Of the 5,323 young people under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2019–20, most were male (80%) and supervised in the community (84%). Overall rates of supervision varied among the states and territories, from 9.0 per 10,000 in Victoria to 50 per 10,000 in the Northern Territory. Rates of supervision fell over the 5 years from 2015–16 to 2019–20 for community-based supervision and detention.