Counting the homeless 2006: Tasmania

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Release Date: 09 Jul 2009

Topic: Housing assistance

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009) Counting the homeless 2006: Tasmania, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 December 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2009). Counting the homeless 2006: Tasmania. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Counting the homeless 2006: Tasmania. AIHW, 2009.

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In Tasmania, 25% of the homeless were in SAAP accommodation on census night in 2006 compared with 19% nationally. Thirty-one per cent of the homeless in Tasmania were teenagers, 50% higher than the national figure of 21%. There are eight state and territory reports on the homeless based on information collected from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census. The reports include statistics on accommodation types, age, sex, Indigenous identification and geographical distribution.

ISBN: 978 1 74024 918 8
Cat. no: HOU 208
Pages: 65

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. Geographic distribution (10MB PDF including maps)
  1. Numbers and rates
  2. Geographical categories (111KB PDF)
  3. Distribution of population
  4. Accommodation on census night
  5. Marginal residents of caravan parks
5. Indigenous and non-Indigenous
6. 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 Tasmania by statistical division and subdivision, 2006
  2. Estimated number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous homeless people in Tasmania by statistical division and subdivision, 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

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