Quarterly data on the percentage of children in NSW fully immunised by age, Aboriginality and local health district in 2022.

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  1. All children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
  2. All children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
  3. All children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age
  4. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
  5. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
  6. Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age
  7. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age
  8. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age
  9. Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

Source: Australian Immunisation Register.

Current definitions of fully immunised:

  • 1 year: Fully immunised at 1 year means that a child aged 12 months to less than 15 months received their third vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and hepatitis B, either their second or third pneumococcal vaccination and either their second or third vaccination for Haemophilus influenzae type b (dependent on the type of vaccine used), all prior to the age of 1 year. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
  • 2 years: Fully immunised at 2 years means that a child aged 24 to less than 27 months received their fourth vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, their third or fourth dose of Haemophilus influenzae type b (depending on the vaccine used), their third vaccination for polio, hepatitis B and pneumococcal disease, their second vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella, and their first vaccination for meningococcal C and varicella, all prior to the age of 2 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.
  • 5 years: Fully immunised at 5 years means that a child aged 60 to less than 63 months received their fourth or fifth vaccination (dependent on the type of vaccine used) for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough and their fourth vaccination for polio, all prior to the age of 5 years. It is assumed that all previous vaccinations were received.

Data are also available for

All children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast94.6
95.1
93.7​94.0
Far West* 100.0
91.5
​97.8​96.4
Hunter New England94.9
95.4
​95.1​95.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven94.6
94.0
​93.8​95.0
Mid North Coast 92.8
93.7
​93.4​91.1
Murrumbidgee95.2
95.1
​94.2​94.1
Nepean Blue Mountains94.4
93.7
​93.6​93.8
Northern NSW
86.8
87.2
​83.8​85.6
Northern Sydney94.2
96.2
​95.7​94.8
South Eastern Sydney94.2
94.8
​93.9​93.7
South Western Sydney92.1
91.3
​92.0​92.0
Southern NSW95.2
94.3
​94.4​94.0
Sydney94.1
94.4
​94.5​94.8
Western NSW96.6
95.5
​96.2​96.6
Western Sydney94.0
93.3
​93.3​93.3
NSW93.9
93.9
​93.6​93.6
Australia94.0
93.8
​93.6​93.6

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

All children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast94.2
94.5
91.6​92.3
Far West*95.5
91.3
​95.2​95.3
Hunter New England94.7
93.1​94.0​93.4
Illawarra Shoalhaven93.8
93.0
​93.8​93.0
Mid North Coast92.3
88.5
​89.3

​91.5

Murrumbidgee95.2
93.4
​93.3​92.2
Nepean Blue Mountains92.6
93.0
​93.292.7
Northern NSW
84.2
84.7
​86.0​85.0
Northern Sydney93.6
93.3
​93.2​92.2
South Eastern Sydney93.0
92.0
​92.7​91.2
South Western Sydney90.5
90.4
​90.3​89.3
Southern NSW93.7
91.3
​93.2​93.0
Sydney92.7
92.8
​92.592.0
Western NSW94.6
94.3
​92.5​95.0
Western Sydney90.9
90.8
​90.9​90.2
NSW92.5
91.9
​92.0​91.4
Australia
92.5
92.2
​91.9​91.3

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

All children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast95.8
95.5
​96.1​94.1
Far West*99.0
97.1
​95.8​96.7
Hunter New England96.2
95.9
​95.5​95.5
Illawarra Shoalhaven96.2
95.5
​95.9​95.7
Mid North Coast92.1
93.3
​93.9​92.6
Murrumbidgee95.8
96.1
​95.5​95.3
Nepean Blue Mountains94.7
95.5
​96.2​95.9
Northern NSW
87.3
87.8
​90.5​85.7
Northern Sydney93.8
93.7
​92.7​94.3
South Eastern Sydney91.6
92.8
​92.6​92.7
South Western Sydney94.4
94.7
​94.6​94.3
Southern NSW96.5
96.0
​96.6​96.8
Sydney90.4
90.5
​92.3​92.9
Western NSW96.8
96.1
​97.0​96.6
Western Sydney93.4
93.8
​94.1​94.4
NSW93.9
94.2
​94.3​94.2
Australia94.3
94.2
​94.3​94.4

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast91.9
97.6
​93.7​94.6
Far West*100.0
89.7
​95.5​95.0
Hunter New England93.8
94.5
​93.5​94.4
Illawarra Shoalhaven93.1
89.3
​87.7​93.5
Mid North Coast89.0
96.5
​91.9​94.6
Murrumbidgee95.7
91.9
​92.0​95.5
Nepean Blue Mountains96.9
95.0
​90.6​92.4
Northern NSW
95.8
91.5
​91.4​80.8
Northern Sydney76.2
90.5
​100.0​88.5
South Eastern Sydney91.3
93.0
​91.8​91.4
South Western Sydney90.6
90.9
​93.4​94.0
Southern NSW86.4
93.4
​94.6​95.4
Sydney90.9
85.7
​95.3​89.7
Western NSW94.4
95.1
​93.1​95.5
Western Sydney96.2
90.6
​91.6​88.5
NSW93.2
93.4
​92.6​93.2
Australia91.3
90.8
​91.4​91.0

