Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System (VCAMS) updated

Ensuring that children and young people are given high priority across all government policies, programs and activities.

On this page

• Overview
• Data on children and young people
• Data sources
• View Indicator Data
• The Child
• The Family
• The Community
• More information
• To access the original VCAMS website click button below

Overview

The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring that children are given high priority across all government policies, programs and activities to safeguard and improve their safety, health, development, learning and wellbeing.

The whole-of government Victorian Child and Adolescent Monitoring System (VCAMS) monitors and reports against the VCAMS Outcomes Framework (the Framework). Victorian government departments endorsed outcomes and indicators in four category areas (the child, family, community and society) which are known to be of most importance to the present and future lives of children.

In 2017, an external review of VCAMS was undertaken to enhance its usefulness and to adapt the VCAMS Framework in line with changes to measurement, data accessibility and usage that have occurred since its inception in 2006.

The review resulted in a reduction in the number of indicators, the four category areas remain unchanged and all changes were endorsed by the Children’s Services Coordination Board.(opens in a new window)

To view the current framework, see: VCAMS Outcomes Framework (Revised) (DOCX, 32.3KB).

A concordance document: VCAMS Measures Concordance (Revised Framework to Original) (DOCX, 155KB) outlines the changes that have been made to the indicators in the Framework. You can review the previous Framework at VCAMS Outcomes Framework (Original) (DOCX, 1.16MB) (opens in a new window).

Data on children and young people

This page brings together data from across the Victorian Government to track the progress of children and young people against the VCAMS framework indicators.

The information is intended to support and inform evidence-based policy development, planning and collaboration at a local and state level. It also allows more informed decision making across government.

Data can be viewed for a range of geographic and demographic breakdowns (see the Information on indicators and sources for an overview of the breakdowns and years available for each indicator).

To access data for an indicator, expand the relevant domain below and click on the indicator you wish to view. A new window will open with a prompt to allow the spreadsheet containing the data to be downloaded.

Data sources

The data used to report against the VCAMS Framework are drawn from a range of Victorian Government departments as well as the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other research bodies.

For some indicators in the new framework, particularly in the ‘society’ category area, work is still required to identify or develop data sources that can be used for the measures.

Where data are not available for particular VCAMS indicators, alternative sources are provided to public sources of the same or similar information. Details and links to these sites are available in the VCAMS Outcomes Framework (Revised) (DOCX, 32.3KB) document and in indicator spreadsheets.

The Department of Education undertakes a rolling program of data collection. For more information about the department’s surveys and collections, see our data collections.

Findings from the department’s key data collections are published in summary reports:

• Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey
• Victorian Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
• School Entrant Health Questionnaire

The Victorian Government has plans and policy responses in place to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people. Details of relevant programs and policies are presented each year in the State of Victoria’s Children report(opens in a new window).

View Indicator Data

See the Information on indicators and sources for an overview of the breakdowns and years available for each indicator

The Child

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• A healthy start to life

• 1.4 Proportion of children exposed to alcohol while in utero (Excel, 33.45KB)(opens in a new window)

• 1.6 Proportion of infants exclusively breastfed to 4 months of age (Excel, 87.76KB)(opens in a new window)

• 1.7a Proportion of infants receiving a maternal and child health service home consultation (Excel, 65.44KB)(opens in a new window)

• 1.7c Proportion of children attending the 3.5-year age and stage visit (Excel, 66.32KB)(opens in a new window)

• Children and young people are physically healthy

• 2.1a Proportion of children who eat the minimum recommended serves of fruit every day (Excel, 33.17KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.1b Proportion of children who eat the minimum recommended serves of vegetables every day (Excel, 32.55KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.1c Proportion of young people who eat the minimum recommended serves of fruit every day (Excel, 29.85KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.1d Proportion of young people who eat the minimum recommended serves of vegetables every day (Excel, 29.85KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.2a Proportion of children who are age-appropriately vaccinated (Excel, 96.56KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.4 Proportion of children and young people who are underweight, overweight and obese (Excel, 29.19KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.5a Proportion of children with special health care needs (Excel, 33.32KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.5b Proportion of young people with special health care needs (Excel, 31.44KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.6 Proportion of children whose parents report one or more concerns with child speech and language on entry to school (Excel, 105.37KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.8a Proportion of children with ‘good health’ (Excel, 32.14KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.8b Proportion of young people with ‘good health’ (Excel, 31.08KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.9a Proportion of children who do the recommended amount of physical activity every day (Excel, 31.81KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.9b Proportion of young people who do the recommended amount of physical activity every day (Excel, 30.88KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.10a Proportion of children who use electronic media for more than two hours per day (Excel, 32.99KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.10b Proportion of young people who use electronic media for more than two hours per day (Excel, 30.29KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.11 Proportion of young people who currently smoke (Excel, 30.06KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.12 Proportion of children exposed to tobacco smoke in the home (Excel, 31.97KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.13 Proportion of young people who drink alcohol at least monthly (Excel, 29.65KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.14 Proportion of young people who have used an illicit drug in the past 12 months (Excel, 29.57KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.15 Rate of notifications of sexually transmissible infections in young people (Excel, 52.32KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.16 Proportion of young people practicing safe sex by using a condom (Excel, 29.69KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.17a Proportion of young people who feel they can access physical health services when needed (Excel, 30.62KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.17b Proportion of young people who feel they can access dental health services when needed (Excel, 28.68KB)(opens in a new window)

