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Our vision and mission
Supporting Children and Young People Nationwide
Policy decisions about children and young people are often made on limited or out-of-date data. Our mission is to accelerate national access to spatial data to enable smarter, evidence-based decision making.
The Atlas project aims to strengthen understanding of inequities in child and youth health and wellbeing by highlighting areas where focus and resources are most needed while fostering a more inclusive, informed society.
Supporting Place-Based Initiatives
Central to our project is the belief that equitable access to data is essential to reducing inequities and improving outcomes for children and young people.
Decisions about children and young people should be made at the most local level possible - where people have the greatest knowledge of context and the strongest stake in the outcomes. Place-based change means giving local organisations the power to shape the services and systems that affect them.
The Atlas supports this mission by providing equitable access to critical data that traditionally has been difficult to access, empowering communities to advocate for and on behalf of children and young people.
History of the Atlas
From Western Australia to a National Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas
The Western Australian Child Development Atlas (CDA) was the first freely accessible platform in Australia to map child health and development measures at small-area levels. Design as a geo-spatial tool, the CDA visualised data on the health and development of children and young people aged 0 to 24 across Western Australia.
First launched as a pilot in 2018, the CDA showcased the power of geo-spatial mapping to highlight key health measures for children and young people. and youth wellbeing indicators in a digital atlas. This pioneering work laid the foundation for the Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas (ACYWA), extending the project into a nationwide platform.
