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Data availability and latest assessments of progress, at March 2026

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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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Skip to ‘What’s new’ for detailed information on the latest dashboard update

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 attachment 6 of the Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report July 2025.

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

Priority Reform 4

No data on shared access to data and information at a regional level is available

Socio-economic outcome areas

Outcomes 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. Outcome area boxes show national data and assessments of progress towards each target since the baseline year, based on the latest available data, at March 2026. Data relate to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.

1. Long and healthy lives

71.9 for males

75.6 for females

is the life expectancy (in years) of people born in 2020-22

2. Born healthy and strong

88.9%

of babies were born with a healthy birthweight in 2023

3. Early childhood education

94.2%

of children were enrolled in preschool in 2024

4. Children thriving

33.9%

of children commencing school were developmentally on track in 2024

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

9. Housing

81.4%

of people were living in appropriately sized housing in 2021

No data on households receiving essential services is available

10. Criminal justice

2,500.2 per 100,000

adults in prison in 2025

11. Youth justice

25.7 per 10,000

young people were in detention in 2024-25

12. Child protection

50.3 per 1,000

children were in out-of-home care in 2024

13. Family safety

8.4%

of females experienced physical or threatened physical harm in 2018-19

14. Social and emotional wellbeing

33.9 per 100,000

people took their own life in 2024

15. Land and waters

4,421,946 km² of land

113,496 km² of sea country

were subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's rights or interests in 2025

16. Culture and languages

123

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages were spoken in 2018-19

17. Access to information

88.3%

of people personally used the internet in the last 3 months in 2022-23

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What's new

For the latest dashboard update, a new year of data is available for six targets across five socio‑economic outcome areas. In addition, a new year of data is available for 20 socio‑economic supporting indicators and data is reported for the first time for another two new socio‑economic supporting indicators.

Analysis of the historical and ongoing context to the data is reported for the first time for three additional socio‑economic outcome area. With this update, historical and ongoing context is reported for all 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 table below.

Targets with new material for March 2026 dashboard update.
Area	Target	What’s new
Socio-economic outcome 2	Target 2 Healthy birthweight	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 4	Target 4 Children developmentally on track	Historical and ongoing context
Socio-economic outcome 7	Target 7 Youth engagement	Historical and ongoing context
Socio-economic outcome 9	Target 9 Housing	Historical and ongoing context
Socio-economic outcome 10	Target 10 Imprisonment	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 11	Target 11 Youth detention	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 14	Target 14 Significant and sustained reduction in suicide	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 15	Targets 15A and 15B Land mass and Sea country subject to legal rights or interests	New year of data

Supporting indicators with new material for March 2026 dashboard update.
Area	Target/Indicator	What’s new
Socio-economic outcome 1	Indicator 1b Leading causes of death	New year of data
	Indicator 1c Potentially avoidable mortality	New year of data
	Indicator 1e Access/use of health services	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 2	Indicator 2a Mothers who smoke during pregnancy	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 2	Indicator 2d Use of antenatal care	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 4	Indicator 4c Outcomes by AEDC domain	Specification and data
Socio-economic outcome 5	Indicator 5a School attendance	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 5	Indicator 5c NAPLAN levels	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 6	Indicator 6a Higher education commencement, attrition and completion rates	New year of data
	Indicator 6b Higher education application, offers and acceptance rates	New year of data
	Indicator 6c VET commencements, attrition and completion rates	New year of data
	Indicator 6g VET graduate outcomes and satisfaction	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 9	Indicator 9d Homelessness	Specification and data
Socio-economic outcome 11	Indicator 11a Unsentenced detention	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 13	Indicator 13h Hospitalisations for family violence	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 14	Indicator 14a Hospitalisations for self-harm	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 14	Indicator 14g Experience of racism	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 15	Indicator 15a Land and water ownership	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 15	Indicator 15d Indigenous Land Use Agreements	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 16	Indicator 16e Accessing Commonwealth funded Indigenous language centres	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 17	Indicator 17a Digital inclusion	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 17	Indicator 17g Community broadcast licences with an Indigenous interest	New year of data

Who to contact

If you are a journalist or have a media enquiry, please contact our Media team – 02 6240 3330 / media@pc.gov.au

For all non-media enquiries or requests for background information, please contact Amanda Meric, A/g Assistant Commissioner on 03 9653 2141/ ctg.data@pc.gov.au

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