• 2.17c Proportion of young people who feel they can access mental health services when needed (Excel, 29.79KB)(opens in a new window)

• Children and young people are mentally and emotionally healthy

• 3.1 Proportion of children on school entry with emotional or behavioural difficulties (Excel, 102.13KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.2a Proportion of children who are bullied (Excel, 69.55KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.2b Proportion of young people are bullied (Excel, 31.41KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.2c Proportion of young people who are bullied most days (Excel, 26.09KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.3 Proportion of young people are experiencing cyber bullying (Excel, 29.59KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.4 Proportion of young people with the highest level of psychological distress (Excel, 29.94KB)(opens in a new window)
• 3.7 Proportion of young people who have a high level of emotional wellbeing (Excel, 29.84KB)(opens in a new window)

• Children and young people participate in learning and education

• 4.1 Proportion of children who are developmentally vulnerable (Excel, 53.55KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.2 Proportion of children who are read to by a family member every day (Excel, 31.95KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.3a Number of children enrolled in Early Start Kindergarten (Excel, 30.03KB(opens in a new window)

• 4.3b Kindergarten participation rate (Excel, 95.38KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.3c Aboriginal kindergarten participation rate (Excel, 32.69KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.4 Proportion of students achieving national benchmark in literacy (Excel, 211.74KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.5 Proportion of students achieving national benchmark in numeracy (Excel, 210.47KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.6 Average number of days absent in primary and secondary school (Excel, 675.49KB)(opens in a new window)

• 4.7 Proportion of young people who feel connected to peers (Excel, 29.83 KB)(opens in a new window)

• Children and young people are safe

• 5.1 Children and young people who were the subject of child abuse and neglect substantiation (rate) (Excel, 38.55KB)(opens in a new window)

• 5.2 Rate of children in out-of-home care (Excel, 44.98KB)(opens in a new window)

The Family

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• Positive family functioning

• 6.1 Teenage fertility rate (Excel, 52.51KB)(opens in a new window)

• 6.2 Proportion of children who have parents who report high or very high levels of psychological distress (Excel, 32.52KB)(opens in a new window)

• 6.3 Children and young people who are exposed to family violence (Excel, 38.52KB)(opens in a new window)

• 6.4b Proportion of young people living in families with healthy family functioning (Excel, 27.41KB)(opens in a new window)

• 6.4a Proportion of children living in families with healthy family functioning (Excel, 32.57KB)(opens in a new window)

• Children and young people’s material needs are met

• 7.3 Proportion of children living in households that ran out of food and couldn’t afford to buy more (Excel, 32.58KB)(opens in a new window)

The Community

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• Children and young people belong in inclusive and liveable communities

• 8.1 Proportion of young people who have a trusted adult in their life (Excel, 30.07KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.2a Proportion of children who feel safe (Excel, 32.58KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.2b Proportion of young people who feel safe (Excel, 29.95KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.3 Proportion of children from families who are able to get support in times of crisis/when needed (Excel, 32.46KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.4 Proportion of young people who are satisfied with the quality of their life (Excel, 30KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.6 Proportion of children living in neighbourhoods with good parks, playgrounds and play-spaces (Excel, 33.96KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.7a Proportion of children living in neighbourhoods with close affordable public transport (Excel, 30.85KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.8 Crime where the victim was a child or young person (Excel, 44.32KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.9 Crime where the offender was a child or young person (Excel, 44.78KB)(opens in a new window)

• 8.10 Young people in youth justice facilities (Excel, 28.24KB)(opens in a new window)

More information

• VCAMS Outcomes Framework (Revised)(DOCX, 49.28KB)(opens in a new window)
• VCAMS Measures Concordance (Revised Framework to Original)(DOCX, 61.66KB)(opens in a new window)
• Information on indicators and sources (DOCX, 1.23MB)(opens in a new window)
• VCAMS Outcomes Framework (Original) (DOCX, 1.17MB)(opens in a new window)

To access the original VCAMS website click button below

VCAMS

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Updated 27 March 2026

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