‘One life event away’: Homeless urged to complete the census
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Welfare groups expect next Tuesday’s census to record a significant increase in homelessness, particularly in regional areas because of unemployment and high rents caused by the pandemic.
Experts say as many as 20 per cent of homeless people weren’t counted in the 2016 census, which recorded 116,427 people were without a safe, secure place to sleep that night.
Homelessness advocates and welfare groups are working with the Australian Bureau of Statistics to encourage anyone who is homeless - or living in insecure and uncertain housing - to complete the census form accurately. It is the only national record of homelessness.
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