2050.0 - Australian Census Analytic Program: Counting the Homeless, 2001  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/12/2003   
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ABOUT THIS RELEASE

To establish the extent of homelessness in Australia at the time of the 2001 Census, using Census data complemented by data from other surveys of youth homelessness and users of support services. It will also for the first time, provide reliable information on the change in the homeless population over time. It will draw on earlier research using 1996 Census data which was published in Counting the Homeless: Implications for Policy Development (ABS cat. no. 2041.0)