Children in out-of-home-care VIC, Australia FY 2017 by type of care
In financial year 2017, almost 50 percent of the children in Victoria, Australia who were living in out-of-home care were living in kinship care. Comparatively, less than one percent of children living in out-of-home care were living independently. Kinship care indicates when a child has been taken from the care of their birth parents and put under the care of, usually, relatives. However, this can also extend to family friends.
