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This article describes homelessness in Australia. The majority of long term homeless people are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It is estimated that on any given night approximately 105,000 people will be homeless. A person is considered to be homeless in Australia if they: *Do not have access to safe, secure adequate housing, or, if the only housing they have access to damages, or is likely to damage, their health. *Are in circumstances which threaten or adversely affect the adequacy, safety, security, or affordability of their home. *Have no security of tenure – that is, they have no legal right to continued occupation of their living area. ==2011 Census Homelessness Figures== There were 105,237 people experiencing homelessness in Australia on Census night in 2011. This equated to 1 in 200 Australians,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2049.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Estimating homelessness, 2011 )〕 and represented an increase of 17% from the 2006 Census, with the rate of homelessness increasing from 45 per 10,000 to 49 per 10,000. People who are homeless in Australia are classified into one of six categories. These are: *Improvised dwellings, tents, sleepers out *Supported accommodation *People staying with other households *Boarding houses *Other temporary lodgings *Severely overcrowded dwellings 56% of people experiencing homelessness on Census night were male and 44% female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were over-represented in homelessness data making up 25% of the homeless population, compared to 2.5% of the Australian population. 30% of those experiencing homelessness were born overseas above the % of the Australian population. From 2006 to 2011 the number of people sleeping 'rough' decreased from 9% of the homeless population to 6%. There was also a significant increase (23%) in the number of people staying in homelessness services. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homelessness in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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