Average days in closed detention, over time

As at 31 August 2026

Line chart with fill under line showing increasing number of average days of detention to a peak of 773 in 2022, with decline since then to latest average of 441 days.

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'Closed detention' refers to people in immigration detention facilities, including Immigration Detention Centres, Immigration Transit Accommodation Centres, Immigration Residential Housing units, and Alternative Places of Detention.

Chart: Refugee Council of AustraliaSource: Department of Home Affairs, Detention and Community Statistics Summary, Table 9 (in accompanying text)Get the dataEmbed Download image