Footprints in Time, or The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), has tracked a large sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families from early childhood through to their teenage years. 

Utilising the LSIC data, the housing research report seeks to provide both a descriptive overview of the housing circumstances that Indigenous children and their families live in, and the way housing-related factors can help or hinder those children growing up strong.

Two of the major dimensions explored in the analyses are housing tenure and remoteness. The main categories of tenure are homeowners and renters, with renters further distinguished by whether they rent from a community housing organisation, in state government (public) housing or in the private rental market. Remoteness is measured using a scale with five classifications: Major Cities, Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote and Very Remote Australia.

The report is provided with five factsheets:

1. The changing nature of Indigenous children’s housing by remoteness
2. Indigenous children living in public and community housing
3. Housing transitions for Indigenous children
4. Housing and Indigenous children’s education outcomes
5. Housing pathways for Indigenous children.