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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, paragraph 29). 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
	Mar Qtr	3 134	355	2 461	850	1 762	132	858	106	9 658
	Jun Qtr	3 192	352	2 547	896	1 838	129	873	116	9 944
	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	2 686	1 011	1 928	153	863	150	10 376
	Jan	3 241	376	2 660	1 012	1 908	152	848	148	10 345
	Feb	3 210	379	2 666	1 010	1 940	151	876	147	10 379
	Mar	3 168	384	2 732	1 010	1 937	155	864	154	10 404
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
	Mar Qtr	13 792	7 048	11 183	4 862	3 739	953	276	1 016	42 869
	Jun Qtr	14 014	6 928	11 461	4 900	3 700	959	279	1 044	43 286
	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	11 642	5 026	3 668	1 004	234	1 170	42 568
	Jan	13 646	6 440	11 770	5 013	3 651	984	232	1 152	42 888
	Feb	13 425	6 280	11 575	5 043	3 668	1 009	233	1 149	42 382
	Mar	13 553	6 128	11 581	5 021	3 684	1 020	238	1 208	42 433
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
	Mar Qtr	851	586	-	30	17	60	2	112	1 658
	Jun Qtr	883	507	-	44	19	61	-	118	1 633
	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
	Jan	1 401	1 257	-	54	9	34	3	84	2 842
	Feb	1 581	1 310	-	56	11	37	3	98	3 096
	Mar	1 616	1 481	-	61	15	42	3	30	3 248
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
	Mar Qtr	17 777	7 989	13 645	5 742	5 518	1 144	1 136	1 234	54 185
	Jun Qtr	18 089	7 787	14 009	5 840	5 558	1 150	1 152	1 277	54 862
	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	14 328	6 093	5 608	1 195	1 100	1 390	56 006
	Jan	18 288	8 073	14 430	6 079	5 568	1 170	1 083	1 384	56 075
	Feb	18 216	7 969	14 241	6 109	5 619	1 197	1 112	1 394	55 857
	Mar	18 337	7 993	14 313	6 092	5 636	1 217	1 105	1 392	56 085
- 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 39.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 42.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 41.
(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
	Mar Qtr	17.6	4.4	18.0	14.8	31.9	11.5	75.5	8.6	17.8
	Jun Qtr	17.6	4.5	18.2	15.3	33.1	11.2	75.8	9.1	18.1
	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	18.7	16.6	34.4	12.8	78.4	10.8	18.5
	Jan	17.7	4.7	18.4	16.6	34.3	13.0	78.3	10.7	18.4
	Feb	17.6	4.8	18.7	16.5	34.5	12.6	78.8	10.5	18.6
	Mar	17.3	4.8	19.1	16.6	34.4	12.7	78.2	11.1	18.6
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
	Mar Qtr	77.6	88.2	82.0	84.7	67.8	83.3	24.3	82.3	79.1
	Jun Qtr	77.5	89.0	81.8	83.9	66.6	83.4	24.2	81.7	78.9
	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	81.3	82.5	65.4	84.1	21.3	84.1	76.0
	Jan	74.6	79.8	81.6	82.5	65.6	84.1	21.4	83.2	76.5
	Feb	73.7	78.8	81.3	82.6	65.3	84.3	21.0	82.4	75.9
	Mar	73.9	76.7	80.9	82.4	65.4	83.8	21.5	86.8	75.7
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
	Mar Qtr	4.8	7.3	-	0.5	0.3	5.2	0.2	9.1	3.1
	Jun Qtr	4.9	6.5	-	0.8	0.3	5.3	-	9.2	3.0
	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	0.3	3.7	4.2
2009
	Mar Qtr	8.4	16.8	-	0.9	0.2	3.2	0.3	5.1	5.5
	Jan	7.7	15.6	-	0.9	0.2	2.9	0.3	6.1	5.1
	Feb	8.7	16.4	-	0.9	0.2	3.1	0.3	7.0	5.5
	Mar	8.8	18.5	-	1.0	0.3	3.5	0.3	2.2	5.8
- 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 39.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 42.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 41.
(f) See footnotes c-e