In 2022, just under one-third of prisoners in Australia were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Contrastingly, at the 2021 Census in Australia, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up just 3.2 percent of the nation's population, demonstrating the stark overrepresentation of First Nations people in prison.
Share of prisoners in Australia in 2022, by Indigenous status
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (February 24, 2023). Share of prisoners in Australia in 2022, by Indigenous status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Share of prisoners in Australia in 2022, by Indigenous status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
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Share of prisoners in Australia in 2022, by Indigenous status [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
