874742844999,2.4887110016420002,3.7544378698225001,2.348446255731,1.8343815513627,3.7234673307245001,2.7070751730859999]
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["Children from regional and remote areas (l)"]
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[null,null,"Representation in child care services "]
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[null,"Remote"]
[null,null,"Representation in child care services "]
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[]
["(a)","Data in italics have relative standard errors above 25 per cent, and need to be used with caution."]
["(b)","Data for 2004 and 2006 are drawn from the respective AGCCCS, while data for 2008-09 are drawn from the AGCCPS and DEEWR administrative data. Data from 2008-09 are not comparable to previous years due to the change in the source for data collection."]
["(c) ","Children attending approved services in 2004, 2006 and 2010 may be counted more than once if attending more than one service during the reference week. In 2008-09, children are counted once for each care type they used."]
["(d) ","Data for 2010 are weighted data drawn from the National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census. 2010 data were collected for all services except vacation care during the reference week 31 May-6 June (excluding Tasmania where the reference week was 21-27 June 2010). The reference week for vacation care was 5-11 July 2010 (excluding Tasmania, where the reference week was 7-13 June 2010). "]
["(e)","Excludes Aboriginal Playgroups and Enrichment Programs, Mobile and Toy Library services and Aboriginal Playgroups as data from these service types were not available."]
["(f)","Children from non-English speaking backgrounds in child care services are children who speak, or whose parent/guardian speak a language other than English at home. Data on representation in the community refer to the proportion of children who do not speak English as their main language at home."]
["(g)","Data for representation in the community are estimated from the ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing."]
["(h)","Indigenous children in child care services are children who child care services identified as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. The representation in the community data are from the ABS Experimental Estimates and Projections of the the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population."]
["(i)","Children from low income families include those families in receipt of the maximum rate of Child Care Benefit (CCB). The maximum CCB rate was $31 755 in 2003-04, $33 361 in 2005-06, $35 478 in 2007-08, $36 573 in 2008-09 and $37 960 in 2010-11."]
["(j)","The data showing representation children from low income families in the community are drawn from the ABS Survey of Income and Housing 2009-10. "]
["(k)","Children with disability in child care services are children who child care services identify as having continuing disability including intellectual, sensory or physical impairment. Data on representation in the community refer to children with any limitation, restriction or impairment, which has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least six months and restricts everyday activities. These data were obtained from the ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009."]
["(l)","Regional and remote areas based on the Australian Standard Geographical Classification of Remoteness Areas (ASGC) (ABS 2006). Regional areas include inner regional and outer regional areas. Remote areas include remote, very remote and migratory areas. Children can use care in multiple regions and states and territories, and may be counted in more than one region."]
[null,".. Not applicable. – Nil or rounded to zero. "]
["Source:",null,null,"DEEWR (unpublished) National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census, 2010; administrative data collection, Australian Government Census of Child Care Services 2006 and Australian Government Child Care Provider Survey 2007-08; FaCSIA (unpublished) Australian Government Census of Child Care Services 2004; ABS (unpublished) Survey of Income and Housing Costs 2009-10, Cat. no. 6523.0, 2006 Census of Population and Housing and Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, Cat. no. 4430.0, Experimental Estimates and Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 1991 to 2009 (Series B), Cat. no. 3238.0, Canberra."]

