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Data availability and latest assessments of progress, at July 2024^{^}

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’ and detailed information on the November 2024 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 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

Priority Reform 4

No data on shared access to data and information at a regional level 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 males
75.6 years
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

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

2,265.8 per 100,000
adults in prison in 2023

11. Youth justice

29.8 per 10,000
young people were in detention in 2022-23

12. Child protection

57.2 per 1,000
children were in out-of-home care in 2023

13. Family safety

8.4%
of females experienced physical or threatened physical harm in 2018-19

14. Social and emotional wellbeing

29.9 per 100,000
people took their own life in 2022

15. Land and waters

4,213,978 km²
of land
113,461 km²
of sea country
were subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's rights or interests in 2023

16. Culture and languages

123
Aboriginal 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, data is reported for the first time for four socio‑economic supporting indicators. A new year of data is reported for an additional three socio‑economic supporting indicators. Analysis of the historical and ongoing context to the data is reported for the first time for four 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.

Targets with new material for November 2024 dashboard update.
Area	Target	What’s new
Socio-economic outcome 5	Target 5 Year 12 or equivalent qualification	Context
Socio-economic outcome 6	Target 6 Tertiary qualification	Context
Socio-economic outcome 13	Target 13 Family violence	Context
Socio-economic outcome 17	Target 17 Digital inclusion	Context

Supporting indicators with new material for November 2024 dashboard update.
Area	Target/Indicator	What’s new
Socio-economic outcome 3	Indicator 3a Attendance in early childhood education	Specification and data
Socio-economic outcome 5	Indicator 5c NAPLAN levels	New year of data
Socio-economic outcome 6	Indicator 6b Higher education application, offers and acceptance rates	Specification and data
Socio-economic outcome 13	Indicator 13p Assistance from Specialist Homelessness Services for reasons of family violence	Specification and 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	Specification and 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 Sarah Leary, Assistant Commissioner on 03 9653 2247 / ctg.data@pc.gov.au