Table 2 Demographic, socio-economic, and legal indicators

Unweighted sample N

781

378

402

120

110

161

Basic demographics

 Male (%)

59.6

56.6

62.3

55.3

72.3*

61.3

 Age (Median, IQR)

36.5, 29.3–46.0

41.2, 32.3–49.3

33.8**, 28.0–41.3

32.9*, 25.5–46.1

35.8*, 31.6–41.5

32.7**, 27.8–38.2

 Australia born (%)

79.6

77.3

81.6

82.3

72.3

88.7*

 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander (%)

4.9

4.7

5.1

9.2

1.5

4.3

Socio-economic indicators

 Completed year 12, TAFE, university and/or apprenticeship (%)

49.3

59.7

40.4*

34.3*

48.1*

39.4*

 No employment (past 90 days) (%)

64.4

59.5

68.8

71.4*

73.1*

62.4

 Current unemployment benefits (%)

39.8

33.1

45.5*

38.6

43.8

53.5*

 Current sickness/disability benefits (%)

28.7

28.3

29.2

30.0

37.7

20.4

 Any homelessness (past 90 days) (%)

20.8

18.2

23.1

13.1

30.8*

25.2

Criminal justice system involvement

 Current criminal justice issue (%)

28.4

22.4

33.7*

23.6

40.5*

37.9*

 Prison (past year) (%)

4.4

3.4

5.3

2.1

8.5*

5.6

 Community-based offender program (past year) (%)

11.0

5.4

15.8*

13.6*

23.3*

10.6