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["Table 3A.17",null,null,null,"Representation of children from special needs groups in State and Territory government child care and preschool services, 2011-12 (a)"]
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["Children from non-English speaking backgrounds"]
[null,"Number of children"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"no.",15625,"na",178,"na",200,3,"na","na",16006]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"no.",8245,10229,2121,"na",2290,"na",1052,"na",23937]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"no.",6000,10229,1908,"na","na","na",973,"na",19110]
[null,"Representation in early childhood education and care services"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"%",13.778145560420397,"na",10.735826296743065,"na",6.6225165562913908,0.55658627087198509,"na","na",13.493368668940617]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"%",12.076693227091633,14.109938616456308,8.00196181996529,"na",10.946462715105163,"na",24.596679915828851,"na",12.436743388580039]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"%",11.667930692491685,14.221758776503302,7.9842658074235251,"na","na","na",23.912509216023594,"na",12.629366747293707]
[null,"Representation in the community"]
[null,null,"Children aged 3–5 years",null,null,"%",23.167004293342742,21.600968037326123,11.583397238028342,15.561180539910147,13.543369216028855,7.2319909245604084,16.062484081840562,38.701635420821702,18.718474636779074]
[null,null,"Children aged 0–12 years",null,null,"%",23.216760967814874,21.705305969720349,11.939525224521841,15.533755237071118,13.677418281211647,7.2016180065266209,16.188974604425923,36.764599377157623,18.772990915856496]
["Indigenous children"]
[null,"Number of children"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"no.",6141,"na",242,"na",80,6,"na","na",6469]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"no.",3552,1210,1556,2250,1520,481,199,1471,12239]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"no.",2337,861,1386,2061.0622899974001,"na","na",140,1292,8077.0622899974005]
[null,"Representation in early childhood education and care services"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"%",5.4151418807386653,"na",14.595898673100121,"na",2.6490066225165565,1.1131725417439702,"na","na",5.4534925602509592]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"%",5.2027185376142491,1.6690806262500864,5.8703689730627024,6.4616179891444814,7.2657743785850863,7.3592411260709909,4.6527940144961422,43.011695906432749,5.1587585933647215]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"%",4.5446590047255118,1.197080291970803,5.7998911997321834,6.4616179891444343,"na","na",3.4406488080609483,41.476725521669344,4.3349088640326094]
[null,"Representation in the community"]
[null,null,"Children aged 3–5 years",null,null,"%",4.5985398756190303,1.2372078093727601,6.6702834521321996,5.66449507881459,3.5826639892904999,6.9886391580189802,2.54577284995259,40.907108591365002,4.7714351376539899]
[null,null,"Children aged 0–12 years",null,null,"%",4.5057395439287271,1.262878518030768,6.6702690475891284,5.8444257432855427,3.652283414989276,7.2419599658476423,2.4945204049681662,42.754258517034067,4.8027038706763259]
["Children with a disability (l)"]
[null,"Number of children"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"no.",5837,"na",73,"na",160,4,"na","na",6074]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"no.",4544,2806,783,1249,2110,"na",154,145,11791]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"no.",3374,2806,741,1144.1185778696999,"na","na",117,112,8294.1185778696999]
[null,"Representation in early childhood education and care services"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"%",5.1470742807151266,"na",4.4028950542822676,"na",5.298013245033113,0.7421150278293136,"na","na",5.1204998934865245]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"%",6.6557300210921015,3.8706117663287123,2.9540481400437639,3.5869159415295364,10.086042065009561,"na",3.6006546644844519,4.2397660818713447,5.1107229390882969]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"%",6.5612663594111584,3.9012860618700032,3.1008076327572498,3.5869159415296106,"na","na",2.8753993610223643,3.5955056179775284,4.451401617525037]
[null,"Representation in the community"]
[null,null,"Children aged 3–5 years",null,null,"%",7.3,3.9,7.3,6.8,5.5,7.2,7.3,"np",6.3]
[null,null,"Children aged 0–12 years",null,null,"%",7.4,5.7,5.8,8.1999999999999993,5.9,8.4,8.3000000000000007,5.4,6.6]
["Children from regional areas"]
[null,"Number of children"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"no.",29657.319183722,"na",777,"na",790,529,"na","na",31753.319183722]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"no.",22080,18175,9272,7462,5180,6433,91,1655,70348]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"no.",14732,18175,8309,6836,19790,"na","na",1566,69408]
[null,"Representation in early childhood education and care services"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"%",26.151863081290877,"na",46.863691194209892,"na",26.158940397350992,98.144712430426722,"na","na",26.76866438888576]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"%",32.341223341926408,25.070694530657288,34.980759073417339,21.4295970822205,24.760994263862333,98.424112607099147,2.1276595744680851,48.391812865497073,29.651797493751236]
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[null,"Representation in the community"]
