The Office of Housing report shows the total number of Victorian women who were the principal applicant for public rental housing during 2008-09. This report details the total Victorian households and new Victorian households assisted through various rental housing and home ownership assistance schemes during 2008-09. Rental housing assistance includes long term housing, Aboriginal housing, short-medium term housing and private rental assistance. Supply, demand and price data on the private housing market and private rental market is included. Some of the data is reported by family type (couple no children, single parent etc.), age group and/or household income.  Further Info

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http://www.housing.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/412988/Summary-of-Housing-Assistance.pdf

This report provides data from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), including the age of female clients, number and length of support periods, number of accompanying children during support periods, and country of birth.

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http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/hou/219/11235.pdf

This report provides information on the number of single women and women escaping domestic violence who requested specialist homelessness accommodation during 2008-09. The data includes the main reason for their request, whether adults were unaccompanied or accompanied by a child, whether accommodation was required within 24 hours, and the outcome of their request (accommodation provided, referral, unmet). It also includes the average period of support in days.  Further Info

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http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/hou/230/11236.pdf

This is a report of a study undertaken by the New South Wales Women's Refuge Movement and University of Western Sydney Research Centre. The research identifies the impacts of housing on women and their children who experience domestic and family violence.  Further Info

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http://www.wrrc.org.au/resources/

This report includes the percentage of public rental housing tenants who are single female adults or female sole parents and their average age. At the national level, the report details the number of Australian women who are the main tenant for public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous household reported by household composition. Also included is a breakdown of Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) data and the number and percentage of Australian women SAAP clients by age group and family type. This data includes the percentage of women SAAP clients escaping domestic violence and the security of housing tenure before and after SAAP support.

Data for Australian women in this report also includes the number and percentage of Home and Community Care (HACC) clients by their living arrangements and age group.  Further Info

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http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/aw09/aw09.pdf