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• 680 referred to assistance with access to independent housing
• 657 referred to short-term accommodation
• 224 referred to family support
• 132 referred to tenancy support
• 91 referred to transitional accommodation
Question 5
To provide a breakdown for each of the categories over the five years would be a significant diversion of frontline resources. Total numbers, however, can be provided; please refer to table below:
Number of DFV clients (2017 to 2021) | |
Individuals |
783 |
Families |
1392 |
Men |
203 |
Women |
1983 |
LGBTI |
* |
People from Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander background |
415 |
People from Cultural and Linguistically Diverse background |
435 |
*The OneLink database, Specialist Homelessness Information Platform (SHIP) does not currently provide for specific LGBTI data collection, allowing for only ‘other’. SHIP is a platform managed and maintained by the Commonwealth through the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
**Figures in above table are not mutually exclusive ( e.g., a man may also be counted as an individual).
***SHIP does not currently specifically collect data on “mothers” and “fathers”
Domestic and family violence services—client data
(Question No 795)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, upon notice, on 6 May 2022:
(1) In relation to domestic and family violence data collected by the Domestic Violence Crisis Service, what has been the total number of clients supported, each year for the past five years.
(2) How many clients, for each of the past five years, have been identified as (a) mothers, (b) fathers, (c) male, (d) female, (e) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or questioning, (f) culturally and linguistically diverse and (g) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
(3) How many children have been supported in each of the past five years.
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