Women and children affected by family violence who return to 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 who return to homelessness after achieving housing.

A decrease in the number affected by family violence who return to homelessness after achieving housing may indicate improvements in housing security for victim-survivors of FDV.

2022–23

Number of women and children affected by family violence who return to homelessness after achieving housing.

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.

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For each financial year, nationally, by: 

• state and territory.

The number of people (clients) in the SHSC who experience one or more repeat episodes of homelessness after achieving housing, typically with a signature homeless–housed–homeless pattern of housing status over a period of time.
Return to homelessness describes the number of SHS clients who experienced an episode of homelessness during the financial year and a pattern of homeless–housed–homeless in the 24-months prior to the most recent record of homelessness. 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 had continuous days experiencing homeless or more secure housing.

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.