Australia: A Profile Of Homelessness For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People
Australia: A Profile Of Homelessness For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented in the homeless population. Whilst Indigenous Australians represent around two and a half per cent of the Australian population they accounted for around 9% (9,000) of the total homeless population on Census night in 2006. Also, considering clients of government funded specialist homelessness services we can see that, for the 2008–09...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.