Table 1.

Characteristics of people admitted to Aged Care Services in 2008–09 and 2015–16

	Home care				Residential care								Transition care
	2008–09		2015–16		Permanent				Respite				2008–09		2015–16
					2008–09		2015–16		2008–09		2015–16
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
All	23340	100.0	44074	100.0	69171	100	72126	100.0	56524	100	73335	100	12571	100.0	24270	100.0
Gendera
Female	15478	66.3	27994	63.5	43337	62.7	43525	60.3	34642	61.3	43592	59.4	8127	64.6	14998	61.8
Male	7862	33.7	16050	36.4	25834	37.3	28601	39.7	21882	38.7	29743	40.6	4444	35.4	9272	38.2
Age groupa
65–79	7755	33.2	15408	35.0	18367	26.6	19006	26.4	16991	30.1	20329	27.7	4582	36.4	9532	39.3
80–89	11774	50.4	20809	47.2	36020	52.1	34595	48.0	28971	51.3	35119	47.9	6259	49.8	11226	46.3
≥ 90	3811	16.3	7853	17.8	14783	21.4	18525	25.7	10562	18.7	17887	24.4	1730	13.8	3512	14.5
Indigenous Status
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	530	2.3	587	1.3	412	0.6	699	1.0	573	1.0	976	1.3	125	1.0	220	0.9
Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander	22797	97.7	22240	50.5	68651	99.2	71413	99.0	55950	99.0	72359	98.7	12446	99.0	24050	99.1
Unspecified	13	0.1	21247	48.2	108	0.2	14	< 0.1	1	< 0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Country of Birth
Australia	15606	66.9	28046	63.6	49350	71.3	49616	68.8	40409	71.5	50343	68.6	8529	67.8	16461	67.8
Non-English- speaking countries	4588	19.7	9669	21.9	11044	16.0	13330	18.5	8751	15.5	13910	19.0	2403	19.1	4766	19.6
Other English- speaking countries	3047	13.1	5445	12.4	8478	12.3	8960	12.4	7210	12.8	8824	12.0	1580	12.6	2945	12.1
Not stated	99	0.4	914	2.1	299	0.4	220	0.3	154	0.3	258	0.4	59	0.5	98	0.4
Language
English	20646	88.5	36034	81.8	62682	90.6	65514	90.8	51446	91.0	66321	90.4	11179	88.9	21931	90.4
Other languages	2651	11.4	5147	11.7	6406	9.3	6532	9.1	5016	8.9	6945	9.5	1371	10.9	2309	9.5
Not stated	43	0.2	2893	6.6	83	0.1	80	0.1	62	0.1	69	0.1	21	0.2	30	0.1
State
Australian Capital Territory	439	1.9	829	1.9	751	1.1	1,155	1.6	936	1.7	737	1.0	220	1.8	332	1.4
New South Wales	8174	35.0	13890	31.5	24452	35.4	24718	34.3	22172	39.2	28830	39.3	4132	32.9	7636	31.5
Northern Territory	274	1.2	545	1.2	198	0.3	170	0.2	357	0.6	396	0.5	86	0.7	121	0.5
Queensland	4332	18.6	9628	21.8	11938	17.3	13197	18.3	7394	13.1	9332	12.7	2044	16.3	4850	20.0
South Australia	1883	8.1	3631	8.2	6234	9.0	6189	8.6	5335	9.4	7879	10.7	1202	9.6	2050	8.4
Tasmania	538	2.3	998	2.3	1852	2.7	2032	2.8	1939	3.4	2188	3.0	340	2.7	595	2.5
Victoria	5234	22.4	10109	22.9	17855	25.8	18825	26.1	14494	25.6	19945	27.2	3729	29.7	6529	26.9
Western Australia	2466	10.6	4440	10.1	5835	8.4	5840	8.1	3848	6.8	4028	5.5	818	6.5	2157	8.9

^aIn the home care group there are 30 (< 0.1%) individuals with unspecified gender and 4 (< 0.1%) with unspecified age in 2015–16. In the permanent residential care group there is 1 (< 0.1%) with unspecified age in 2008–09. In the transition group, there is 125 (1%) with unspecified age in 2008–09 and 220 (0.9%) with unspecified age in 2015–16