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APPENDIX EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS DATA


INTRODUCTION

This appendix presents experimental data for Indigenous persons in community-based corrections. Data are presented as the number of Indigenous persons on community-based corrections orders on the first day of the month.

An initial evaluation of the quality of Indigenous identification by the ABS in community-based corrections has highlighted that currently most jurisdictions comply with the requirements of the ABS Standard Indigenous Question (SIQ - see Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 26 - 30). As Indigenous Status data for persons under the supervision of Community-Based Corrections are still experimental, care should be taken when referring to this data. It should be noted that both Western Australia and the Northern Territory ask offenders variations of the SIQ which do not contain all the necessary elements of the ABS question and are unable to hold the SIQ appropriately in recording systems. The ABS will continue to work with states and territories to better understand and improve the quality of this data item.

A1 Persons in Community-Based Corrections(a)(b), By Indigenous status
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA(c)	WA(d)(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		2 908	324	2 146	746	1 777	141	846	81	8 969
2007		3 198	341	2 267	816	1 643	137	880	100	9 380
2008		3 178	353	2 556	928	1 815	132	847	125	9 935
2008
	Sep Qtr	3 174	346	2 598	963	1 811	128	823	131	9 974
	Dec Qtr	3 212	359	2 617	1 003	1 850	137	834	149	10 163
2009
	Mar Qtr	3 206	380	2 714	1 011	1 928	153	863	150	10 404
	Jun Qtr	3 132	420	2 735	987	2 027	157	882	158	10 498
	Sep Qtr	3 143	479	2 856	990	1 980	163	908	151	10 670
	Jul	3 123	482	2 794	995	2 035	166	892	157	10 644
	Aug	3 161	476	2 830	987	1 965	159	915	151	10 644
	Sep	3 144	479	2 944	988	1 940	163	918	146	10 722
NON-INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		13 835	6 675	9 978	4 793	3 613	946	307	876	41 024
2007		13 843	6 707	10 317	4 809	3 580	970	291	959	41 476
2008		13 793	6 946	11 564	4 919	3 715	970	252	1 075	43 234
2008
	Sep Qtr	13 772	6 983	11 787	4 913	3 730	974	221	1 094	43 474
	Dec Qtr	13 593	6 826	11 826	5 000	3 691	996	231	1 145	43 307
2009
	Mar Qtr	13 541	6 283	11 697	5 026	3 668	1 004	234	1 170	42 623
	Jun Qtr	13 289	6 606	11 603	5 005	3 655	1 051	244	1 183	42 636
	Sep Qtr	12 851	7 863	11 886	4 953	3 570	1 089	258	1 153	43 624
	Jul	12 946	7 762	11 889	4 972	3 583	1 081	247	1 164	43 644
	Aug	12 892	7 830	11 858	4 961	3 563	1 083	264	1 155	43 606
	Sep	12 716	7 998	11 912	4 927	3 563	1 103	263	1 140	43 622
UNKNOWN (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		1 101	602	-	58	4	97	2	125	1 988
2007		962	662	-	46	6	52	2	79	1 809
2008		983	651	-	41	15	41	1	101	1 833
2008
	Sep Qtr	952	545	-	49	17	19	-	122	1 704
	Dec Qtr	1 247	964	-	42	6	25	3	50	2 336
2009
	Mar Qtr	1 533	1 349	-	57	12	38	3	71	3 062
	Jun Qtr	1 848	1 223	-	58	16	38	-	47	3 232
	Sep Qtr	1 972	343	-	65	35	40	1	82	2 538
	Jul	1 904	279	-	57	17	35	1	73	2 366
	Aug	1 982	414	-	65	33	38	1	79	2 612
	Sep	2 031	335	-	72	56	46	-	95	2 635
PERSONS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		17 843	7 601	12 124	5 597	5 395	1 184	1 155	1 082	51 981
2007		18 002	7 710	12 584	5 671	5 229	1 159	1 173	1 138	52 665
2008		17 954	7 950	14 120	5 888	5 545	1 143	1 100	1 301	55 001
2008
	Sep Qtr	17 898	7 874	14 385	5 926	5 557	1 121	1 044	1 347	55 152
	Dec Qtr	18 052	8 150	14 443	6 045	5 547	1 158	1 068	1 344	55 806
2009
	Mar Qtr	18 280	8 012	14 411	6 093	5 608	1 195	1 100	1 390	56 089
	Jun Qtr	18 269	8 249	14 339	6 050	5 699	1 247	1 126	1 388	56 366
	Sep Qtr	17 966	8 685	14 742	6 008	5 585	1 291	1 167	1 387	56 832
	Jul	17 973	8 523	14 683	6 024	5 635	1 282	1 140	1 394	56 654
	Aug	18 035	8 720	14 688	6 013	5 561	1 280	1 180	1 385	56 862
	Sep	17 891	8 812	14 856	5 987	5 559	1 312	1 181	1 381	56 979
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Figures include persons with breached or suspended orders, with the exception of Vic. and Tas.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) Data movements may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 37.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 40.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 39.
(f) See footnotes c-e.

