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    2015 AEDC
  4. View slide: AEDC National Report 2015 now available
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Let's talk about strengths: AEDC introduces a strengths based measure of early childhood development in Australia

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We aim to support communities to bring
long-term benefits to children and their families

2015 AEDC Results

The 2015 AEDC results have now been released. A range of resources are available that examine emerging trends across the three collections.
New 2015 resources
Data Explorer

Early Childhood Development

The AEDC can support early childhood educators as they play their crucial role in shaping children's development
Information for early childhood educators

Data collection and analysis

Australia’s only census of children in their early years provides a map of developmental outcomes
Information for data users

Community
benefits

The AEDC findings can support communities and schools as they play their part in helping children get off to a good start
Information for communities

Key findings

Evidence about children's wellbeing in the early years 2015 report
  • Over 96% Children assessed
    That is over 300,00 children in 2015.
  • 1 in 5 Developmentally vulnerable
    Around 1 in 5 children were developmentally vulnerable in one or more domain in 2015.
  • 6 in 10 Indigenous children
    Indigenous developmental vulnerability has steadily decreased from 47% in 2009 to 42% in 2015.
  • 553 Communities
    The number of communities with an individual profile of AEDC results in 2015.