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There were 105,237 people experiencing homelessness in Australia on census night in 2011. This equated to 1 in 200 Australians, [4] and represented an increase of 17% from the 2006 census, with the rate of homelessness increasing from 45 per 10,000 to 49 per 10,000 or an increase in population percentage terms of 0.04%.
Homeless (average day) Data year Homeless per 10,000 Unsheltered per 10,000 Main article, other notes Afghanistan: 360,000 2023 [4] 87.6 Albania: 32,000 2020 [5] 113 Algeria: 15,000 2008 [6] 4.3 Homelessness in Algeria. The figure consists of children only. Argentina: 3,600,000 2020 [7] 793 Australia: 122,494 2021 [8] 48.0 Homelessness in ...
Homeless Persons' Week (HPW) is an annual event publicizing the plight of homeless people in Australia. The event is held in the first full week of August each year, and is coordinated by Homelessness Australia , the peak body organisation for the Australian homelessness sector. [ 1 ]
Homelessness Australia (HA) is the national peak body organisation for homelessness services and homeless people in Australia.The organisation provides systemic advocacy for the sector and works in collaboration with support services, state and national homelessness organisations, other peak organisations, government agencies and the broader community.
Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD), according to the National Youth Coalition for Housing the 2018 Youth Homelessness Matters day was held on 18 April 2018. [1] YHMD is an annual day which seeks to highlight the issue of youth homelessness in Australia. [2] YHMD is supported by the National Youth Coalition for Housing.
In 2008, feature documentary The Oasis, shocked Australia with its gritty insight into the lives of wayward teens at the Oasis Youth Network, a youth refuge in inner-city Sydney. A decade later, with social inequality and homelessness worse than ever, the original participants reveal where their lives have taken them.
As of 2016, around 24,200 Australian youth were listed as homeless. The majority of homeless youth are located in the State of New South Wales. Youth homelessness has been subject to a number of independent studies, some calling for the Australian Human Rights Commission to conduct an inquiry on the matter. [79]
Youth homelessness in Australia is a significant social issue, [23] affecting tens of thousands of young people. In 2006, the Australian government estimate, focusing on homeless school children, found some 20,000 homeless youth between the ages of 12 and 18. [24]