Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a focus report on housing and homelessness, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 21 March 2023. doi:10.25816/5ebc9fccfa7db
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a focus report on housing and homelessness. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a focus report on housing and homelessness. AIHW, 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a focus report on housing and homelessness. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a focus report on housing and homelessness, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report examines the profiles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in both the housing and homelessness sectors over time, using multiple data sources and visualisation tools.
Historically, Indigenous Australians have been over-represented among clients seeking homelessness and social housing services. This report shows that the housing situation of Indigenous Australians has improved—with rises in home ownership and housing provided through the private rental market, and falling levels of homelessness.
Since 2001, Indigenous home ownership has risen 6 percentage points to 38% of Indigenous households in 2016
More than 23,000 (1 in 28) Indigenous Australians were homeless on Census night 2016
What have been the changes in Indigenous housing tenure and homelessness over time?
Data visualisation of housing tenure
Data visualisation of social housing
Data visualisation of homelessness
This report examines changes in the housing status of Indigenous Australians across the housing continuum, from those housed through to the homeless. The report focuses on financial stress and overcrowding and services and assistance provided to relieve these housing stresses.
All data are available in the PDF report and data tables.
This report also contains state/territory, Indigenous Regions (IREGs) and Statistical Area Level 4 breakdowns, and an interactive housing outcomes data visualisation.
End matter: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; Glossary; References; List of tables; List of figures; Related publications;
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