On Census night in 2016, more than 116,000 people were estimated to be homeless in Australia—58% were male, 21% were aged 25–34 and 20% identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (ABS 2018). Around 51,000 (44%) were living in severely crowded dwellings. Why do people experience homelessness? Homelessness can be the result of many social, economic and health–related factors. Individual factors, such …
Homelessness
