The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC) includes information about clients receiving homelessness services support from 1 July 2011 onwards. These data provide important insights into the homelessness support service system, and can be linked to other national health and welfare data to examine service use, health outcomes and demographics for specific cohorts. Additional research will be added regularly to this report.
- Cat. no: HOU 323
Key findings
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Throughout 2012–13 to 2022–23, the median age at death in people with any history of SHS support was 55 years
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3 in 4 unaccompanied children experiencing homelessness when support began, were homeless when support ended in 2023–24
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Children who received SHS support accounted for 1 in 13 deaths among children in Australia throughout 2012–13 to 2022–23
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Annually, between 2012–13 to 2022–23, the death rate of SHS clients was 1.4–1.7 times that of non-SHS clients