Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Executive summary 
  • Body section
    Introduction 
    1. Definition of homelessness
    2. Overcounting and undercounting 
      1. Improvised homes, tents and sleepers out
      2. SAAP services
      3. Friends and relatives
      4. Boarding houses
      5. Conclusion
    3. Social characteristics 
      1. How many?
      2. Accommodation on census night
      3. Age distribution
      4. Males and females
      5. Indigenous and non-Indigenous
      6. Summary
    4. Sydney (27MB inlcuding maps)
      1. Numbers and rates
      2. Geographical categories (107KB PDF)
      3. Overview: New South Wales
      4. Sydney
      5. Marginal residents of caravan parks
    5. Hunter and Illawarra (89KB PDF)
      1. Overview
      2. Hunter and Illawarra
      3. Marginal residents of caravan parks
    6. Inland (121KB PDF)
      1. Overview
      2. Urban
      3. Rural
      4. Marginal residents of caravan parks
    7. Coastal (129KB PDF)
      1. Overview
      2. Urban
      3. Rural
      4. Marginal residents of caravan parks
    8. Indigenous and non-Indigenous 
    9. Discussion 
      1. Homeless statistics
      2. Reducing homelessness: overview
      3. Rough sleepers
      4. Young people
      5. Families
      6. Adults without children
      7. Conclusion
  • End matter 
    • References
    • Appendixes
      1. Number of homeless people in New South Wales by statistical division and subdivision, 2006
      2. Estimated number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous homeless people by statistical division and selected subdivisions, 2006*
      3. Percentage of homeless people by statistical division and subdivision, 2006
      4. Percentage of homeless people and marginal caravan park residents by statistical division and subdivision, 2006