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released: 24 Jun 2005 author: AIHW media release

Indigenous Housing Indicators 2003-04 is the Institute's first national report on Indigenous housing information. The report includes national data collected by the Institute on Indigenous community housing and State-Owned and Managed Indigenous Housing. Detailed information is presented on a range of Indigenous housing indicators including overcrowding, dwelling condition, affordability, connection to services and recurrent and capital expenditure. There is also a range of information on Indigenous community housing organisations such as whether they have a housing management plan and the proportion of employees undertaking training. The report is a useful resource for policy makers, administrators and researchers with an interest in Indigenous housing issues.

ISBN 978 1 74024 474 9; Cat. no. HOU 127; 143pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (196KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • Abbreviations
    • Acknowledgments
    • Symbols used in the tables
    • Executive summary
      • Major findings
      • Data issues and future directions
  • Section 1 (292KB PDF)
    • Introduction
      • Building a Better Future
      • The National Reporting Framework
    • Outcome 1: Better housing
      • Indicator 2. Proportion of improvised dwellings
      • Indicator 3. Proportion of dwellings needing major repairs
      • Indicator 4. Proportion of dwellings needing replacement
      • Indicators 5, 6. Mechanisms to ensure that new houses and upgrades meet national minimum standards
      • Indicator 7. Proportion of communities not connected to (a) water (b) sewerage (c) electricity
      • Indicator 8. Proportion of dwellings not connected to (a) water (b) sewerage (c) electricity
      • Indicator 9. Proportion of dwellings meeting the nine FHBH healthy living standards
      • Indicator 22. Total and average number of additional bedrooms required
      • Indicator 23. Proportion of overcrowded households
      • Indicator 24. Proportion of households paying 25% or more of income in rent
      • Indicator 35. Proportion of clients satisfied with (a) amenity (b) location of their dwelling
    • Outcome 2: Better housing services
      • Indicator 10. Average weekly rent collected
      • Indicator 11. Rent collected as a percentage of total rent charged
      • Indicator 12. Total amount spent on maintenance each year.
      • Indicator 13. Average amount spent on maintenance each year
      • Indicator 14. Maintenance expenditure as a proportion of rent collected
      • Indicator 15. Recurrent to capital expenditure ratio
      • Indicator 26. Number of Indigenous community housing organisations
      • Indicator 27. Proportion of organisations that have a housing management plan
      • Indicator 28. What jurisdictions are doing to assist ICHOs to develop and
        implement housing management plans
      • Indicator 29. Proportion of Indigenous employees in ICHOs who have completed
        accredited training in housing management and related areas
      • Indicator 30. Proportion of Indigenous employees in ICHOs who are undertaking
        accredited training in housing management and related areas
      • Indicator 36. Proportion of clients satisfied with quality of the service provided
      • Indicator 38. Proportion of organisations using rent deduction schemes
  • Section 2 (262KB PDF)
    • Outcome 3: More housing
      • Indicator 1. Total number of dwellings targeted for Indigenous people
      • Indicator 19. Proportion of Indigenous households by tenure type
      • Indicator 20. Proportion of Indigenous households accessing mainstream
        housing services
      • Indicator 21. Proportion of Indigenous people who are homeless
    • Outcome 4: Improved partnerships
      • Indicator 31. Proportion of people employed in housing management who are Indigenous
      • Indicator 32. Strategies and outcomes to increase Indigenous employment in housing services
      • Indicator 33. Mechanisms for Indigenous input to planning, decision making and delivery of services
    • Outcome 5: Greater effectiveness and efficiency
      • Indicator 17. Occupancy rates
      • Indicator 18. Turnaround time
      • Indicator 25. Allocation of resources on the basis of need
    • Outcome 6: Improved performance linked to accountability
      • Indicator 16. Average cost of providing assistance per dwelling
      • Indicator 37. Proportion of indicators (not Census or CHINS) that jurisdictions could report on
    • Outcome 7: Coordination of services
      • Indicator 34. Coordination of housing and other services that seek to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people
  • End matter (238KB PDF)
    • Appendix 1
    • Appendix 2
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2005. Indigenous housing indicators 2003-04. Indigenous housing series no. 1. Cat. no. HOU 127. Canberra: AIHW.