This document reports on how children and young people aged 0 up to 18 years are faring against the whole-of-government government outcomes framework, focusing on their health, wellbeing, learning, safety and development. 

This framework comprises 35 outcomes of children’s health, learning, development, wellbeing and safety, and 150 indicators to measure progress towards the outcomes. Some of the outcomes relate to the child directly, and others relate to key factors that influence child wellbeing: the family, the community and services and supports.

This report provides an overview of how children (aged 0–17 years) are faring against the majority of indicators from the outcomes framework. It updates the data from The state of Victoria’s children report 2006, draws on data
from The state of Victoria’s young people 2007 report and will be regularly updated to show changing trends in children’s wellbeing in Victoria.