Share of homeless people in Australia 2016 by age group

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 3, 2024
This statistic presents the distribution of homeless people living in Australia in 2016, by age group. According to the source, approximately 21 percent of the homeless population living in Australia on Census night in 2016 were between 25 to 34 years old.

Distribution of homeless people living in Australia in 2016, by age group

CharacteristicShare of homeless people
Under 12 years 14%
12-18 years 9%
19-24 years 15%
25-34 years 21%
35-44 years 14%
45-54 years 12%
54-64 years 9%
65-74 years 5%
75 years and over 2%
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Release date

March 2018

Region

Australia

Survey time period

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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