Dashboard
From this dashboard, you can access available data on the targets and indicators agreed as part of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.
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Priority Reforms
Outcomes related to reforming the way that government works to 'accelerate improvements in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people' (clause 25). Development of measurement of targets and indicators under the Priority Reforms is occurring across phases – see the appendix (attachment 5) of the Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report July 2024 .
Click on a Priority Reform area below for more information on the target and access to related supporting indicators.
Priority Reform 1
No data on formal partnerships and shared decision-making is available
Priority Reform 2
No data on building the community-controlled sector is available
Priority Reform 3
No data on transforming government organisations is available
Socio-economic outcome areasOutcomes important to the rights, wellbeing and quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Click on a socio-economic outcome area below for more information on the target and access to related supporting indicators.
1. Long and healthy lives
71.9 years
for males75.6 years
for femalesis the life expectancy of people born in 2020-22
for males
for females
is the life expectancy of people born in 2020-22
2. Born healthy and strong
89.6%of babies were born with a healthy birthweight in 2021
3. Early childhood education
101.8%of children were enrolled in preschool in 2023
4. Children thriving
34.3%of children commencing school were developmentally on track in 2021
5. Student learning potential
68.1%of people aged 20-24 years had attained Year 12 or equivalent in 2021
6. Further education pathways
47.0%of people aged 25-34 years had completed a tertiary qualification in 2021
7. Youth engagement
58.0%of people aged 15-24 years were fully engaged in employment, education or training in 2021
8. Economic participation
55.7%of people aged 25-64 years were employed in 2021
10. Criminal justice
2,265.8 per 100,000adults in prison in 2023
11. Youth justice
29.8 per 10,000young people were in detention in 2022-23
12. Child protection
57.2 per 1,000children were in out-of-home care in 2023
14. Social and emotional wellbeing
29.9 per 100,000people took their own life in 2022
15. Land and waters
4,213,978 km2
of land113,461 km2
of sea countrywere subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's rights or interests in 2023
of land
of sea country
were subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's rights or interests in 2023
16. Culture and languages
123Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages were spoken in 2018-19
17. Access to information
73.5%of people accessed the internet in their home in 2014-15
^ Results relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Assessments measure progress towards each target since the baseline year, based on the latest available data.
What's new
For the latest dashboard update, a new year of data is available for three socio‑economic targets and four supporting indicators. In addition, data is reported for the first time for a further 10 socio‑economic supporting indicators. Analysis of the historical and ongoing context to the data is reported for the first time for eight socio‑economic outcome areas.
Open the toggle below for a table which outlines the targets and indicators with new information.
Only areas with new material in this update are included in the tables below.
Context indicates inclusion of historical and ongoing context. Targets without context are currently under development.
Area | Target | What’s new |
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Socio-economic outcome 1 | Target 1 Life expectancy | Context |
Socio-economic outcome 2 | Target 2 Healthy birthweight | Context |
Socio-economic outcome 3 | Target 3 Preschool program enrolment |
New year of data Context |
Socio-economic outcome 10 | Target 10 Imprisonment rate | Context |
Socio-economic outcome 11 | Target 11 Youth detention rate |
New year of data for disaggregations Context |
Socio-economic outcome 12 | Target 12 Rate of children in out-of-home care |
New year of data for disaggregations Context |
Socio-economic outcome 14 | Target 14 Significant and sustained reduction in suicide | Context |
Socio-economic outcome 15 | Targets 15A and 15B Land mass and Sea country subject to legal rights or interests | Context |
Area | Target/Indicator | What’s new |
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Socio-economic outcome 1 | Indicator 1d Health risk factors | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 2 | Indicator 2a Mothers who smoke during pregnancy | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 3 | Indicator 3b Early years services | New year of data |
Socio-economic outcome 5 | Indicator 5c NAPLAN levels | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 9 | Indicator 9g Social housing | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 10 | Indicator 10a People charged by police | New year of data |
Indicator 10g Prisoner health | Specification and data | |
Socio-economic outcome 11 | Indicator 11c Alleged young offenders involved in police proceedings | New year of data |
Indicator 11h Young people first coming into youth justice system | Specification and data | |
Socio-economic outcome 12 | Indicator 12e Application of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle | Specification and data |
Indicator 12m Rates of substantiation by type of abuse | New year of data | |
Socio-economic outcome 13 | Indicator 13h Hospitalisations for family violence | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 14 | Indicator 14g Experience of racism | Specification and data |
Socio-economic outcome 17 | Indicator 17a Digital inclusion | Specification and data |
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