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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, paragraphs 27 - 31). 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)	Tas.	NT(e)	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
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
2009		3 169	439	2 823	1 001	1 949	161	876	153	10 572
2008
	Dec Qtr	3 212	359	2 617	1 003	1 850	137	834	149	10 163
2009
	Mar Qtr	3 206	380	2 714	1 011	1 928	153	863	150	10 404
	Jun Qtr	3 132	420	2 735	987	2 027	157	882	158	10 498
	Sep Qtr	3 143	479	2 856	990	1 980	163	908	151	10 670
	Dec Qtr	3 195	479	3 014	1 018	1 861	173	850	154	10 744
	Oct	3 167	472	2 960	997	1 889	174	812	149	10 620
	Nov	3 217	477	3 039	1 019	1 867	172	858	152	10 801
	Dec	3 201	489	3 044	1 037	1 826	173	881	160	10 811
NON-INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
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
2009		13 119	7 220	11 785	4 956	3 626	1 067	267	1 166	43 205
2008
	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	11 697	5 026	3 668	1 004	234	1 170	42 623
	Jun Qtr	13 289	6 606	11 603	5 005	3 655	1 051	244	1 183	42 636
	Sep Qtr	12 851	7 863	11 886	4 953	3 570	1 089	258	1 153	43 624
	Dec Qtr	12 792	8 127	12 008	4 840	3 612	1 123	332	1 159	43 993
	Oct	12 824	8 084	11 872	4 883	3 618	1 098	324	1 146	43 849
	Nov	12 903	8 098	12 029	4 819	3 629	1 124	332	1 152	44 086
	Dec	12 650	8 200	12 124	4 818	3 588	1 146	339	1 178	44 043
UNKNOWN (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2007		962	662	-	46	6	52	2	79	1 809
2008		983	651	-	41	15	41	1	101	1 833
2009		1 849	820	-	64	20	44	6	75	2 877
2008
	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
	Jun Qtr	1 848	1 223	-	58	16	38	-	47	3 232
	Sep Qtr	1 972	343	-	65	35	40	1	82	2 538
	Dec Qtr	2 044	363	-	76	16	59	20	98	2 675
	Oct	2 038	342	-	73	12	50	18	98	2 631
	Nov	2 047	368	-	75	15	56	20	101	2 682
	Dec	2 048	378	-	80	20	72	21	94	2 713
PERSONS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
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
2009		18 137	8 479	14 608	6 021	5 595	1 272	1 149	1 394	56 654
2008
	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	14 411	6 093	5 608	1 195	1 100	1 390	56 089
	Jun Qtr	18 269	8 249	14 339	6 050	5 699	1 247	1 126	1 388	56 366
	Sep Qtr	17 966	8 685	14 742	6 008	5 585	1 291	1 167	1 387	56 832
	Dec Qtr	18 032	8 969	15 023	5 934	5 488	1 355	1 202	1 410	57 412
	Oct	18 029	8 898	14 832	5 953	5 519	1 322	1 154	1 393	57 100
	Nov	18 167	8 943	15 068	5 913	5 511	1 352	1 210	1 405	57 569
	Dec	17 899	9 067	15 168	5 935	5 434	1 391	1 241	1 432	57 567
- 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 36.
(d) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 38.
(e) Bail data for the December quarter 2009 is excluded. 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)	Tas.	NT(e)	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (%)
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
2009		17.5	5.2	19.3	16.6	34.8	12.7	76.2	11.0	18.7
2008
	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	18.8	16.6	34.4	12.8	78.4	10.8	18.5
	Jun Qtr	17.1	5.1	19.1	16.3	35.6	12.6	78.3	11.4	18.6
	Sep Qtr	17.5	5.5	19.4	16.5	35.5	12.6	77.8	10.9	18.8
	Dec Qtr	17.7	5.3	20.1	17.2	33.9	12.8	70.8	10.9	18.7
	Oct	17.6	5.3	20.0	16.7	34.2	13.2	70.4	10.7	18.6
	Nov	17.7	5.3	20.2	17.2	33.9	12.7	70.9	10.8	18.8
	Dec	17.9	5.4	20.1	17.5	33.6	12.4	71.0	11.2	18.8
NON-INDIGENOUS (%)
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
2009		72.3	85.2	80.7	82.3	64.8	83.9	23.2	83.7	76.3
2008
	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	81.2	82.5	65.4	84.1	21.3	84.1	76.0
	Jun Qtr	72.7	80.1	80.9	82.7	64.1	84.3	21.7	85.2	75.6
	Sep Qtr	71.5	90.5	80.6	82.4	63.9	84.3	22.1	83.1	76.8
	Dec Qtr	70.9	90.6	79.9	81.6	65.8	82.9	27.6	82.2	76.6
	Oct	71.1	90.9	80.0	82.0	65.6	83.1	28.1	82.3	76.8
	Nov	71.0	90.6	79.8	81.5	65.9	83.1	27.4	82.0	76.6
	Dec	70.7	90.4	79.9	81.2	66.0	82.4	27.3	82.3	76.5
UNKNOWN (%)
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
2009		10.2	9.7	-	1.1	0.4	3.4	0.5	5.3	5.1
2008
	Dec Qtr	6.9	11.8	-	0.7	0.1	2.1	0.2	3.7	4.2
2009
	Mar Qtr	8.4	16.8	-	0.9	0.2	3.2	0.3	5.1	5.5
	Jun Qtr	10.1	14.8	-	1.0	0.3	3.1	-	3.4	5.7
	Sep Qtr	11.0	3.9	-	1.1	0.6	3.1	0.1	5.9	4.5
	Dec Qtr	11.3	4.0	-	1.3	0.3	4.4	1.6	6.9	4.7
	Oct	11.3	3.8	-	1.2	0.2	3.8	1.6	7.0	4.6
	Nov	11.3	4.1	-	1.3	0.3	4.1	1.7	7.2	4.7
	Dec	11.4	4.2	-	1.3	0.4	5.2	1.7	6.6	4.7
- 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 36.
(d) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 38.
(e) Bail data for the December quarter 2009 is excluded. See Explanatory Notes paragraph 41.
(f) See footnotes c-e.