The number of persons aged 0–64 years who used State/Territory delivered disability support services in the reporting period divided by the potential population (people aged 0–64 years) on 30 June at the start of the reporting period.

R/N x 100

Where

R = number of persons aged 0–64 years who used State/Territory delivered disability support services in the reporting period and

N = potential population (people aged 0–64 years) on 30 June at the start of the reporting period.

Number of persons aged 0–64 years who used State/Territory delivered disability support services in the reporting period.

Potential population (people aged 0–64 years) on 30 June at the start of the reporting period.

• Nationally by country of birth (Australia, other English speaking countries, all English speaking countries, non-English speaking countries, total)
• Nationally by remoteness area (Major Cities, Inner Regional, Outer Regional/Remote, total)
• State/Territory by need for assistance in life area (activities of daily living; activities of independent living or work, education or community but not activities of daily living; total needing assistance; no need for help or supervision; need for assistance not determined; total) [the denominator for this disaggregation will be the State/Territory total of the number of service users in the reporting period]
• State/Territory (Indigenous people only)
• Indigenous, State/Territory by age; by sex; need for assistance in life areas
• Indigenous, Nationally by remoteness area

For each service group (accommodation support, community support, community access, respite and total):

• State/Territory by sex (male, female, total) by age group (0–9, 10–14, 15–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, subtotal 0–49 years, total 0–64 years) [the denominator for the respite disaggregation will be the potential population (people aged 0–64 and restricted to those people within the potential population who also reported a primary carer)]