The National Social Housing Survey is a biennial survey of social housing tenants which complements administrative data collected by social housing providers and includes information on tenants and their social housing experiences.
Temporal coverage
from 30 June 1996 to 30 June 2018
Geographical coverage
National and state and territory
Data availability
Data scope
Participants are randomly sampled from social housing programs e.g. Public Housing (PH), State Owned and Managed Indigenous Housing (SOMIH), Community Housing (CH) and Indigenous Community Housing (ICH).
The data collection has evolved over time. The first NSHS in 1996 surveyed only PH tenants. The survey has since expanded to include CH tenants (added in 2001), SOMIH tenants (added in 2005) and ICH tenants in Queensland (added in 2018). Before 2010, the survey content differed slightly across programs, reflecting different areas of interest in relation to each program. Since 2012, the adoption of more consistent survey instruments has allowed greater data comparability across social housing programs.
Methodology
Survey
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) National Social Housing Survey, 2018 DQS
External links and information
National Social Housing Survey report
Housing Assistance in Australia
Report on Government Services
Australia's Welfare
Contact
[email protected]
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