LGA Estimating Homelessness 2016

Created 31/07/2025

Updated 31/07/2025

This dataset contains estimates of the prevalence of homelessness on Census night 2016, 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. Data is by LGA 2016 boundaries. Periodicity: 5 yearly. For more information visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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Title LGA Estimating Homelessness 2016
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6aa1443a-9535-4e65-b43d-82183433240a
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Bureau of Statistics
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        96.81,
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      ],
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        159.11,
        -43.75
      ],
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        159.11,
        -9.14
      ],
      [
        96.81,
        -9.14
      ],
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      ]
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}
Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "LGA Estimating Homelessness 2016". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-abs-lga-estimating-homelessness-2016-lga2016