In 2025, more than one-third of prisoners in Australia were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Contrastingly, at the 2021 Census in Australia, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up just 3.2 percent of the nation's population, demonstrating the stark overrepresentation of First Nations people in prison.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 11, 2025). Share of prisoners in Australia in 2025, by Indigenous status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of prisoners in Australia in 2025, by Indigenous status." Chart. December 11, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2025). Share of prisoners in Australia in 2025, by Indigenous status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
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Share of prisoners in Australia in 2025, by Indigenous status [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404223/australia-share-of-prisoners-by-indigenous-status/
