Counting the homeless 2006: Tasmania

In Tasmania, 25% of the homeless were in SAAP accommodation on census night in 2006 compared with 19% nationally. Thirty-one per cent of the homeless in Tasmania were teenagers, 50% higher than the national figure of 21%. 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 918 8; Cat. no. HOU 208; 65pp.; Internet only