On an average day in the 2022 financial year, 451 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 10 to 17 years were held in youth detention in Australia. This was more the number of non-Indigenous youths in detention in the country. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented within the Australian justice system.
Number of young people aged 10 to 17 in detention on an average day in Australia in financial year 2022, by state and indigenous status
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AIHW. (March 31, 2023). Number of young people aged 10 to 17 in detention on an average day in Australia in financial year 2022, by state and indigenous status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124731/australia-youth-in-detention-on-an-average-day-by-state-and-indigenous-status/
AIHW. "Number of young people aged 10 to 17 in detention on an average day in Australia in financial year 2022, by state and indigenous status." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124731/australia-youth-in-detention-on-an-average-day-by-state-and-indigenous-status/
AIHW. (2023). Number of young people aged 10 to 17 in detention on an average day in Australia in financial year 2022, by state and indigenous status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124731/australia-youth-in-detention-on-an-average-day-by-state-and-indigenous-status/
AIHW. "Number of Young People Aged 10 to 17 in Detention on An Average Day in Australia in Financial Year 2022, by State and Indigenous Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124731/australia-youth-in-detention-on-an-average-day-by-state-and-indigenous-status/
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