Counting the homeless 2006: South Australia (AIHW)

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

Nationally, 19% of the homeless were in SAAP accommodation on census night in 2006, but in South Australia the figure was 26%. Sixty-six per cent of the homeless in South Australia were aged 34 or younger compared with the national figure of 58%. 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 916 4; Cat. no. HOU 206; 79pp.; $24.00

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Preliminary material (234KB PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Preface
- Executive summary
Body section
Introduction (79KB PDF)
1. Definition of homelessness (124KB PDF)
2. Overcounting and undercounting (137KB PDF)
  1. Improvised homes, tents and sleepers out
  2. SAAP services
  3. Friends and relatives
  4. Boarding houses
  5. Conclusion
3. Social characteristics (128KB PDF)
  1. How many?
  2. Accommodation on census night
  3. Age distribution
  4. Males and females
  5. Indigenous and non-Indigenous
  6. Summary
4. Adelaide (large 12MB PDF including maps)
  1. Numbers and rates
  2. Geographical categories (98KB PDF)
  3. Overview: South Australia
  4. Adelaide
  5. Marginal residents of caravan parks
5. Regional and remote (140KB PDF)
  1. Outer Adelaide
  2. Yorke and Lower North
  3. South East
  4. Murray Lands
  5. Eyre
  6. Northern
  7. Summary
6. Indigenous and non-Indigenous (80KB PDF)
7. 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 (129KB PDF)
- References
- Appendixes
  1. Number of homeless people in South Australia 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: South Australia. Cat. no. HOU 206. Canberra: AIHW.

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