At a glance
What have been the changes in Indigenous housing tenure and homelessness over time?
This report examines changes in the housing status of Indigenous Australians across the housing continuum, from those housed through to the homeless. The report focuses on financial stress and overcrowding and services and assistance provided to relieve these housing stresses.
All data are available in the PDF report and data tables.
This report also contains state/territory, Indigenous Regions (IREGs) and Statistical Area Level 4 breakdowns, and an interactive housing outcomes data visualisation.
1. Introduction
- Background
- Data sources
2. Indigenous housing profile
- Policy response to housing affordability and overcrowding
- Housing tenure
- Geographical trends in Indigenous tenure
- Overcrowding in Indigenous households
3. Housing stress and financial assistance
- Housing affordability and financial stress
- Financial assistance
4. Indigenous households in social housing
- Social housing and Indigenous households
- New housing allocations and tenure length
- Social housing dwelling standards and tenant satisfaction
5. Homelessness among Indigenous Australians
- Types of homelessness
- Characteristics of the homeless
- Indigenous people in marginal housing
6. Indigenous Australians seeking homelessness services
- Specialist homelessness services
- Number of Indigenous people who sought help
- SHS client characteristics
- Priority groups
- Indigenous SHS clients by state and territory
- SHS clients by presenting unit type
- Why people are seeking help
- Services needed and provided
- Housing status of Indigenous SHS clients
- Geographical trends in changes in SHS clients’ homelessness status
- Indigenous clients returning for assistance in 2017–18
Appendix A: Data quality statements
- A.1 Census of Population and Housing
- A.2 Specialist Homelessness Services Collection
- A.3 Housing assistance data collections
Appendix B: Data scope and quality
Appendix C: Technical notes
- C.1 Census of Population and Housing
- C.2 Specialist Homelessness Services Collection
- C.3 Housing assistance data collections
- C.4 Number of households receiving financial assistance
Appendix D: Geography methods
End matter: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; Glossary; References; List of tables; List of figures; Related publications;