Refugees and humanitarian entrants have different health outcomes, health service use, and causes of death compared with other permanent migrants and the rest of the Australian population. Understanding their health and homelessness service use can inform policies and services for these diverse populations.
This web report presents data on the hospitalisations, emergency department presentations and homelessness service use by humanitarian entrants who arrived in Australia from 2000 to 2020.
- Cat. no: PHE 345
Findings from this report:
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Humanitarian entrants were hospitalised with COVID-19 over 5 times more than other permanent migrants
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Humanitarian entrants were almost twice as likely to be hospitalised or attend an ED as other permanent migrants
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In 2020–21, 9.2% of humanitarian entrants were aged over 60, compared with 22% of the general Australian population
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A higher proportion of the humanitarian population were SHS clients (13%) than other permanent migrants (2.0%)