ABS Census: Service with the Australian Defence Force

Key statistics

• More than half a million Australians (581,139) have served, or are currently serving, in the ADF.
• There are 84,865 current serving members and 496,276 former serving members.
• One in twenty (5.3 per cent) of Australian households reported at least one person who had served or is serving in the ADF. 
• 3,159 (3.7 per cent) of currently serving Australian Defence Force members, and 11,610 (2.3 per cent) of previously served, identify as having Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.

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