Youth justice in Australia 2018–19

On an average day in 2018–19, 5,694 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision.

Indigenous young people aged 10–17 made up 50% of those under youth justice supervision.

Of young people under supervision on an average day, 84% were supervised in the community and 17% were in detention.

Individual periods of supervision that were completed during 2018–19 lasted for a median of 132 days (over 4 months).