4524.0 - In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics, December 2011

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/12/2011

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Contents >> In the eye of the beholder: Perceptions of social disorder in Australia >> State and territory differences

STATE AND TERRITORY DIFFERENCES

Perceived levels of social disorder vary across the states and territories.

The proportion of respondents that perceived at least one social disorder issue in the Northern Territory (71.7%) and Western Australia (68.1%) was significantly higher than the proportion of respondents that perceived at least one social disorder issue nationally (60.8%). In contrast, the proportion of respondents that perceived at least one social disorder issue in Queensland (57.8%) and Tasmania (56.4%) was significantly lower than the proportion of respondents that perceived at least one social disorder issue nationally (60.8%).

PROPORTION OF RESPONDENTS IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL DISORDER ISSUE by STATE/TERRITORY(a)
Graph showing that the proportion of respondents identifying at least one social disorder issue was significantly higher in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, compared to the nation as a whole

A significantly larger proportion of respondents perceiving one or more social disorder issues in the Northern Territory considered at least one issue to be a large problem (50.4%), compared to Australians as a whole (32.9%). In contrast, a significantly lower proportion of respondents perceiving one or more social disorder problems in the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia considered at least one issue to be a large problem (23.3% and 27.8% respectively), compared to Australians as a whole (32.9%).

PROPORTION OF RESPONDENTS RATING AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL DISORDER ISSUE AS LARGE by STATE/TERRITORY(a)