​​Quarterly data on the percentage of children in NSW fully immunised by age, Aboriginality and local health district in 2023.

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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, their second​ 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 district​March 2023​
​June 2023​​​
​September 2023
​​December 2023
Central Coast​94.794.0
​92.5
​94.1
Far West* ​97.6​94.6​98.0
​94.8
Hunter New England​95.5​94.6​94.1
​95.1
Illawarra Shoalhaven​93.5​94.795.2
​94.4
Mid North Coast ​92.5​92.5​92.0
​91.9
Murrumbidgee​93.5​93.3​93.9
​94.0
Nepean Blue Mountains​93.4​92.8​94.4
​94.3
Northern NSW​87.1​84.2​86.3
​87.1
Northern Sydney​94.0​94.2​95.3
​94.7
South Eastern Sydney​94.5​92.9​92.6
​93.8
South Western Sydney​91.0​91.1​91.6
​91.6
Southern NSW​94.7​95.4​93.7
​95.6
Sydney​94.4​94.4​94.5
​94.0
Western NSW​95.0​95.1​94.8
​95.0
Western Sydney​93.1​93.1​95.2
​92.9
NSW​93.4​93.1​93.2
​93.5
Australia​93.4​93.0​93.0
​93.2

*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 district​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​December 2023
Central Coast​92.1​92.0​94.0
​92.8
Far West*​100.0​90.0​94.9
​≥95.0
Hunter New England​93.4​93.7​92.9
​93.5
Illawarra Shoalhaven​93.1​92.0​92.3
​93.9
Mid North Coast​90.9​90.4​90.2
​91.1
Murrumbidgee​92.1​91.5​93.4
​92.1
Nepean Blue Mountains​90.5​91.3​91.8
​91.1
Northern NSW
​83.0​83.4​82.2
​84.5
Northern Sydney​91.0​93.2​93.5
​92.5
South Eastern Sydney​90.2​91.5​91.3
​90.6
South Western Sydney​89.1​88.7​89.9
​89.5
Southern NSW​92.5​90.7​92.9
​93.6
Sydney​91.5​91.0​91.6
​91.7
Western NSW​94.4​92.5​94.1
​95.3
Western Sydney​90.8​90.1​91.0
​91.8
NSW​91.0​91.0​91.6
​91.6
Australia
​91.1​91.1​91.4
​91.4

*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 district​
​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​December 2023​
Central Coast​95.0​95.3​95.5
​95.8
Far West*97.7​98.7​95.7
​≥95.0​
Hunter New England95.4​95.3​95.7
​94.7
Illawarra Shoalhaven94.8​96.6​95.8
​94.3
Mid North Coast90.8​90.8​92.3
​91.2
Murrumbidgee97.0​96.4​95.2
​95.7
Nepean Blue Mountains95.4​94.5​95.9
​95.2
Northern NSW
88.4​87.5​87.6
​86.9
Northern Sydney93.9​93.2​93.3
​93.6
South Eastern Sydney​91.8​92.3​92.7
​92.8
South Western Sydney​93.6​93.4​93.8
​93.6
Southern NSW​94.9​94.5​93.8
​94.1
Sydney​92.6​92.5​93.2
​92.9
Western NSW​95.9​96.0​96.8
​96.1
Western Sydney​94.8​94.8​94.7
​93.9
NSW​94.0​93.9​94.2
​93.8
Australia​94.0​93.9​93.8
​93.9

*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 district​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​​December 2023
Central Coast​94.0
94.8
​85.3
​93.0
Far West*​94.4​93.1​96.8
​NP
Hunter New England​94.3​94.1​91.8
​93.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven​93.4​92.3​91.0
​95.0
Mid North Coast​93.5​90.6​91.9
​95.1
Murrumbidgee​96.8​90.7​91.6
​91.4
Nepean Blue Mountains​89.2​92.8​94.3
​92.9
Northern NSW​89.5​89.9​88.5
​93.4
Northern Sydney​96.3​95.5​96.3
​NP
South Eastern Sydney​98.4​94.5​93.2
​88.3
South Western Sydney​90.2​87.0​93.2
​94.7
Southern NSW​96.7​87.8​96.1
​91.9
Sydney​93.1​91.7​86.2
​89.7
Western NSW​92.7​91.9​93.2
​95.5
Western Sydney​88.9​92.5​93.3
​91.8
NSW​93.1​92.1​91.9
​93.3
Australia​90.7​90.3​89.7
​91.0

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

  NP =  not published. Population = <26

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 2 years of age

 

Local health district
​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​December 2023
Central Coast​88.8​93.8​96.2
​92.7
Far West*​100.0​85.7​85.7
​NP
Hunter New England​93.1​91.6​90.8
​91.1
Illawarra Shoalhaven​94.9​87.8​86.4
​94.2
Mid North Coast​87.6​89.1​89.6
​92.7
Murrumbidgee​92.2​90.0​93.0
​93.6
Nepean Blue Mountains​93.6​93.8​89.8
​89.7
Northern NSW​89.5​91.2​93.2
​78.9
Northern Sydney​76.2​87.0​95.2
​NP
South Eastern Sydney​88.6​96.1​91.5
​89.7
South Western Sydney​86.0​86.4​91.6
​91.8
Southern NSW86.0​92.2​96.2
​93.9
Sydney​87.9​74.4​82.9
​89.5
Western NSW​93.7​92.0​91.1
​90.9
Western Sydney​96.8​88.3​88.8
​87.2
NSW​91.4​90.4​90.9
​90.8
Australia​88.5​88.1​89.4
​89.0

