Women and children affected by family violence experiencing persistent homelessness

6.4 Women have economic security and their social, cultural and economic needs are met, including being supported to access affordable, accessible and safe housing, from crisis accommodation to transitional and long-term housing.

Increased housing security for victim-survivors of FDV.

Number of women and children affected by family violence experiencing persistent homelessness.

Specialist homelessness services agencies aim to support clients experiencing homelessness to transition into secure housing. A decrease in the number of women and children affected by family violence who experience persistent homelessness may indicate improvements in access to longer-term housing to support recovery.

2022–23

Number of women and children affected by family violence who experience persistent homelessness.

Data element: Monthly housing status
Data source: Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC) Longitudinal Data Set
Data source type: Administrative

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This measure is expressed as a number (numerator) only.

Numerator only.

For each financial year, nationally, by: 

• state and territory.

Persistent homelessness describes the number of SHS clients who have been homeless for more than 7 months over a 24-months study period, that is, 30% of the study period. The homeless months do not need be consecutive. Clients must have at least one support period with a homeless housing status during the specific financial year, e.g. 2022–23. Data are based on the housing situation recorded on the last service provision date of each month during a client’s support period, therefore, may not reflect whether a client was continuously homeless over the entire period.

Although the majority of women and children affected by family and domestic violence are victim-survivors, the data may include those who needed, were provided with, or referred to perpetrator support services.
This indicator is taken from the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement indicators. More information, including data specifications, can be found at National Housing and Homelessness Agreement Indicators.

The SHSC holds data extracted from agency databases. These data change regularly as new periods of support are added and as existing records are updated. As a result, SHSC data can change over time, and the numbers reported by the AIHW for a particular year may be updated in later data releases.