Child Overweight and Obesity Rates in ACT and Australia 2007-2015

Australian Capital Territory and national data shows the proportion of overweight or obese children aged 5–17 years for three survey periods: 2007–08, 2011–12, and 2014–15. The dataset, sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey, was published by the ACT Government's Strategic Portfolio and Data Excellence team.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the proportion of overweight or obese children across the 2007-08, 2011-12, and 2014-15 survey periods.
• Compare child obesity rates between the Australian Capital Territory and the national Australia-wide figures.
• Model demographic or temporal factors influencing the proportion metric for the 5–17 years age group.

Strengths

• Data sourced from the authoritative Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey.
• Provides temporal coverage across three distinct survey periods spanning 2007 to 2015.
• Enables geographic comparison between the Australian Capital Territory and national Australian data.

Limitations

• Limited to three data points in time, preventing analysis of annual trends or more recent changes.
• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, obscuring dataset size and structure.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Health Survey

Collection Method

Survey data collection.

Time Range

2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying survey data is from 2014-15.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory and Australia