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Housing Assistance in Australia 2017

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Last updated: 13 Jul 2017
Topic: Housing assistance

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Housing Assistance in Australia 2017, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 May 2022.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Housing Assistance in Australia 2017. Retrieved from https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2017

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Housing Assistance in Australia 2017. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 13 July 2017, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2017

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Housing Assistance in Australia 2017 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017 [cited 2022 May. 29]. Available from: https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2017

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017, Housing Assistance in Australia 2017, viewed 29 May 2022, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2017

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Housing assistance in Australia 2017 provides up-to-date information relating to government funded provision of social housing, rent assistance, purchase assistance and support services to help households maintain their tenancies.

  • Cat. no: WEB 189
Findings from this report:
  • Mainstream community housing continues to grow, increasing 81% since 2009–10 to 80,200 dwellings in 2015–16

  • 845,000 tenants in 394,300 households were living in the main social housing programs across Australia in 2015–16

  • Waitlists for social housing remain long, with 194,600 households awaiting social housing allocation as at 30 June 2016

  • Nationally between 4% and 9% of dwellings were considered overcrowded, with between 12% and 25% underutilised

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  • Contents
    • Housing assistance: why do we need it and what supports exist?
    • Social housing tenants
    • Social housing dwellings
    • Dwelling and household size
    • Priority groups and wait lists
    • Survey of social housing tenants
    • Financial assistance
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Notes

Data quality statement

Community Housing Data Collection, 2015–16

Indigenous Community Housing Collection, 2015–16

Home Purchase Assistance Collection, 2015–16

Private Rent Assistance Collection, 2015–16

Public Rental Housing Data Collection, 2015–16

State Owned and Managed Indigenous Housing Data Collection, 2015–16

Last updated 16/08/2017 v12.0

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