Young indigenous Australians are 30 times more likely to be held in a detention centre than their non-indigenous peers, a new report shows.

Research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also shows that in 2007/08 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged from 10 to 17 years were nearly 15 times as likely to be under community-based supervision.

Indigenous young people were also more likely to be remanded in custody than non-indigenous young people.

The research also showed that most of those under corrective services supervision were male.

Males were also four times as likely to be under community-based supervision on an average day.

About one out of every 500 young people aged 10-17 was under community-based supervision on an average day and one in 3,000 was in detention, the report said.