Home and community injury statistics
Find statistics on our claims relating to injuries at home and falls.
- Definition of injuries at home
- 2021 injury costs around the home
- 2021 new and active claims around the home
- Home-related injury claims and costs by year - 2015 to 2021
- New home-related injury claims by region - 2018 to 2021
- New claims for injuries at home in 2021 by type of injury
- New claims for injuries at home by sex - 2015 to 2021
- New claims for injuries at home by age - 2018 to 2021
- Injuries from falls
- More information
- Caveats to this data
Injuries around the home are determined by the location being specified as 'home'. These injuries can include:
- DIY
- gardening
- ladders
- animals
- steps and stairs
- lifting/carrying/straining
- burns
- poisonings.
Sometimes claims can meet the criteria for being at home and a fall. This means a claim may be counted in more than one category.
New claims
Active claims
Home-related injury claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2015 | 879,161 | 955,518 | $839,444,285 |
| 2016 | 941,033 | 1,017,857 | $910,913,997 |
| 2017 | 948,026 | 1,034,935 | $987,182,657 |
| 2018 | 983,258 | 1,072,679 | $1,105,700,864 |
| 2019 | 1,001,434 | 1,112711 | $1,224,148,722 |
| 2020 | 1,006,156 | 1,116,434 | $1,366,505,126 |
| 2021 (to 30 Sep) | 743,895 | 896,585 | $1,097,968,540 |
Injuries from falls
People who are 65 years and over are more likely to experience a fall.
Find statistics on injury claims from a fall
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries in the home and community:
'New' claims are counted in the calendar year they were lodged.
'Active' claims have had a payment made on them during that year. Active claims may have been lodged in a different calendar year and can be counted across multiple years.
'Costs' don't include payments made for acute treatment in public hospitals.
A client's age may differ between lodgement date and accident date.
'Region' is based on where the accident happened.
The data was extracted at a point in time and may change if re-run later.