Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland

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Release Date: 09 Jul 2009

Topic: Housing assistance

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009) Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2009). Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland. AIHW, 2009.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland. Canberra: AIHW; 2009.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009, Counting the homeless 2006: Queensland, AIHW, Canberra.

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Across Australia, 19 per cent of the homeless were in SAAP accommodation on census night in 2006, but in Queensland it was 12 per cent. Forty nine per cent of the homeless in Queensland were aged 35 or older, significantly above the national figure of 42%. There are eight state and territory reports on the homeless based on information collected from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census. The reports include statistics on accommodation types, age, sex, Indigenous identification and geographical distribution.

ISBN: 978 1 74024 915 7
Cat. no: HOU 205
Pages: 99

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Preface
- Executive summary
Body section

Introduction
1. Definition of homelessness
2. Overcounting and undercounting
  - Improvised homes, tents and sleepers out
  - SAAP services
  - Friends and relatives
  - Boarding houses
  - Conclusion
3. Social characteristics
  - How many?
  - Accommodation on census night
  - Age distribution
  - Males and females
  - Indigenous and non-Indigenous
  - Summary
4. Brisbane
  - Numbers and rates
  - Geographical categories (114KB PDF)
  - Overview: Queensland
  - Brisbane City (26.6MB PDF)
  - Outer suburbs and growth corridors
  - Marginal residents of caravan parks
5. Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast (116KB PDF)
  - Gold Coast
  - Sunshine Coast
6. Regional and remote (89KB PDF)
  - South West, Central West and North West
  - West Moreton and Darling Downs
7. Coastal Queensland (115KB PDF)
  - Overview
  - Coastal cities
  - Rural and remote
  - Marginal residents of caravan parks
8. Indigenous and non-Indigenous
9. Discussion
  - Homeless statistics
  - Reducing homelessness: overview
  - Rough sleepers
  - Young people
  - Families
  - Adults without children
  - Conclusion
End matter
- References
- Appendixes
  1. Number of homeless people in Queensland by statistical division and subdivision, 2006
  2. Estimated number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous homeless people by statistical division and selected subdivisions, 2006*
  3. Percentage of homeless people by statistical division and subdivision, 2006
  4. Percentage of homeless people and marginal caravan park residents by statistical division and subdivision, 2006

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