AIHW - Specialist Homelessness Services Collection - Total Clients (LGA) 2014-2019

This dataset presents the total number of distinct specialist homeless services clients. The client counts are based on the location where the client resided in the week before their first support period in the financial year. Each client contributes only once, even if they had multiple support periods during the financial year. The data spans the financial years of 2014-15 to 2018-19 and is aggregated to 2018 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Local Government Areas (LGA).\n\nThe Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC) data accompanies the [Specialist Homelessness Services Annual Report 2018-19](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shs-annual-report-18-19/contents/summary).\n\nFor further information about this dataset, visit the [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - SHSC Data Cubes User Guide](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/shsc-data-cubes-user-guide).\n\nNotes:\n\n * Caution should be used when comparing data for 2017-18 onwards with data for 2014-15 to 2016-17 in sub-state data cubes. Data for 2011-12 to 2016-17 at the state, territory and national levels are weighted to account for agency non-response and invalid statistical linkage keys (SLK), and have been rounded to the nearest integer. Due to improvements in agency response and rates of SLK validity, data from 2017–18 are no longer weighted. The removal of weighting does not constitute a break in time series, and these data are directly comparable with weighted counts for earlier years. As the weighting method is not suitable for sub-state units, the data in the sub-state cubes are not weighted.\n\n * Clients are considered to be homeless if they are living in any of the following circumstances: No shelter or improvised dwelling, Short-term temporary accommodation, House, townhouse or flat (couch surfing or with no tenure).\n\n * Clients are considered to be at risk of homelessness if they are living in any of the following circumstances: Public or community housing (renter or rent free), Private or other housing (renter, rent-free or owner), Institutional settings.\n\n AURIN has spatially enabled the [original data](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/specialist-homelessness-services-collection-shsc-data-cubes).

本数据集统计了专业无家可归者服务机构的去重服务对象总人数。服务对象的计数基于其在本财政年度首次接受服务前一周的居住地点。每位服务对象仅被统计一次，即便其在本财政年度内多次接受服务。本数据集涵盖2014-15至2018-19财年的数据，并按2018年澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard, ASGS）下的地方政府区域（Local Government Areas, LGA）进行聚合。

专业无家可归者服务数据集（Specialist Homelessness Services Collection, SHSC）配套发布于《2018-19年度专业无家可归者服务机构年度报告》（链接：https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shs-annual-report-18-19/contents/summary）。

如需了解本数据集的更多信息，请参阅《澳大利亚健康与福利研究所——SHSC数据集多维数据集用户指南》（链接：https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/shsc-data-cubes-user-guide）。

注记：
1. 在比较州以下层级数据集中的2017-18财年及以后数据与2014-15至2016-17财年数据时，需谨慎操作。2011-12至2016-17财年的州、领地及国家级数据已进行加权处理，以抵消机构无响应以及无效统计链接键（Statistical Linkage Keys, SLK）带来的影响，并已四舍五入至最接近的整数。由于机构响应率与SLK有效率得到提升，2017-18财年及以后的数据不再进行加权处理。移除加权处理并不会造成时间序列的断裂，此类数据可与早期的加权计数数据直接进行对比。由于加权方法不适用于州以下层级单位，州以下层级数据集中的数据均未进行加权处理。
2. 若服务对象处于以下任意一种居住境况，则被认定为无家可归者：无遮蔽住所或临时搭建居所、短期临时住宿、住宅、联排别墅或公寓（住沙发或无房屋所有权/租赁权）。
3. 若服务对象处于以下任意一种居住境况，则被认定为无家可归风险人群：公共或社区住房（租户或免租居住）、私人或其他住房（租户、免租居住或房屋所有者）、机构场所。

AURIN（澳大利亚城市研究基础设施网络，Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network）已对原始数据（链接：https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/specialist-homelessness-services-collection-shsc-data-cubes）完成空间化适配。