The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas is a freely available
data asset that maps information on children and young people aged 0 to 24 in
communities across Australia. T
his enables the visualisation, analysis, and
monitoring of health and wellbeing metrics for children and young people.
This unique new data asset empowers researchers, non-government, state and federal organisations to identify priorities for child health and wellbeing research and initiatives in meaningful and cost-effective ways.
Our vision and mission
The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas - ACYWA accelerates the national access to and use of spatial data to understand inequities and improve the wellbeing, health and development of children and young people.
By enabling equitable access to this information, the Atlas contributes to the democratisation of data, fostering a more inclusive and informed society.
The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas defines children’s health and wellbeing in the context of the evidence-based Nest framework of child and youth wellbeing developed by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), which includes six wellbeing domains:
Our goals
Deliver a freely accessible nationwide platform featuring geospatial and temporal visualisation of comprehensive child health and wellbeing indicators at local and national levels.
Provide insights into the associations between community-level factors and children's outcomes.
Help guide the development of geographically sensitive policy, which acknowledges the relationships between the spatial patterns of children’s wellbeing outcomes, and the provision of services in an area.
Identify gaps, priorities, and research opportunities, aiding policy and investment decisions for tangible health improvements.
Expand a national network of experts in child and youth wellbeing and data monitoring, including policymakers, researchers, clinicians, and community representatives.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (WA) and the Departments of Communities, Education, Health, Justice (including the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages) and Western Australia Police Force for provision of data through PeopleWA used for this project.
The Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas received investment (doi.org/10.47486/DP728) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
