Table 5

Documented universal services offered in each of the Australian jurisdictions prior to school

	Child, health and parenting schedule of universal services
	1–3 months	4–12 months	1–5 years	Preschool attendance in 2008 (%)	Preschool staff to child ratio
New South Wales (NSW)	<2 weeks (HV)	6 months	18 months	60.4	1:10
	1–4 weeks	12 months	2 years
	6–8 weeks		3 years
			4 years
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	1–4 weeks (HV)	6–9 months	18–21 months	88.3	1:11
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	6–8 weeks		3–3.5 years
Queensland (QLD)	No universal service delivered			26.6	1:12
South Australia (SA)	<2 weeks (HV)	Available by request	Available by request	87.9	1:10
Tasmania (Tas)	2 weeks (HV)	4 months	18 months	101.6	1:10
	4 weeks	8 months	3.5 years
	8 weeks	12 months
Victoria (Vic)	<2 weeks (HV)	4 months	18 months	95.8	1:15
	2 weeks	8 months	2 years
	4 weeks	12 months	3.5 years
	8 weeks
Western Australia (WA)	<10 days (HV)	3–4 months	18 months	103.4	1:10
Western Australia (WA)	6–8 weeks	8 months	3 years

Note: States provide aggregated data for their preschool attendance rates and the Australian Bureau of Statistics provides data for the denominator, which is provided as the reason for percentages being over 100% (references 42–50).
HV, home visit.