• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
    • Australian Mesothelioma Registry
    • GEN Aged Care Data
    • Housing data
    • Metadata Online Registry (METEOR)
    • Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities
  • Contact us
  • Help & tools
  • Increase text size
  • Decrease text size
Home - Australian Government - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - logo AIHW - logo
  • Home
  • Reports & data Use down arrow to expand
    Reports & data

    Find reports & data by topic

    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • H
    • I
    • J
    • K
    • L
    • M
    • N
    • O
    • P
    • Q
    • R
    • S
    • T
    • U
    • V
    • W
    • X
    • Y
    • Z
    See all topics
    • Latest releases
    • Educational resources

    Featured

    • Australia's health
    • Australia's welfare
    • Australia's health performance
    • Hospitals
    • Australia’s Disability Strategy
    • Linked data assets
    • First Nations people
    • Suicide & self-harm monitoring
    • Family, domestic & sexual violence
    • Australian Centre for Monitoring Population Health
  • About our data Use down arrow to expand
    About our data
    • Our data collections
    • AIHW data by geography
    • AIHW data by indicators
    • AIHW data by sex and gender
    • Accessing data through the AIHW
    • Data governance
    • Other government data
    • AIHW linked data assets
    • Statistical terms and concepts
    • Vulnerability and disclosure policy
  • Our services Use down arrow to expand
    Our services
    • Data linkage
    • Metadata support
    • Validata
    • Ethical (HREC) review
  • About us Use down arrow to expand
    About us
    • Our role & organisation goals
    • Our people & structure
    • Our governance
    • Our committees
    • Our impact
    • Our international role
    • Careers
    • Corporate publications
    • Freedom of Information
    • Gifts & benefits register
    • Modern slavery
    • Privacy
    • Public interest disclosure
    • Reporting suspected fraud
    • Scam warning
    • Submissions to inquiries
    • Tenders
  • Newsroom Use down arrow to expand
    Newsroom
    • Media releases
    • Latest news & events
    • Upcoming releases
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
    • Australian Mesothelioma Registry
    • GEN Aged Care Data
    • Housing data
    • Metadata Online Registry (METEOR)
    • Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities
  • Contact us
  • Help & tools
  • Increase text size
  • Decrease text size
You are here: Home Reports & data Youth justice Youth detention population in Australia 2024 Notes
You are here:Go to Youth justice
Share via Facebook Share via Twitter Share via Linkedin Share via email

Youth detention population in Australia 2024

Web report
Last updated: 13 Dec 2024
Topic: Youth justice

Citation

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2024) Youth detention population in Australia 2024, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026.

Get citation (EndNote)

PDF | 3.5MB

Save web report
Newer release available (10 Dec 2025) View latest
Show navigation
Skip to page content
Back to topic
  • Contents
    • About
    • Summary
      • The number of young people in detention
      • The proportion of young people who experienced unsentenced detention
      • First Nations young people in detention
      • Young people aged 10–13 in detention
      • Trends of young people in detention
      • Trends of young people in sentenced and unsentenced detention
      • Patterns of youth detention in each state and territory
    • Trends in detention
    • First Nations young people
      • Key findings
      • Overview
      • The number of First Nations young people in detention
      • Trends in detention by Indigenous status
      • The age of First Nations young people in detention
      • Females in detention by Indigenous status
      • Males in detention by Indigenous status
      • First Nations young people in detention by legal status
      • First Nations young people in detention by state and territory
    • Trends in sentenced and unsentenced detention
    • State and territory trends
    • Understanding youth detention in Australia
      • Principles of youth detention
      • Age limits
      • Raising the age of criminal responsibility
      • First Nations young people
      • Sentenced and unsentenced detention
      • Youth detention data
      • Trends in the detention population
    • Technical notes
      • Youth detention data sources
      • Youth detention reports
      • Methods
      • Rates
      • Rate ratios
      • Rounding
      • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Data
  • Report editions

Notes

Data quality statement

Youth Justice NMDS 2022–23; Quality Statement

Last updated 13/11/2024 v2.0

AIHW

  • About us
  • Our committees
  • Our governance
  • Our reports
  • Our data
  • Newsroom

Using AIHW

  • Accessibility
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Freedom of Information
  • Indexed list of files
  • Privacy
  • Site map
  • Vulnerability and disclosure policy

Quick links

  • Home
  • AIHW Ethics Committee
  • Careers
  • Crisis and support services
  • Our data collections
  • Data linkage
  • Data on request
  • Login

Connect with us

Connect with AIHW on LinkedIn Follow AIHW on Instagram Visit AIHW on YouTube

© Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2026

Creative Commons

Search

Keep typing to see search results...

Sorry, we couldn't find any results matching

To help find what you're looking for:

  • Check your spelling and try again
  • using a more general term
  • keep your search term short and simple
  • try looking in A-Z topics

Other ways to browse

A-Z Topics

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K
  12. L
  13. M
  14. N
  15. O
  16. P
  17. Q
  18. R
  19. S
  20. T
  21. U
  22. V
  23. W
  24. X
  25. Y
  26. Z

Content warning

This report contains information some readers may find distressing as it refers to young people’s experiences of youth justice. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) young people are also over-represented in the data.

If you or someone you know needs help, visit Lifeline or call 13 11 14 or 13YARN (13 92 76).

For a list of support services see Crisis and support services.

Close

Feedback

We'd love to know any feedback that you have about the AIHW website, its contents or reports.

Required fields

The browser you are using to browse this website is outdated and some features may not display properly or be accessible to you. Please use a more recent browser for the best user experience.