The statistical summary includes workload and population statistics for various jurisdictions of the Department of Justice.
Court and Tribunal Reports
A number of reports have been developed to outline the workload of the various criminal and civil courts and tribunals.
These reports have been designed to provide information about the work carried out by relevant court or tribunal. A number of different statistics have been included that illustrate different aspects of the court or tribunal process.
Separate counting rules that best illustrate the work of the court are utilised for each statistic. Please read the counting rules on each page to help interpret the data.
Corrective Services Reports
Adult prisoners in custody Adult offenders managed in the community Young people in detention Young people managed in the community
Quarterly statistical reports provide an overview of adults and young people who are in the care of the Department, either in custody or in the community.
Produced at the end of March, June, September and December, these reports provide a midnight snapshot on the last day of each quarter, comparison data for the same quarter of the previous year, and trend information for each quarter for the previous five years.
A Definition of Terms is included at the end of each report.
National Publications
Show moreThe Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services
The Report on Government Services is an annual report commissioned by the Council of Australian Governments. The purpose is to provide information on the equity, efficiency and effectiveness of government services in Australia.
Chapter 7 and 8 in Volume C of the report provides a comprehensive view of the major court systems and adult corrective services operations and how they vary between the states and territories.
Chapter 16 in Volume F of the report provides a comprehensive view of youth justice services and how they vary between the states and territories.
Australian Bureau of Statistics Publications
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s national statistical agency. The ABS provides key statistics on a wide range of economic, environmental and social issues.
This publication presents statistics about defendants dealt with by the criminal jurisdiction of the Higher (Supreme and Intermediate), Magistrates' and Children's Courts of Australia.
This publication presents statistics relating to finalised defendants charged with federal offences and heard in the criminal jurisdiction of the Higher (Supreme and Intermediate), Magistrates' and Children's Courts across Australia.
This publication presents statistics about persons either held in adult corrective services custody or who are serving adult community-based orders in Australia.
This publication presents statistics relating to the number and characteristics of alleged offenders who have been proceeded against by police.
This publication presents statistics relating to the number and characteristics of prisoners (adults held in corrective services custody) in Australia.
Requests for additional data
Show moreThe Department regularly receives requests from media outlets for customised statistics. All requests for customised figures are considered on a case by case basis. The Department will generally supply such information only where the:
- information is stored in a way that it is easily retrievable; and
- amount of work required to compile and supply customised information is reasonable.
Researchers interested in conducting high quality research and/or developing evidence based approaches and practices to enhance outcomes in the justice sector using Department data are requested to review the research application process prior to submitting a research application.
