Women majority of newly homeless, as ABS census data shows problem getting worse
by Stephanie Convery, Inequality reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6A1ZY)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people severely overrepresented among the 122,400 people recorded as homeless
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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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