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National Social Housing Survey: detailed results 2016
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AIHW (2017) National Social Housing Survey: a summary of national results 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
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AIHW 2017, National Social Housing Survey: a summary of national results 2016, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents a national summary of the results of the 2016 National Social Housing Survey (NSHS), and reports findings from public housing, community housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing tenants. The report shows that the majority of tenants are satisfied with the services provided by their housing organisation, with community housing tenants the most satisfied. Tenants report a range of benefits from living in social housing and the majority live in dwellings of an acceptable standard.
3 in 4 NSHS respondents reported that they were satisfied with services provided by their housing organisation
Overall 7% of social housing dwellings were overcrowded, however it was more common in SOMIH dwellings (23%)
3 in 5 respondents aged 15–64 were not in the labour force
A range of services were accessed by tenants—including drug and alcohol counselling, aged care and financial services
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