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast98.9
94.0
​96.1​92.1
Far West*97.0
95.5
​95.2​94.7
Hunter New England92.4
90.9
​90.4​91.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven86.6
86.6
​92.5​92.8
Mid North Coast95.1
90.9
​85.7​96.1
Murrumbidgee93.4
88.3
​93.0​91.3
Nepean Blue Mountains87.1
94.1
​95.8​95.7
Northern NSW
93.8
87.0
​88.7​90.7
Northern Sydney93.8
95.0
​90.0​93.3
South Eastern Sydney93.4
87.2
​94.7​82.8
South Western Sydney87.9
88.8
​93.5​89.6
Southern NSW88.2
81.8
​86.4​90.9
Sydney85.7
87.2
​96.8​86.8
Western NSW90.9
94.5
​91.5​93.2
Western Sydney85.8
87.2
​88.3​90.2
NSW91.4
90.5
​91.3​91.6
Australia90.1
88.6
​88.5​89.2

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022December 2022​
Central Coast99.0
98.9
​97.8​98.1
Far West*100.0
100.0
​87.5​100.0
Hunter New England97.4
97.2
​96.4​97.0
Illawarra Shoalhaven98.1
96.6
​98.4​97.4
Mid North Coast94.2
95.2
​96.2​94.4
Murrumbidgee98.2
97.4
​97.2​100.0
Nepean Blue Mountains96.1
97.8
​98.2​99.0
Northern NSW
96.1
95.6
​96.3​93.7
Northern Sydney93.8
100.0
​100.0​92.3
South Eastern Sydney98.1
92.5
​93.9​96.2
South Western Sydney97.7
97.6
93.2​96.2
Southern NSW100.0
97.8
​100.0​98.0
Sydney92.9
96.2
100.0​100.0
Western NSW99.5
95.7
​96.4​97.5
Western Sydney95.1
98.3
​92.6​94.4
NSW97.4
97.0
​96.3​96.9
Australia96.7
95.5
​96.1​96.0

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 1 year of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast95.0
94.7
​93.7​94.0
Far West*100.0
92.5
​98.6​96.9
Hunter New England95.2
95.6
​95.5​95.3
Illawarra Shoalhaven94.8
94.5
​94.6​95.1
Mid North Coast93.6
93.0
​93.7​90.2
Murrumbidgee95.1
95.6
​94.4​93.9
Nepean Blue Mountains94.1
93.5
​93.9​94.0
Northern NSW
85.3
86.6
​82.6​86.3
Northern Sydney94.4
96.3
​95.7​94.9
South Eastern Sydney94.2
94.8
​93.9​93.7
South Western Sydney92.2
91.3
​91.9​91.9
Southern NSW96.3
94.4
​94.4​93.8
Sydney94.3
94.7
​94.5​95.0
Western NSW97.4
95.6
​97.3​97.0
Western Sydney94.0
93.4
​93.3​93.4
NSW94.0
93.9
​93.7​93.7
Australia94.2
94.0
​93.8​93.8

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast93.7
94.6
​91.0​92.3
Far West*94.5
89.7
​95.2​95.5
Hunter New England95.2
93.6
​94.8​93.9
Illawarra Shoalhaven94.4
93.9
​94.0​93.0
Mid North Coast91.5
88.0
​90.1​90.5
Murrumbidgee95.4
94.2
​93.4​92.3
Nepean Blue Mountains93.1
92.9
​92.9​92.4
Northern NSW
82.6
84.4
​85.5​84.2
Northern Sydney93.6
93.3
​93.3​92.2
South Eastern Sydney93.0
92.1
​92.6​91.4
South Western Sydney90.6
90.5
​90.2​89.3
Southern NSW94.1
91.3
​94.093.2
Sydney92.9
92.9
​92.492.1
Western NSW95.8
94.3
​92.8​95.6
Western Sydney91.0
90.9
​91.0​90.2
NSW92.5
92.0
​92.0​91.4
Australia92.7
92.5
​92.2​91.4

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

Non-Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

 

Local health districtMarch 2022
June 2022
​September 2022​December 2022
Central Coast95.5
95.1
​95.9​93.7
Far West*98.6
96.3
​98.6​95.6
Hunter New England95.9
95.7
​95.4​95.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven96.0
95.3
​95.6​95.5
Mid North Coast91.7
93.0
​93.5​92.1
Murrumbidgee95.4
95.9
​95.2​94.8
Nepean Blue Mountains94.6
95.4
​96.0​95.7
Northern NSW
86.1
86.8
​89.6​84.7
Northern Sydney93.8
93.7
​92.6​94.3
South Eastern Sydney91.4
92.8
​92.6​92.7
South Western Sydney94.3
94.6
​94.7​94.2
Southern NSW96.2
95.8
​96.3​96.6
Sydney90.5
90.4
​92.1​92.8
Western NSW96.0
96.3
​97.2​96.3
Western Sydney93.4
93.7
​94.1​94.4
NSW93.7
94.0
​94.2​94.0
Australia94.1
94.1
​94.1​94.2

*Interpret LHD data with caution as variations can arise where the LHD population is less than 100.

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Current as at: Monday 17 April 2023
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