Counting the homeless 2006: New South Wales (AIHW)

released: 9 Jul 2009 author: Chamberlain C & MacKenzie D media release

Across Australia, 20% of the homeless were in boarding houses on census night in 2006, but in New South Wales the figure was 28%--the highest proportion in any state. Forty-five per cent of the homeless in New South Wales were aged 35 or older, compared with 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 914 0; Cat. no. HOU 204; 95pp.; $24.00

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Preliminary material (244KB PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Preface
- Executive summary
Body section
Introduction (80KB PDF)
1. Definition of homelessness (125KB PDF)
2. Overcounting and undercounting (138KB PDF)
  1. Improvised homes, tents and sleepers out
  2. SAAP services
  3. Friends and relatives
  4. Boarding houses
  5. Conclusion
3. Social characteristics (138KB PDF)
  1. How many?
  2. Accommodation on census night
  3. Age distribution
  4. Males and females
  5. Indigenous and non-Indigenous
  6. Summary
4. Sydney (large 27MB PDF including maps)
  1. Numbers and rates
  2. Geographical categories (107KB PDF)
  3. Overview: New South Wales
  4. Sydney
  5. Marginal residents of caravan parks
5. Hunter and Illawarra (89KB PDF)
  1. Overview
  2. Hunter and Illawarra
  3. Marginal residents of caravan parks
6. Inland (121KB PDF)
  1. Overview
  2. Urban
  3. Rural
  4. Marginal residents of caravan parks
7. Coastal (129KB PDF)
  1. Overview
  2. Urban
  3. Rural
  4. Marginal residents of caravan parks
8. Indigenous and non-Indigenous (81KB PDF)
9. Discussion (166KB PDF)
  1. Homeless Statistics
  2. Reducing homelessness: Overview
  3. Rough sleepers
  4. Young people
  5. Families
  6. Adults without children
  7. Conclusion
End matter (144KB PDF)
- References
- Appendixes
  1. Number of homeless people in New South Wales 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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Chamberlain C & MacKenzie D 2009. Counting the homeless 2006: New South Wales. Cat. no. HOU 204. Canberra: AIHW.

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