Children looked after on 31 March, per 10,000 children under age 18

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal Authority
61.31Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Total Welsh local authorities
4,035Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Total Welsh local authorities
35.25Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Isle of Anglesey
50Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Isle of Anglesey
51.86Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Gwynedd
130Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Gwynedd
60.39Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Conwy
140Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Conwy
55.96Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Denbighshire
115Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Denbighshire
39.32Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Flintshire
135Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Flintshire
42.44Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Wrexham
120Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Wrexham
36.46Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Powys
100Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Powys
44.41Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Ceredigion
65Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Ceredigion
40.92Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Pembrokeshire
105Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Pembrokeshire
43.89Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Carmarthenshire
170Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Carmarthenshire
59.39Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Swansea
280Children looked after at 31 March2002-03Swansea
84.67Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 182002-03Neath Port Talbot
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Next update expected:December 2026

Updates

16th July 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics in development
Data provider 1
Welsh Government
Data source 1
Children looked after (SSDA903) data collection
Data provider 2
Welsh Government
Data source 2
Looked After Children Census
Data provider 3
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 3
Mid-year population estimates
Time period covered
April 2002 to March 2025
Dataset ID
7c684fb9-452b-4ca5-9dee-1c4baec412ff

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This table presents figures about children looked after by Welsh local authorities. Children looked after include those on care orders and other children provided with accommodation by their local authority. Children under respite care normally live at home, but are accommodated by a local authority in a pattern of short periods of care in order to give their parents (or guardians) some respite from the normal duties of looking after a child.

Data collection or calculation

Anonymised individual child level data is extracted from local authority administrative systems and returned electronically to the Data Collection team within the Welsh Government using an online secure data transfer system called 'Objective Connect'. Welsh Government analysts then apply an extensive series of validation checks to ensure that the information provided uses the correct codes and is internally consistent.

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