4515.0 - Federal Defendants, Australia, 2011-12 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/05/2013   
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AGE AND SEX

The proportion of male defendants finalised varied between court levels: 89% of defendants in the Higher Courts were male, compared with 69% in the Magistrates' Courts and 75% in the Children's Courts.

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Source(s): Federal Defendants, Australia



In terms of person defendants, for All Courts the 40-44 years age group was the highest represented age cohort (14%), and this was consistent for both males and females. One half (50%) of all defendants were aged between 25 and 44 years. In the Children's Courts, 70% of all defendants were aged over 16 years.



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