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Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 July 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia. AIHW, 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2009-10, 219,900 people (or 1 in every 100 Australians) used government-funded specialist homelessness services. Of these, 135,700 (62%) were clients and 84,100 (38%) were children accompanying clients. In 2009-10, young people, particularly young women, children, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, were significant users of specialist homelessness services. Clients were supported for an average of 64 days and, when accommodated, were accommodated for an average of 60 days. Family groups generally had longer periods of support and accommodation than people who presented on their own.
Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2009-10: Australia