[null,null,"Children aged 3–5 years",null,null,"%",27.958263792809539,27.464243666332361,45.122729235270235,24.48679380309315,26.215033158616546,97.68009075439592,0.13583496052296459,48.195053849222177,32.336772883017105]
[null,null,"Children aged 0–12 years",null,null,"%",28.787961388215383,28.193749640794497,45.576021370524899,24.706635875920345,26.61971069239954,97.715682503443219,0.20646808191151902,51.007894165077374,32.979250587693286]
["Children from remote areas"]
[null,"Number of children"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"no.",1095.9333177084,"na",360,"na",220,"na","na","na",1675.9333177084]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"no.",750,52,1339,2602,1070,103,"na",1765,7681]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"no.",492,52,1152,2383,1130,"na","na",1549,6758]
[null,"Representation in early childhood education and care services"]
[null,null,"Child care services",null,null,"%",0.96639544165765034,"na",21.712907117008442,"na",7.2847682119205297,"na","..","na",1.4192934071940959]
[null,null,"Preschool services",null,null,"%",1.0985469885165222,7.1729084764466516E-2,5.0516864106240096,7.4725022256684186,5.1147227533460802,1.5758873929008568,"..",51.608187134502927,3.2969910288878399]
[null,null,"Preschool in the year before full time school",null,null,"%",0.95677031678431823,7.2297532151546745E-2,4.8206887893877894,7.4709220302849797,6.3058035714285712,"na","..",49.727126805778497,3.3760122291771784]
[null,"Representation in the community"]
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[null,null,"Children aged 0–12 years",null,null,"%",0.73891823728498496,9.5869656397771036E-2,4.3972077463823229,8.5843895617019523,4.37372850682498,2.0386385914409439,"..",50.276416483596066,3.0182627904504269]
[]
["(a)","Data for representation in the community are estimated from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2006, except for children with disability and Indigenous children. Data for the representation of children with disability in the community were obtained from the ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, while Indigenous data are from ABS Experimental Estimates and Projections. Due to the various data sources used in different years, caution should be used when making comparisons."]
["(b)","For numbers of children in child care services, data were not collected for 2011-12. The 2011-12 value is an estimate based on the compounded annual growth rate from 2007-08. For numbers of children in preschool services, the count is derived from DEC Preschool Mid-Year Census for government preschools and Children's services annual data collection for community funded preschools. For the numbers of children in the year before full time school, the Count is derived from DEC Preschool Mid-Year Census for government preschools and Children's services annual data collection for community funded preschools. Reporting for 2011-12 is different from previous years because community funded preschools were not included. "]
["(c)","Due to the integrated nature of early childhood education and care in NSW, many children undertaking a preschool program do so in a long day care setting. In fact, the majority of preschool services in NSW are delivered by Long Day Care centres. This report classifies the services provided by Long Day Care centres as ‘childcare services’ as opposed to ‘preschool services’, and also makes a distinction between service providers funded at state and/or commonwealth level. As a result, there is a significant undercount in the number of NSW children participating in preschool programs in this Report as the majority of preschool services in NSW are delivered by Long Day Care centres and the majority of these are licensed but not funded by the state government. Due to the underrepresentation of NSW preschool service provision in this report, NSW data are not comparable with other jurisdictions and any inter-jurisdictional comparisons should be made with caution. "]
["(d)","For numbers of children in child care services, data were not collected for 2011-12. The 2011-12 value is an estimate based on the compounded annual growth rate from 2007-08. For numbers of children in preschool services, the count is derived from DEC Preschool Mid-Year Census for government preschools and Children's services annual data collection for community funded preschools. For the numbers of children in the year before full time school, the Count is derived from DEC Preschool Mid-Year Census for government preschools and Children's services annual data collection for community funded preschools. Reporting for 2011-12 is different from previous years because community funded preschools were not included. "]
["(e)","In Victoria, for 2011-12, the representation of children from special needs groups is based on data collected in April 2012. The number of Indigenous children attending preschool services includes Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children who attend kindergarten in the year before school and the three year old Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children who are part of the Early Start Kindergarten Initiative. "]
["(f)","Queensland child care data are based on an annual voluntary census and response rates are variable by service type and over time. Preschool data include Indigenous Community Pre-Preparatory services and C&K community kindergarten services. Data on regional and remote areas are children attending in the census week, based on location of services according to the Australian Standard Geographic Classification."]
