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Australia’s welfare 2023: data insights
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Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 September 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief. AIHW, 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief. Canberra: AIHW; 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2023, Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australia’s welfare 2023: in brief presents a summary of welfare and wellbeing data in Australia with key findings on housing, education and skills, employment and income, social support, and justice and safety.
Australia’s welfare 2023 is the 16th biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Access our product suite, including:
- Australia’s welfare 2023: data insights
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- ISSN: 2651-9801
- ISBN: 978-1-922802-91-0
- Cat. no: AUS 245
- Pages: 80
Findings from this report:
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More than $212 billion was spent on welfare in 2021–22
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272,700 people were assisted by Specialist Homelessness Services in 2021–22
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Around 1 in 4 (24%, or 5.0 million) Australians aged 16 and over received income support as at 31 March 2023
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The prison population increased from 29,380 at 30 June 2012 to 40,591 at 30 June 2022