4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/12/2014   
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This document was added or updated on 17/04/2015.

COUNTRY OF BIRTH

Graph Image for PROPORTION OF FEDERAL PRISONERS, Selected countries of birth by selected states and territories, 30 June 2014

Source(s): Prisoners in Australia


  • The only jurisdictions where Australian-born prisoners made up the majority of federal prisoners at 30 June 2014 were Queensland (60% of federal prisoners) and South Australia (69%). The lowest proportion of Australian-born federal prisoners was in the Northern Territory (21%). (Table 37)

Graph Image for PROPORTION OF FEDERAL PAROLEES, Selected countries of birth by selected states, 30 June 2014

Source(s): Prisoners in Australia


  • The proportion of Australian-born federal parolees at 30 June 2014 ranged from 69% of federal parolees in Queensland to 39% in New South Wales. (Table 47).