National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse: User guide
Author:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Released:
29 August 2025
Topic:
Cat. no:
GEN 008
Summary
The National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse (NACDC) is an independent and central repository of national aged care data. This user guide introduces the NACDC for researchers and analysts wanting to use the data. It describes the scope and coverage, the collection and supply of data and how to use the data. The NACDC user guide is updated annually.
The NACDC table specifications workbook provides table descriptions and data item lists.
The 2025 releases have included:
- The first release (30/04/2025) updated the NACDC user guide and published the NACDC table specifications for home care, residential care and flexible care.
- The second release (27/06/2025) updated the NACDC table specifications for aged care eligibility assessments.
- The third release (29/08/2025) updated the NACDC table specifications for home support and add a ‘Values’ column in all data items tables.
