Census of Population and Housing 2021 Homelessness - Presented by: Kate Figueiredo Homelessness Enumeration Manager QLD
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Census of Population
and Housing 2021
Homelessness
Presented by: Kate Figueiredo
Homelessness Enumeration Manager QLD
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Welcome
➢ Overview of Census
➢ Changes in 2021
➢ ABS Definition of Homelessness
➢ Enumerating Homelessness - Operational Groups
➢ 2016 Census Data
➢ Recruitment
➢ How you can assist with Census
➢ Census Events - Resources
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Purpose of the Census
➢ To accurately measure the number and
key characteristics of the Australian
population and its housing.
➢ Provides the characteristics of the
population within small geographic
areas and for small population groups.
➢ Count population and housing stock
➢ Not designed to count homelessness
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How Census data is used
➢ Estimates Australia’s population
➢ Informs decisions on electoral boundaries
➢ Determine allocation of public funding
➢ Informs planning for services and infrastructure
➢ Informs business decisions
➢ Informs community programs and supports grant
applications for local projects
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Improvements for Census 2021
➢ Earlier and nationally coordinated supported accommodation list
➢ Earlier engagement with the sector
➢ Wording on forms
➢ Max number of people in a dwelling for digital form increased to 25
➢ Brokered accommodation flag
➢ Longer period to respond (not just Census night)
➢ Census Hubs to provide face to face support
➢ Two new questions
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New Question:
Service with the Australian Defence Force
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New Question:
Long-term health conditions
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The ABS Statistical Definition of
Homelessness
A person without suitable accommodation alternatives is considered
homeless if their current living arrangement:
• is in a dwelling that is inadequate; or
• has no tenure, or if their initial tenure is short and not extendable; or
• does not allow them to have control of or access to space for social
relations.
Those in prison, hospital, student halls and religious orders are excluded.
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Why enumerate homelessness?
➢ There is strong demand for data.
➢ Homelessness estimates derived from Census form one of the
key indicators of the National Housing and Homelessness
Agreement (NHHA).
➢ Significant impact on funding.
➢ Politically and community sensitive.
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Key purpose of Census Homelessness Estimates
➢ Used by the community for advocacy, planning and service delivery
➢ To determine proportional funding to the States and Territories.
➢ Support the national performance indicator (g) of the National
Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA):
“a decrease in the number of people experiencing homelessness”
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Counting those experiencing Homelessness
Census is the only national estimate of the homeless. The 2016 Census counted 116,427 homeless.
The ABS has different ways for counting people experiencing homelessness depending on their circumstances.
Not in a dwelling “Rough sleepers” In a non-private dwelling (NPD) In a private dwelling
• people in tents or sleeping out Shelters and accommodation “Couchsurfers” and Overcrowded
• people in supported accommodation • people staying temporarily with other
for the homeless households (couch surfers)
• people in other temporary lodgings • people living in ‘severely’ crowded
• people in boarding houses dwellings
• interviews by specially trained staff in Will be dependent on type of • targeted advertising and information
locations of service providers (e.g soup accommodation: e.g. to answer usual address question as
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kitchens and drop-in centres) CFO’s • by field staff as part of general ‘None’
• interviews by specially trained roving Census • engagement with service providers
teams • special homelessness field staff that support youth and indigenous
• Use special short form • with support from service providers
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Homeless operational groups - 2016 Data
Homeless operational groups Australia Estimates QLD Estimates
Persons living in improvised dwellings, tents or sleeping out 8,200 1,738
Persons in supported accommodation for the homeless 21,235 3,728
Persons staying temporarily with other households 17,725 4,827
Persons living in boarding houses 17,503 3,616
Persons in other temporary lodgings 678 215
Persons living in 'severely' crowded dwellings 51,088 7,601
Total homeless 116,427 21,715
Other marginally housed groups Estimates
Persons living in other crowded dwellings 80,877 12,509
Persons in other improvised dwellings 5,401 1,740
Persons who are marginally housed in caravan parks 10,685 3,947