["(g)","For WA, it is assumed that the ratio students with disability in the non-government system is the same as the government system. Numbers of children from an Indigenous background and children with disability in the year before full time school are apportioned. The numbers of Indigenous children and children with disability in preschools are actual numbers for 2011-12. These were previously apportioned."]
["(h)","In SA, children in preschool in the year before full time school include 4 and 5 year old children only."]
["(i)","In the ACT there are no regions classified as remote. Preschool students may be counted in more than one special needs groups. "]
["(j)","Data include remote Catholic preschools funded by the NT Government. All other non-government preschools are excluded. Data on children from non-English speaking backgrounds are of a quality too poor to report. Indigenous children and children with a disability in preschools include 3 year old children. Indigenous children aged 4 years in preschool are a proxy for children in preschool in the year before full time school. Children with disability aged 4 and 5 years in preschool are a proxy for children in preschool in the year before full time school. "]
["(k)","Data for Australia for children in services are the total of the sum of the states and territories for which data are available, and should not be interpreted as national data."]
["(l)","Data are not directly comparable between jurisdictions because there is no national definition or standard on children with disability. Victorian data were collected in a disaggregated format for the first time in 2010-11. Therefore this may result in data quality issues. In Queensland, the definition of disablity refers to a diagnosed disability."]
[null," na Not available.  .. Not applicable. "]
["Source:",null,null,"State and Territory governments (unpublished); ABS (unpublished) 2006 Census of Population and Housing, Cat. no. 2031.0; Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, Cat. no. 4430.0, and Experimental Estimates and Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 1991 to 2009 (Series B), Cat. no. 3238.0, Canberra."]

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["2007-08"]
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["2008-09"]
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["2009-10"]
[null,"Number of Indigenous children in preschool",null,null,null,"no.",3187,876,1240,2862,1420,303,128,1391,11407]
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["2010-11"]
[null,"Number of Indigenous children in preschool",null,null,null,"no.",3346,957,1369,2912,1450,393,191,1434,12052]
[null,"Representation of Indigenous children in preschool (h)",null,null,null,"%",5.1299348409352241,1.3773747841105355,6.8099288663383577,8.7676512209074762,6.3318777292576414,6.2940422805893652,4.5606494746895887,42.857142857142854,5.3636197757889441]
["2011-12"]
[null,"Number of Indigenous children in preschool",null,null,null,"no.",3552,1210,1556,2250,1520,481,199,1471,12239]
[null,"Representation of Indigenous children in preschool (h)",null,null,null,"%",5.2027185376142491,1.6690806262500864,5.8703689730627024,6.4616179891444814,7.2657743785850863,7.3592411260709909,4.6527940144961422,43.011695906432749,5.1587585933647215]
[]
["(a)","Due to the integrated nature of early childhood education and care in NSW, many children undertaking a preschool program do so in a long day care setting.  This report classifies the services provided by Long Day Care centres as “childcare services”.  As a result, a large number of NSW Indigenous children participating in preschool programs in Long Day Care centres are excluded from the above table and preschool service provision to Indigenous children in NSW is under-represented. For 2011-12, NSW data are derived from the Department of Education and Communities preschool mid year census for government preschools and the Children's services annual data collection for community funded preschools."]
["(b)","Victoria data for 2011-12 includes 349 Indigenous children who attended a program as part of the Early Start Initiative."]
["(c)","Queensland data from 2007-08 include Indigenous Community Pre-Preparatory and C&K community kindergarten services. Data for C&K community kindergarten services from 2008-09 are not comparable to data for previous years, as these data relate to children attending in the census week (as reported by the services responding to Child Care Services Census). Data for previous years were enrolment data. Queensland data for 2011 relate to attendance at community kindergarten services and enrolment in pre-prepatory services. "]
["(d)","The decrease in number of Indigenous children in preschool for 2011-12 in WA is due to a change in the calculation method and represents a break in the time series. "]
["(e)","Tasmanian preschool services includes data for government preschools only."]
