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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery, Inequality reporter

Women majority of newly homeless, as ABS census data shows problem getting worse

Woman sitting in CBD street
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’s latest estimates from 2021 found more than 122,400 people were homeless on census night. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Australia has grown 5.2% in five years, with women making up the vast majority of the newly homeless and more than a third of all homeless people aged under 25, new data has revealed.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released its latest homelessness estimates based on the census on 10 August 2021.

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