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Prisoner employment — Corrective services (RoGS 8A.12)

Prisoner employment. Report on Government Services 2026, Part C Corrective services, table 8A.12. Per-state annual series.

116 data points
2015–2024 coverage
National scope
0204060801001202015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25vic · 2015-16: 88 %vic · 2016-17: 87 %vic · 2017-18: 92 %vic · 2018-19: 92 %vic · 2019-20: 93 %vic · 2020-21: 94 %vic · 2021-22: 93 %vic · 2022-23: 94 %vic · 2023-24: 95 %vic · 2024-25: 92 %nsw · 2015-16: 80 %nsw · 2016-17: 78 %nsw · 2017-18: 88 %nsw · 2018-19: 84 %nsw · 2019-20: 86 %nsw · 2020-21: 88 %nsw · 2021-22: 86 %nsw · 2022-23: 85 %nsw · 2023-24: 89 %nsw · 2024-25: 86 %act · 2015-16: 71 %act · 2016-17: 75 %act · 2017-18: 76 %act · 2018-19: 81 %act · 2019-20: 81 %act · 2020-21: 87 %act · 2021-22: 87 %act · 2022-23: 90 %act · 2023-24: 89 %act · 2024-25: 90 %all · 2015-16: 75 %all · 2016-17: 75 %all · 2017-18: 81 %all · 2018-19: 80 %all · 2019-20: 81 %all · 2020-21: 81 %all · 2021-22: 80 %all · 2022-23: 81 %all · 2023-24: 79 %all · 2024-25: 80 %sa · 2015-16: 71 %sa · 2016-17: 68 %sa · 2017-18: 87 %sa · 2018-19: 83 %sa · 2019-20: 82 %sa · 2020-21: 75 %sa · 2021-22: 78 %sa · 2022-23: 75 %sa · 2023-24: 84 %sa · 2024-25: 78 %wa · 2015-16: 66 %wa · 2016-17: 69 %wa · 2017-18: 75 %wa · 2018-19: 74 %wa · 2019-20: 83 %wa · 2020-21: 82 %wa · 2021-22: 84 %wa · 2022-23: 88 %wa · 2023-24: 74 %wa · 2024-25: 81 %nt · 2015-16: 79 %nt · 2016-17: 79 %nt · 2017-18: 77 %nt · 2018-19: 80 %nt · 2019-20: 72 %nt · 2020-21: 71 %nt · 2021-22: 62 %nt · 2022-23: 72 %nt · 2023-24: 70 %nt · 2024-25: 79 %qld · 2015-16: 69 %qld · 2016-17: 69 %qld · 2017-18: 67 %qld · 2018-19: 71 %qld · 2019-20: 69 %qld · 2020-21: 65 %qld · 2021-22: 66 %qld · 2022-23: 66 %qld · 2023-24: 64 %qld · 2024-25: 66 %
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90 rows match.