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Top Hotspots – 2016 Census Data
Location Rough Supported Boarding Staying other Severely other other marginally
Sleepers Accom Houses temporarily temporary crowded crowded improvised housed in
with other lodging dwellings dwellings dwellings caravan parks
households
Gold Coast 221 233 262 535 64 392 978 57 419
Brisbane 216 1340 1985 701 22 1558 3014 45 633
Cairns 124 371 373 295 23 230 583 28 148
Mt Isa 91 83 - 19 - 74 70 3 5
Fraser Coast 76 92 24 166 3 95 106 123 283
Mareeba 57 - - 62 - 68 138 53 55
Bundaberg 56 107 44 131 4 67 130 86 136
Ipswich 11 114 105 171 - 272 640 20 132
Rockhampton 45 60 158 60 4 38 175 55 49
Toowoomba 25 139 82 143 3 104 279 40 48
Mackay 55 104 74 112 3 66 124 123 150
Gympie 54 15 92 - 69 112 94 50
Townsville 39 210 200 163 - 190 361 47 59
Logan 18 159 18 295 - 717 1565 47 190
South Burnett 54 5 23 34 - 69 50 41 40
Moreton Bay 38 215 50 425 - 440 816 79 290
Sunshine Coast 49 177 47 390 16 102 405 60 458
Noosa 13 8 4 56 5 19 - 70 -
Gladstone 17 38 30 78 - 47 - 59 51
Whitsunday 10 16 36 101 17
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Key Messages
➢ ABS is seeking assistance from key stakeholders to ensure Census awareness and promote
participation
➢ Maximum participation will produce reliable estimates of homelessness to enable informed
NHHA
➢ The Census is the only vehicle to nationally measure a prevalence of homelessness and has
been successfully doing so since 2001.
➢ Homelessness is very difficult to measure. Increasing Census participation will improve the
undercount of some homeless populations (such as homeless couch surfers)
➢ Data collected is strictly confidential for statistical use only, and ABS applies measures to
prevent disclosure of persons.
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Census Homelessness roles update
Role Responsibility Commences Source
Homelessness State based office staff – responsible for state based Sept 2020 Internal ABS
Enumeration sector engagement, planning and management of staff/ Sector
Manager (HEM) operations
Kate Figueiredo
Census Engagement Field staff - responsible for engagement, recruitment Jan 2021 Sector
Manager (CEM) and planning for a specific geographic area
6 in QLD
Local Engagement Field staff - responsible for engagement, recruitment April/May 2021 Sector
Officer (LEO) and planning for a (smaller) specific geographic area as
well as enumeration of supported accom and some
boarding houses
Community Field Rough sleeper enumeration and employees from July/Aug 2021 Sector
Officer (CFO) supported accommodation – Pay the organisation
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We need your help
➢ We need the sector support to gain an accurate count in
the 2021 Census
➢ Intel on best ways to find and engage with certain groups
➢ Recruitment of staff from the sector
➢ Assistance getting messages on Census through to whole
of sector as well as your clients
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Intel for operational groups
➢ Rough sleepers
➢ Locations and services in the area that we might want to work with to assist the count
➢ Hotspots
➢ Recruitment - CFOs
➢ Supported Accommodation
➢ Known locations of community/ privately funded supported accommodation (we have obtained SHS
funded supported accommodation lists)
➢ Sensitive Supported Accommodation will be managed by HEM
➢ Boarding Houses
➢ Services in the area that we might want to work with to assist the count
➢ Have online registers of all registered boarding houses (need Unregistered (illegal) boarding houses)
➢ Other Temporary Accommodation
➢ Looking to collect addresses ahead of time and have these flagged on mainstream field staff workloads.
➢ People staying temporarily in other households (couch surfers)/ People living in severely crowded dwellings
➢ Information on clusters/ areas where couch surfing is common
➢ Services in the area that we might want to work with to assist the count such as emergency food services
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Census events and help
Information & Fill in form sessions
• General information, • Assistance with Census
Q&A forms
• Option for virtual • Paper forms available
Information sessions • Can be for specific
audiences
Information Fill in form
Sessions sessions
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Census help events – Pop-up Hubs
Pop-up Hubs can be:
• In a local organisation that already provides
a service to the community e.g. library
• Where people come for assistance
• In a visible place with high foot traffic e.g. a
shopping centre
• A way to promote awareness of Census
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Resources on Census website
SAMPLE
Website goes live April 2021
• Find us map (from July)
• Fact Sheets
• FAQs
• Guides
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Timeline
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Questions
Kate Figueiredo
Homelessness Enumeration Manager
(07) 3222 6010 / 0402 354 599
kate.figueiredo@abs.gov.au
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