South Australian immunisation coverage rates

The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) records details of vaccinations given to individuals who live in Australia.

The following graphs provide annualised data for all children fully immunised in South Australia as reported by AIR for the June, September, December and March assessment quarters.

For more information about rules used to calculate rates and interpreting data visit the AIR website.

The term 'Aboriginal' is inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

All children

Percentage of children fully immunised in South Australia aged 1 to 5 years

chart showing the percentage of children immunised in sa aged 12m to 63m

Source: Australian Immunisation Register*

*Annualised data prior to 2021/22 inclusive of quarters ending March, June, September and December of the same calendar year.

*Annualised data from 2021/22 inclusive of quarters ending June, September, December of the same calendar year and March of the following calendar year.

Aboriginal children

Percentage of Aboriginal children fully immunised in South Australia aged 1 to 5 years.

chart showing the percentage of children immunised in sa aged 12m to 63m

Source: Australian Immunisation Register*

*Annualised data prior to 2021/22 inclusive of quarters ending March, June, September and December of the same calendar year.

*Annualised data from 2021/22 inclusive of quarters ending June, September, December of the same calendar year and March of the following calendar year.

Local Government Area coverage rate summaries by year

For information on geographical area childhood immunisation coverage rates visit Immunisation coverage data, surveys and report.

School Immunisation Program (SIP) coverage rates

The following graph provides the annual coverage rates by vaccine name and dose number for students vaccinated through the SIP for the previous 9 years. This does not include students who may have received follow catch-up vaccinations outside the school year.

chart showing the percentage of children immunised in sa aged 12m to 63m

Source: SA Health Immunisation Records and Inventory System (IRIS)*

*Gardasil changed from a 3 dose schedule to a 2 dose schedule in 2018, then to a single dose only from 2023.

*Nimenrix 2019 to 2024, MenQuadfi 2025.

Adolescent catch-up coverage rates

Recommended adolescent vaccines remain funded for individuals up to 20 years of age.

The below graph provides the coverage rates for individuals up to 20 years of age who have received catch up adolescent vaccines through School Immunisation Program providers, general practices and some pharmacies.

Source: SA Health Immunisation Records and Inventory System (IRIS)^# and the Australian Immunisation Register*

# Students vaccinated in the 2025 School Immunisation Program and recorded on IRIS 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026. Year 7 students (Adacel or Boostrix and Gardasil) and Year 10 students (Bexsero and MenQuadfi).

*AIR Adolescent Summary coverage reports, processing dates 31 March 2025, 30 June 2025, 30 September 2025 and 31 December 2025 used to calculate annualised coverage data at 20 years of age for HPV (Gardasil), dTpa (Adacel or Boostrix) and meningococcal ACWY (Nimenrix or MenQuadfi).

*Meningococcal B (Bexsero) is not included in the adolescent coverage reports, therefore comparable AIR data reports were used.

Further information

Childhood Immunisation Coverage - Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

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Last updated: 09 Jun 2026

South Australian immunisation coverage rates

All children

Aboriginal children

Local Government Area coverage rate summaries by year

School Immunisation Program (SIP) coverage rates

Adolescent catch-up coverage rates

Further information

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