Youth detention population in Australia 2017
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2017) Youth detention population in Australia 2017, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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This bulletin presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2013 to June 2017. Among the 964 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2017, high proportions were male (91%), aged 10–17 (84%), unsentenced (64% excluding Victoria) and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (53%). Over the 4-year period to the June quarter 2017, the numbers and rates of young people in detention remained stable, with minor fluctuations across quarters.
- ISSN: 2205-5010 (PDF) 1446-9820 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-028-9
- Cat. no: AUS 220
- Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
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53% (514) of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous
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There were 964 young people in youth detention on an average night in the June quarter 2017
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Trends in the size of the youth detention population varied among the states and territories over the 4-year period
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64% of young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2017 were unsentenced (excludes Victoria)