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Housing and homelessness services: access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Publisher
Homelessness
Aboriginal people (Australia)
First Peoples housing
Poverty
Rural conditions
Housing
First Peoples economic conditions
Rough sleepers
Australia
Description
The rate of homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is four times that of non-Indigenous Australians.
Homeless Indigenous Australians were almost twice as likely to sleep rough, or in improvised dwellings and shelters, than non-Indigenous Australians. The rate of home ownership for Indigenous households was about a third compared to two-thirds for non-Indigenous households. Indigenous households were ten times more likely to be living in overcrowded conditions compared to non-Indigenous households.
Publication Details
Copyright:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
13 May 2011
