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Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Community Insights
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Mothers and babies

Birth–1 year

Age of mothers

In 2020, among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who gave birth (14,384 women):

  • 11% (1,608) were aged under 20.
  • 29% (4,235) were aged 20–24.
  • A higher proportion were aged under 30 (70%), compared with non-Indigenous women (36%) (Figure MB 1a).

Among Indigenous women who gave birth between 2010 and 2020:

  • The proportion aged under 20 decreased from 20% to 11%.
  • The proportion aged 25–29 increased from 24% to 30%.
  • The proportion aged 35–39 and 40 and over remained relatively unchanged (Figure MB 1b).
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