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Number of homeless people in Australia 2001-2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 3, 2024

This statistic presents the number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016. According to the source, approximately 116.4 thousand people in Australia were considered homeless on Census night in 2016.

Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s)

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Characteristic	Number of people in thousands
2016	116.43
2011	102.44
2006	89.73
2001	95.31

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Details: Australia; 2001 to 2016

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Source

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Survey by

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Published by

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Source link

abs.gov.au

Release date

March 2018

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

2001 to 2016

Supplementary notes

Note: The source presents estimates of the prevalence of homelessness on Census night, derived from the Census of Population and Housing using the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) definition of homelessness. Prevalence is an estimate of how many people experienced homelessness at a particular point-in-time.

Values have been rounded.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (March 14, 2018). Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/

Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 14, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/

Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Homeless People Living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/ (last visited May 18, 2024)

Number of homeless people living in Australia from 2001 to 2016 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, March 14, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/975302/australia-number-of-homeless-people/

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