["(f)","Data includes remote Catholic preschools funded by the NT government. All other non-government preschools are excluded. "]
["(g)","The totals for Australia are calculated as the sum of the States and Territories for which data are available."]
["(h)","Representation in preschool is Indigenous children enrolled in preschool as a proportion of all children enrolled in preschool."]
[null," na Not available."]
["Source:",null,null,"State and Territory governments (unpublished)"]

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[null,"All children",null,null,null,"no.",56430,84379,17121,8608,4260,1668,769,289,173524]
["Number of children absent"]
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[null,"Non-Indigenous children (d)",null,null,null,"no.",6976,14714,2349,1350,604,214,125,25,26357]
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[null,"All children",null,null,null,"%",13.744462165514799,17.820784792424654,15.104257928859296,16.972583643122675,17.206572769953052,13.369304556354916,17.29518855656697,32.525951557093421,16.149351098407134]
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[]
["(a)","Data on attendance are limited to non-government preschools, and exclude government preschools. "]
["(b)","Attendance measured during the Census week of 1-5 August 2011. Children are counted as absent if they miss one or more of the sessions that they were enrolled in during this week. Absences due to illness may be higher during winter than at other times of the year."]
["(c) ","Preschool attendance is not compulsory."]
["(d)","Data for Non-Indigenous children are derived from data on Indigenous children and all children. "]
["(e)","Non-government preschools as a proportion of all preschools (which includes government and non-government preschools) approached in the National Preschool Census. Preschool attendance data for jurisdictions with a small proportion of non-government schools should be interpreted with care."]
["Source:",null,null,"DEEWR (unpublished) National Preschool Census 2011."]

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["Table 3A.20",null,null,null,"Proportion of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years who are enrolled in and attending a preschool program in the year before full time schooling, by remoteness, 2011"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,"Unit","Major cities","Inner/outer regional areas","Remote/very remote areas"]
["Projected number of Indigenous children aged 4 years",null,null,null,null,null,"000",4360,6069,2998]
[null,"Enrolled"]
[null,null,"Number of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years as at 1 July 2011, who are enrolled in a preschool program in the YBFTS (a), (b)",null,null,null,"000",2747,4593,2737]
[null,null,"Proportion of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years who are enrolled in a preschool program in the YBFS",null,null,null,"%",63,76,91]
[null,"Attending  (c)"]
[null,null,"Number of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years as at 1 July 2011, who are attending a preschool program in the YBFS (d), (e)",null,null,null,"000",2681,4318,2462]
[null,null,"Proportion of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years who are attending a preschool program in the YBFS",null,null,null,"%",62,71,82]
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["(a)","Currently, not all records in the National ECEC Collection are produced at the unique child level. This means that there is a risk of duplicate counts across services and sectors for these records. It is also possible for a child to be enrolled in preschool for more than 1 year, so that duplication may occur across time.  "]
["(b)","Where information on the child’s usual place of residence is not available – that is, where insufficient information on the child’s address was collected, where no address details have been provided, or no unit record level information exists - remoteness in 2011 is to be assigned using the address of the service at which the child is enrolled."]
["(c)"," 'Attending' is defined as at least one hour in the reference week."]
["(d)","Currently, not all records in the National ECEC Collection are produced at the unique child level. This means that there is a risk of duplicate counts across services and sectors for these records. It is also possible for a child to be attending a preschool for more than 1 year, so that duplication may occur across time.  "]
["(e)","Where information on the child’s usual place of residence is not available – that is, where insufficient information on the child’s address was collected, where no address details have been provided, or no unit record level information exists - remoteness in 2011 is assigned using the address of the service at which the child is enrolled."]
["Source:",null,null,"ABS (unpublished) 2011 National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection; ABS (unpublished) Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021 (cat. no. 3238.0).\n"]