Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Youth detention population in Australia 2021, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Youth detention population in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2021. AIHW, 2021. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2021. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Youth detention population in Australia 2021, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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This report presents information on the youth detention population in Australia from June 2017 to June 2021. Among the 819 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021, most were male (91%), aged 10–17 (83%) and unsentenced (72%). Half (50%) were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Over the 4-year period, the numbers fluctuated across quarters, decreasing overall, from 958 in the June quarter 2017.
This figure shows that there were 819 young people in Australia that were in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021. Queensland had the highest number of young people in detention on an average night, while Tasmania had the lowest (267 compared with 8 young people). Nearly 3 in 4 (72%) of young people in detention were in unsentenced detention; half were Indigenous (50%); and 9 in 10 (91%) were male.
