Information & Fact Sheets
Over 9,000
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Over 9,000 people
experience homelessness every night in WA
(ABS 2016)
Homelessness
Over 4,100
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2 out of 3
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2 out of 3
requests for accommodation via homelessness services go unmet
Social Housing
100 Weeks
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17,320 Households
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3,478 Households
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3,478 Households
on the priority social housing waitlist
3.8% Households
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39,200 Homes
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Unmet need
of 39,200 social and 19,300 affordable homes across WA
Housing costs
2% Affordable
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Increase GDP
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Every dollar
invested in housing is estimated to boost GDP by $1.30
(KPMG)
50%
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50%
of low income households are in rental stress
Housing in WA
Total Dwellings in WA (1,070,962)
Homes Unoccupied (204,196)
Social & Affordable homes needed to meet demand (58,600)
Social Housing
Public Housing 35,613 (Owned & managed by the state government)
Community Housing 7,319 (Managed, and sometimes developed and owned, by community housing providers)
- Department of Communities 2019-2020
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