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

  NP =  not published. Population = <26

Aboriginal children in NSW fully immunised at 5 years of age

 

Local health district
​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​​December 2023
Central Coast​96.8​98.9​98.0
​93.2
Far West*100.0​100.0​100.0
​NP
Hunter New England96.5​95.6​97.4
​96.2
Illawarra Shoalhaven​94.7​96.7​95.9
​97.2
Mid North Coast​94.2​94.0​97.3
​94.4
Murrumbidgee​99.2​99.1​99.1
​98.1
Nepean Blue Mountains​95.7​95.2​97.9
​98.0
Northern NSW​95.7​93.7​97.9
​92.9
Northern Sydney​94.4​100.0​100.0
​NP
South Eastern Sydney​97.2​100.0​88.9
​95.9
South Western Sydney​95.0​95.9​95.0
​95.2
Southern NSW​100.0​96.3​94.0
​91.8
Sydney​93.3​94.1​91.4
​96.4
Western NSW​98.6​98.7​96.1
​96.5
Western Sydney​95.5​96.6​98.5
​94.2
NSW​96.5​96.5​96.8
​95.7
Australia​95.4​95.5​95.8
​95.0

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

  NP =  not published. Population = <26​

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

 

Local health district​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​December 2023
Central Coast

​94.8

​93.9​93.5
​94.3
Far West*​98.5​95.2​98.6
​≥95.0
Hunter New England​95.8​94.7​94.6
​95.4
Illawarra Shoalhaven​93.5​95.0​95.8
​94.3
Mid North Coast​92.2​93.092.0​​91.2
Murrumbidgee​93.0​93.7​94.2
​94.4
Nepean Blue Mountains​93.8​92.8​94.4
​94.4
Northern NSW​86.7​93.4​86.0
​86.3
Northern Sydney​94.0​94.2​95.3
​94.8
South Eastern Sydney​94.4​92.9​92.5
​93.9
South Western Sydney​91.0​91.3​91.5
​91.4
Southern NSW​94.5​96.1​93.4
​96.0
Sydney​94.5​94.4​94.7
​94.1
Western NSW​95.9​96.4​95.4
​94.9
Western Sydney​93.3​93.1​92.5
​92.9
NSW​93.5​93.2​93.3
​93.5
Australia​93.6​93.2​93.3
​93.4

*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 2 years of age

 

Local health district​March 2023
​June 2023
​September 2023
​December 2023
Central Coast​92.6​91.8​93.7
​92.8
Far West*​100.0​92.7​97.4
​≥95.0
Hunter New England​93.4​94.1​93.4
​94.1
Illawarra Shoalhaven​92.9​92.5​92.9
​93.9
Mid North Coast​91.5​90.7​90.4
​90.7
Murrumbidgee​92.1​91.7​93.4
​91.8
Nepean Blue Mountains​90.1​91.0​92.0
​91.2
Northern NSW​82.0​82.5​80.5
​85.3
Northern Sydney​91.1​93.3​93.5
​92.6
South Eastern Sydney​90.2​91.4​91.3
​90.5
South Western Sydney​89.3​88.8​89.9
​89.3
Southern NSW​93.3​90.5​92.6
​93.6
Sydney​91.6​91.4​91.8
​91.8
Western NSW​94.7​92.7​95.2
​96.8
Western Sydney​90.7​90.2​91.1
​92.0
NSW​91.0​91.1​91.6
​91.7
Australia​91.4​91.3​91.5
​91.6

*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 district
​March 2023
​June 2023
​​September 2023
​December 2023
Central Coast​94.8​94.9​95.2
​96.1
Far West*​97.2​98.3​94.5
​≥95.0​
Hunter New England​95.1​95.2​95.4
​94.4
Illawarra Shoalhaven​94.9​96.6​95.8
​94.1
Mid North Coast​90.3​90.2​91.2
​90.5
Murrumbidgee​96.7​96.0​94.7
​95.4
Nepean Blue Mountains​95.4​94.5​95.8
​94.9
Northern NSW​87.2​86.7​86.3
​86.2
Northern Sydney​93.9​93.2​93.3
​93.6
South Eastern Sydney​91.7​92.1​92.7
​92.7
South Western Sydney​93.6​93.3​93.8
​93.6
Southern NSW​94.5​94.4​93.8
​94.4
Sydney​92.6​92.5​93.3
​92.8
Western NSW​95.0​95.2​97.0
​96.1
Western Sydney​94.8​94.7​94.6
​93.9
NSW​93.8​93.7​94.0
​93.6
Australia​93.9​93.8​93.7
​93.9

*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 July 2023
Contact page owner: Immunisation