JurisdictionPeriodBreakdownCategoryMeasure%
Australian Capital Territory 2015-16 TotalTotal % 71.1
Australia 2015-16 TotalTotal % 74.9
New South Wales 2015-16 TotalTotal % 80.4
Northern Territory 2015-16 TotalTotal % 79.3
Queensland 2015-16 TotalTotal % 68.9
South Australia 2015-16 TotalTotal % 71.2
Tasmania 2015-16 TotalTotal % 53.4
Victoria 2015-16 TotalTotal % 87.5
Western Australia 2015-16 TotalTotal % 66
Australian Capital Territory 2016-17 TotalTotal % 74.7
Australia 2016-17 TotalTotal % 74.7
New South Wales 2016-17 TotalTotal % 78.4
Northern Territory 2016-17 TotalTotal % 78.7
Queensland 2016-17 TotalTotal % 68.8
South Australia 2016-17 TotalTotal % 68
Tasmania 2016-17 TotalTotal % 59
Victoria 2016-17 TotalTotal % 87.1
Western Australia 2016-17 TotalTotal % 68.7
Australian Capital Territory 2017-18 TotalTotal % 75.6
Australia 2017-18 TotalTotal % 80.5
New South Wales 2017-18 TotalTotal % 87.7
Northern Territory 2017-18 TotalTotal % 77.3
Queensland 2017-18 TotalTotal % 67
South Australia 2017-18 TotalTotal % 87.4
Tasmania 2017-18 TotalTotal % 69.7
Victoria 2017-18 TotalTotal % 91.5
Western Australia 2017-18 TotalTotal % 75.2
Australian Capital Territory 2018-19 TotalTotal % 80.7
Australia 2018-19 TotalTotal % 80.3
New South Wales 2018-19 TotalTotal % 84.1
Northern Territory 2018-19 TotalTotal % 80.4
Queensland 2018-19 TotalTotal % 71.2
South Australia 2018-19 TotalTotal % 83.2
Tasmania 2018-19 TotalTotal % 64.1
Victoria 2018-19 TotalTotal % 91.6
Western Australia 2018-19 TotalTotal % 74.2
Australian Capital Territory 2019-20 TotalTotal % 80.7
Australia 2019-20 TotalTotal % 81.4
New South Wales 2019-20 TotalTotal % 85.7
Northern Territory 2019-20 TotalTotal % 72.4
Queensland 2019-20 TotalTotal % 68.5
South Australia 2019-20 TotalTotal % 81.6
Tasmania 2019-20 TotalTotal % 53.8
Victoria 2019-20 TotalTotal % 93.1
Western Australia 2019-20 TotalTotal % 83.2
Australian Capital Territory 2020-21 TotalTotal % 86.7
Australia 2020-21 TotalTotal % 80.7
New South Wales 2020-21 TotalTotal % 88.4
Northern Territory 2020-21 TotalTotal % 71.4
Queensland 2020-21 TotalTotal % 65.2
South Australia 2020-21 TotalTotal % 74.9
Tasmania 2020-21 TotalTotal % 55.6
Victoria 2020-21 TotalTotal % 94.3
Western Australia 2020-21 TotalTotal % 82.2
Australian Capital Territory 2021-22 TotalTotal % 87.1
Australia 2021-22 TotalTotal % 80.1
New South Wales 2021-22 TotalTotal % 86.3
Northern Territory 2021-22 TotalTotal % 61.8
Queensland 2021-22 TotalTotal % 65.5
South Australia 2021-22 TotalTotal % 78.3
Tasmania 2021-22 TotalTotal % 60.7
Victoria 2021-22 TotalTotal % 93.2
Western Australia 2021-22 TotalTotal % 84.2
Australian Capital Territory 2022-23 TotalTotal % 90.2
Australia 2022-23 TotalTotal % 81.4
New South Wales 2022-23 TotalTotal % 85.4
Northern Territory 2022-23 TotalTotal % 72.2
Queensland 2022-23 TotalTotal % 65.7
South Australia 2022-23 TotalTotal % 75.3
Tasmania 2022-23 TotalTotal % 70.3
Victoria 2022-23 TotalTotal % 93.7
Western Australia 2022-23 TotalTotal % 87.7
Australian Capital Territory 2023-24 TotalTotal % 89.2
Australia 2023-24 TotalTotal % 79.1
New South Wales 2023-24 TotalTotal % 88.6
Northern Territory 2023-24 TotalTotal % 69.8
Queensland 2023-24 TotalTotal % 63.9
South Australia 2023-24 TotalTotal % 84.3
Tasmania 2023-24 TotalTotal % 69
Victoria 2023-24 TotalTotal % 94.8
Western Australia 2023-24 TotalTotal % 73.6
Australian Capital Territory 2024-25 TotalTotal % 90.1
Australia 2024-25 TotalTotal % 80.4
New South Wales 2024-25 TotalTotal % 85.7
Northern Territory 2024-25 TotalTotal % 78.5
Queensland 2024-25 TotalTotal % 65.9
South Australia 2024-25 TotalTotal % 77.6
Tasmania 2024-25 TotalTotal % 85.5
Victoria 2024-25 TotalTotal % 91.5
Western Australia 2024-25 TotalTotal % 81.4
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Source: Productivity Commission (RoGS 2026) · CC BY 4.0 · ingested 2026-07-28. Reproduces official published statistics for research and reference. Not legal advice.