A2 Proportion of Persons in Community-Based Corrections(a)(b), By Indigenous status
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA(c)	WA(d)(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (%)
2006		16.3	4.3	17.7	13.3	32.9	11.9	73.3	7.4	17.3
2007		17.8	4.4	18.0	14.4	31.4	11.8	75.0	8.8	17.8
2008		17.7	4.4	18.1	15.8	32.7	11.5	77.0	9.6	18.1
2008
	Sep Qtr	17.7	4.4	18.1	16.3	32.6	11.5	78.8	9.7	18.1
	Dec Qtr	17.8	4.4	18.1	16.6	33.3	11.9	78.1	11.1	18.2
2009
	Mar Qtr	17.5	4.7	18.8	16.6	34.4	12.8	78.4	10.8	18.5
	Jun Qtr	17.1	5.1	19.1	16.3	35.6	12.6	78.3	11.4	18.6
	Sep Qtr	17.5	5.5	19.4	16.5	35.5	12.6	77.8	10.9	18.8
	Jul	17.4	5.7	19.0	16.5	36.1	12.9	78.2	11.3	18.8
	Aug	17.5	5.5	19.3	16.4	35.3	12.4	77.5	10.9	18.7
	Sep	17.6	5.4	19.8	16.5	34.9	12.4	77.7	10.6	18.8
NON-INDIGENOUS (%)
2006		77.5	87.8	82.3	85.6	67.0	79.9	26.6	81.0	78.9
2007		76.9	87.0	82.0	84.8	68.5	83.7	24.8	84.3	78.8
2008		76.8	87.4	81.9	83.5	67.0	84.9	22.9	82.6	78.6
2008
	Sep Qtr	76.9	88.7	81.9	82.9	67.1	86.9	21.2	81.2	78.8
	Dec Qtr	75.3	83.8	81.9	82.7	66.5	86.0	21.7	85.2	77.6
2009
	Mar Qtr	74.1	78.4	81.2	82.5	65.4	84.1	21.3	84.1	76.0
	Jun Qtr	72.7	80.1	80.9	82.7	64.1	84.3	21.7	85.2	75.6
	Sep Qtr	71.5	90.5	80.6	82.4	63.9	84.3	22.1	83.1	76.8
	Jul	72.0	91.1	81.0	82.5	63.6	84.3	21.7	83.5	77.0
	Aug	71.5	89.8	80.7	82.5	64.1	84.6	22.4	83.4	76.7
	Sep	71.1	90.8	80.2	82.3	64.1	84.1	22.3	82.5	76.6
UNKNOWN (%)
2006		6.2	7.9	-	1.0	0.1	8.2	0.2	11.6	3.8
2007		5.3	8.6	-	0.8	0.1	4.5	0.1	6.9	3.4
2008		5.5	8.2	-	0.7	0.3	3.6	0.1	7.7	3.3
2008
	Sep Qtr	5.3	6.9	-	0.8	0.3	1.7	-	9.1	3.1
	Dec Qtr	6.9	11.8	-	0.7	0.1	2.1	0.2	3.7	4.2
2009
	Mar Qtr	8.4	16.8	-	0.9	0.2	3.2	0.3	5.1	5.5
	Jun Qtr	10.1	14.8	-	1.0	0.3	3.1	-	3.4	5.7
	Sep Qtr	11.0	3.9	-	1.1	0.6	3.1	0.1	5.9	4.5
	Jul	10.6	3.3	-	0.9	0.3	2.7	0.1	5.2	4.2
	Aug	11.0	4.7	-	1.1	0.6	3.0	0.1	5.7	4.6
	Sep	11.4	3.8	-	1.2	1.0	3.5	-	6.9	4.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Figures include persons with breached or suspended orders, with the exception of Vic. and Tas.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) Data movements may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 37.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 40.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 39.
(f) See footnotes c-e.