Homelessness in the Northern Territory: Key Facts

November 2018

Homelessness in the Northern Territory: Key facts

People experiencing homelessness can have a varied range of complex legal and other issues that, when not dealt with, can further exacerbate this experience.¹ Information on homelessness can therefore play a vital role in the planning of legal assistance services across Australia. People experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness are one of the priority groups under the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services. The Foundation has recently updated the 2018 Collaborative Planning Resource to include data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics “Estimating Homelessness” data release in March 2018 to assist with collaborative service planning. This infographic presents some key facts on homelessness.

Approximately In the NT, the same Over one in ﬁve amount of men and homeless people in the NT women are 13,720 homeless

people in the NT are aged are homeless 50% under 12 Where do homeless people in How do homeless people in Northern Territory the NT live? compare to the rest of the population? NT NT 8.0% 4.6% 3.0% population homeless

3.5% 0.1% Aboriginal and Torres 26% Strait Islander peoples 88%

31% Born overseas 10% 80.7% 15+ population 25% Personal income below 60% $400 per week

13% Highest level of study: 10% severely crowded staying with other year 12 dwellings households sleeping rough boarding houses Highest level of study: 17% bachelor degree or above 2% supported temporary lodgings accommodation for the homeless 4% Unemployed 11%

LGAs by greatest per cent of LGAs by greatest number of Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing: Estimating homeless people homeless people Homelessness, 2016 & ABS Census of Population and Housing East Arnhem 42.5% East Arnhem 3,833 2016. of the LGA West Daly 31.5% of the LGA Roper Gulf 1,773 ¹ Forell, S, McCarron, E & Schetzer, L 2005, No home, no justice? The legal needs of homeless people in NSW, Law and Justice Foundation of Roper Gulf 27.3% of the LGA Darwin 1,367 NSW, Sydney. West Arnhem 21.8% of the LGA West Arnhem 1,351 Sarah Randell & Emily Hinton, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, Barkly 15.4% Barkly 1,027 November 2018, of the LGA

For further information on the Foundation’s 2018 Collaborative Planning Resource visit http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/reports/2018cpr