Appendix 2 | Background information on ECEC and school closures during the pandemic in Australia According to the 2020 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, in 2018:50 Who do children live with? 74.1% of children (under 18) lived with both parents 14.5% 5.5% 4.4% of children of children of children lived with lived with lived with one parent in a one parent and one parent in a single-parent that parent’s multi-family household partner household 1.5% of children lived with neither parent Across Australia, 1 in 32 children received assistance from child protection services, as of 2020-2021.51 Of these children 120,800 were the subject of an investigation, 72,700 were on care and protection orders and 56,900 were in out-of-home care. 50 |