Report on Government Services 2021

Performance reporting currently focuses on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as well as the broad social and economic outcomes of people with disability and employment programs for people with disability provided by the Commonwealth. The 2021 RoGS will be the last edition to report extensively on services provided by States and Territories under the National Disability Agreement (NDA), given the conclusion of the Disability Services National Minimum Dataset (DS NMDS) in 2018-19 (from which user data was obtained) and jurisdictional transitions to the NDIS.

In 2019-20, government expenditure on disability amounted to $18.7 billion, comprising $16.0 billion in contributions to the NDIS, and $2.7 billion on disability-specific services provided outside the NDIS.

Nationally, at June 2020, the number of NDIS participants was 391 999, which was 80 per cent of the NDIS potential population, an increase of approximately one-third since the end of June 2019.

In 2018-19, there were 152 816 users of open employment (Employment Support Services), which was 11.4 per cent of people who had an employment restriction.

The Australian, State and Territory governments aim to ensure that people with disability and their carers have an enhanced quality of life, enjoy choice and wellbeing, achieve independence, social and economic participation, and full inclusion in the community.

The performance indicator framework provides information on equity, efficiency and effectiveness, and distinguishes the outputs and outcomes of government funded services for people with disability. The performance indicator framework shows which data are complete and comparable in this Report.

An overview of the Services for people with disability performance indicator results are presented. Information to assist the interpretation of these data can be found in the indicator interpretation boxes in the Services for people with disability section and data tables.

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Notes

These data and caveats for these data are available in section 15 and relevant data tables.

Some percentages reported in these tables include 95 per cent confidence intervals (for example, 80 per cent ± 2.7 per cent).

* Indicates the estimate or proportion has a relative standard error between 25 per cent and 50 per cent and should therefore be used with caution. ** Indicates the estimate or proportion has a relative standard error greater than 50 per cent and is considered too unreliable for general use.

np Not published. .. Not applicable. – Nil or rounded to zero.

Performance indicator data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this section are available in the data tables listed below. Contextual data and further supporting information can be found in the section.