In 2019, the average aggregate sentence length for female prisoners in Australia was 27 months. During that same year, the average aggregate sentence length for male prisoners in Australia was around 39 months.
Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)*
*Aggregate sentence length implies the longest period a prisoner may be imprisoned for the current offence without considering pending charges that might extend the current episode.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 15, 2020). Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)*." Chart. December 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2020). Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Median Aggregate Sentence Length for Sentenced Prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by Gender (in Months)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Median aggregate sentence length for sentenced prisoners in Australia from 2005 to 2019, by gender (in months)* [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/648383/australia-median-prison-sentence-length-by-gender/
