Australia - share of homeless population by state 2016

This statistic presents the distribution of homeless people living in Australia in 2016, by state or territory. According to the source, approximately 32 percent of the homeless population in Australia on Census night in 2016 were living in New South Wales.

Distribution of homeless people living in Australia in 2016, by state or territory

Characteristic	Share of homeless people
New South Wales	32%
Victoria	21%
Queensland	19%
Northern Territory	12%
Western Australia	8%
South Australia	5%
Tasmania	1%
Australian Capital Territory	1%

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March 2018

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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.

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