7 Year Data Project

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Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) has completed comprehensive intake assessments with all young people accessing the service for ongoing planned support over the past seven years. Data has been collected from more than 3,000 young people seeking support at BYS. We are currently analysing this data to track patterns of youth homelessness and the most common intersecting issues of family and relationship violence and primary and mental health.

This data set also includes comprehensive data on young people’s financial wellbeing; engagement in education and employment; substance use; connection to supports; parenting and child safety concerns; and legal issues. Change/outcomes data is also collected as part of the process of young people exiting support.

A series of reports will share findings from the analysis of key trends within these data sets, with the aim of supporting improved policy and practice locally in Queensland, as well as to contribute to national and international efforts to support young people and their children experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Please get in touch with us if you would like to know more about this project or are working at an academic institution and would like to explore partnership opportunities: research@brisyouth.org.

March 13, 2024

Young People and Family and Intimate Partner Violence – A 7 Year Demographic Trend Analysis

This report summarises the findings from an analysis of assessment data on young people’s experience of family violence (FV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on intake, which compared key demographic factors such as age, gender, cultural identities, sexuality, experience of disability, and parenthood. The overall aim of the report was to determine which, if any, demographic factors were related to experiences of FV and IPV.
March 13, 2024

Young People, Gender, and Family and Intimate Partner Violence: 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

This factsheet summarises the FV and IPV data for young people broken down by gender identity.
March 13, 2024

Young Parents, Family and Intimate Partner Violence: 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

This factsheet summarises the FV and IPV data for young parents. Over the 7 years, 23% of young people supported by BYS were young parents at intake.
March 13, 2024

Young People and Family and Intimate Partner Violence: 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

Over, 2,800 young people provided information about their experience of domestic and family violence at intake. This factsheet summarises the FV and IPV data for young people accessing Brisbane Youth Service.
October 30, 2023

Young People and Mental Health – A 7 Year Demographic Trend Analysis

This report summarises the findings from an analysis of seven years of Brisbane Youth Service’s assessment data on young people’s mental health diagnoses and self-rated mental health on intake. The report compared key demographic factors such as age, gender, cultural identities, sexuality, experience of disability, and parenthood.
October 30, 2023

Gender Diverse Young People and Mental Health: 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

This factsheet summarises the mental health assessment data for gender diverse young people accessing support from Brisbane Youth Service over the last 7 years.
October 30, 2023

Sexuality diverse young people and mental health 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

This factsheet summarises the mental health assessment data for sexuality diverse young people accessing support from Brisbane Youth Service over the last 7 years.
October 30, 2023

Young people with disability and mental health: 7 year analysis, 2015-2022 Fact Sheet

This factsheet summarises the mental health assessment data for young people with disability accessing support from Brisbane Youth Service over the last 7 years.