In 2019, 3772.4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and 405.7 women per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inhabitants were imprisoned in Australia. This was considerably higher than the non-Indigenous population and reflects an over-representation of Indigenous Australians in all levels of the justice system.
Imprisonment rate in Australia from 2019, by gender and Indigenous status
(per 100,000 adult population)
*Prisoner rates are expressed as imprisoned persons per 100,000 inhabitants. It is calculated by dividing the number of prisoners by the estimated resident population and multiplying the result by 100,000.
In this statistic, the age standardized imprisonment rate is used in order to account for age differences between study populations.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 15, 2020). Imprisonment rate in Australia from 2019, by gender and Indigenous status (per 100,000 adult population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124492/australia-imprisonment-rate-by-gender-and-indigenous-status/
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Imprisonment Rate in Australia from 2019, by Gender and Indigenous Status (per 100,000 Adult Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124492/australia-imprisonment-rate-by-gender-and-indigenous-status/
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Imprisonment rate in Australia from 2019, by gender and Indigenous status (per 100,000 adult population) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124492/australia-imprisonment-rate-by-gender-and-indigenous-status/
