4517.0 - Prisoners in Australia, 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/12/2017   
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Age

Overall, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners were younger than non-Indigenous prisoners, which follows the same profile from previous years.

At 30 June 2017:

  • The median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners was 32 years, whilst for non-Indigenous prisoners it was 36 years. (Table 1)
  • Prisoners aged 40 years or more accounted for 23% (2,604 prisoners) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner population, compared with 37% (10,927 prisoners) of the non-Indigenous prisoner population. (Table 21)