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Finding personal care: connection and coverage data

A privacy-thresholded view of personal care enquiries made through Carevo, and active providers listed for this service.

Rolling 180-day window · Updated 12 August 2026

National personal care results

Each component is calculated only from enquiries classified into this normalised service group.

Carevo enquiries

921

Eligible, mapped enquiries in the rolling window.

First provider connection

4 min

Median among 816 connected enquiries. Lower is faster.

Enquiries per listed provider

0.04

Against 22,492 active listed providers. Lower means less platform demand per listing.

Provider connection rate

92.2%

Of 885 distributed enquiries. Higher is better.

Regions with publishable service data

Only region-by-service cells with at least 30 eligible Carevo enquiries appear. Missing regions are suppressed, not zero.

Publishable regional personal care results
RegionTypeEnquiriesFirst connectionConnection rate
Melbourne Capital city 199 4 min 97.9%
Sydney Capital city 189 5 min 91.6%
Brisbane Capital city 78 4 min 92.2%
Macnamara Electorate 74 5 min 94.5%
Perth Capital city 71 2 min 97.1%
Sydney Electorate 69 5 min 88.2%
Adelaide Capital city 50 2 min 92%
Perth Electorate 34 2 min 97.1%

How to read these measures

  • “First provider connection” is the first non-revoked provider connection, not a verified provider reply.
  • “Enquiries per provider” uses Carevo's active provider profiles and service-area listings, not a regulatory register or real-time capacity feed.
  • “Connection rate” counts distributed enquiries receiving at least one provider connection. It does not mean a provider accepted the person as a client.
  • Provider acceptance, language-matched availability and the composite score remain withheld.
Read exact formulas and limitations

Explore personal care by suburb

These local directory links help families continue their search. They are not availability claims or recommendations.

Families never pay Carevo. Providers pay a subscription to connect with families, with no commission or paid ranking. How Carevo works

Review and corrections

Methodology by Andre Smith and Buddhika Jayawardhana. Data reviewed 12 August 2026. Report suspected errors through the contact form.

Suggested citation: Carevo, Personal care Time to Care data, carevo-time-to-care-2026-08-11, accessed 12 August 2026.

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