--- title: Homelessness services, Report on Government Services resource: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/ publisher: Productivity Commission licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-01-27 rows: 2618 fields: 28 source: https://assets.pc.gov.au/2026-01/rogs-2026-partg-section19-homelessness-services-dataset.csv source_sha256: 4cb38419eb586279269ee6f48b90cf3e1bc42e8926b1872b40a24526436e8df7 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Homelessness services, Report on Government Services Every figure in the Report on Government Services section on homelessness services, by state and territory: expenditure, clients, support periods, unmet demand and outcomes from 2020-21 to 2024-25, and Census estimates of homelessness for 2011, 2016 and 2021. Updated yearly. Published by Productivity Commission under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. 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Also called: RoGS homelessness services, Report on Government Services Part G section 19, Specialist homelessness services performance indicators, Homelessness statistics by state Australia. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.csv (1.1 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.xlsx (280 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.json (2.0 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.parquet (85 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.sqlite (1.1 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.duckdb (500 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.ndjson (2.0 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.arrow (167 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.csv.gz (72 KB) Pinned version 2026-01-27: `https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/rogs-homelessness-services/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/rogs-homelessness-services/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/rogs-homelessness-services/rows?description1=eq.People%20who%20are%20homeless%20by%20operational%20group&description3=eq.Number&year=eq.2021&sex=eq.All%20people&description4=neq.Total&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/rogs-homelessness-services/aggregate?group=description4&metric=sum.australia&description1=eq.People%20who%20are%20homeless%20by%20operational%20group&description3=eq.Number&year=eq.2021&sex=eq.All%20people&description4=neq.Total Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `table_number` | string | Table_Number | | | `year` | string | Year | | | `measure` | string | Measure | | | `age` | string | Age | | | `sex` | string | Sex | | | `indigenous_status` | string | Indigenous_Status | | | `remoteness` | string | Remoteness | | | `disability_status` | string | Disability_Status | | | `service_type` | string | Service_Type | | | `client_type` | string | Client_Type | | | `year_dollars` | string | Year_Dollars | | | `description1` | string | Description1 | | | `description2` | string | Description2 | | | `description3` | string | Description3 | | | `description4` | string | Description4 | | | `description5` | string | Description5 | | | `description6` | string | Description6 | | | `data_source` | string | Data_Source | | | `unit` | string | Unit | | | `nsw` | number | NSW | | | `vic` | number | Vic | | | `qld` | number | Qld | | | `wa` | number | WA | | | `sa` | number | SA | | | `tas` | number | Tas | | | `act` | number | ACT | | | `nt` | number | NT | | | `australia` | number | Aust | | ## Versions - 2026-01-27: 2618 rows, 28 fields, sha256 4cb38419eb58. https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Council food safety enforcement in the food service sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-food-service/) (SA) - [Australian Government procurement totals by year, 2008-09 to 2011-12](https://publicdata.au/d/au-government-procurement-totals-2008-2012/) (Cth) - [Contracts awarded by QLeave, Queensland, 2025-26](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-qleave-contract-disclosure/) (Qld) - [Council food safety enforcement in the processor and manufacturer sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-processor-manufacturer/) (SA) - [Council food safety enforcement in the retail sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-retail/) (SA) - [Council food safety enforcement in the food transporter sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-food-transporter/) (SA) - [Consumer Affairs Victoria enforcement outcomes by year](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-consumer-enforcement-outcomes/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Productivity Commission, Australian Government, Report on Government Services 2026, Part G section 19 Homelessness services dataset (section 19), sourced 30 September 2026, https://www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/report-on-government-services/2026/data-downloads, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Productivity Commission, Australian Government, Report on Government Services 2026, Part G section 19 Homelessness services dataset (section 19), sourced 30 September 2026, https://www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/report-on-government-services/2026/data-downloads, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/ Harvard: Productivity Commission (2026) Homelessness services, Report on Government Services, version 2026-01-27 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 30 September 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/ Markdown: Data: [Homelessness services, Report on Government Services](https://www.pc.gov.au/copyright), Productivity Commission, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 30 September 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Homelessness services as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Homelessness services in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,618 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/v/2026-01-27/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Homelessness services cover? The current version covers the years since 2011. Each release from PC becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Homelessness services updated? PC releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Homelessness services commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Homelessness services? No. The publisher is Productivity Commission, and its page is https://www.pc.gov.au/copyright. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in the homelessness services dataset? Every figure in the section 19 attachment tables: government expenditure on homelessness services, clients and support periods by age, sex, Indigenous status and remoteness, the reasons people seek help, unmet demand, and outcomes such as clients achieving independent housing, each for every state and territory and for Australia. The service figures cover the financial years 2020-21 to 2024-25, and the Census estimates of people who are homeless are for 2011, 2016 and 2021. ### What is the Report on Government Services? The Productivity Commission's yearly report on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services, compiled for the Council of Australian Governments and its successors since 1995. Each section's dataset holds every figure in the section's attachment tables in one long table, with a column for each state and territory and for Australia. ### What do np, na and .. mean? The Commission writes np where a figure is not published, na where it is not available and .. where it is not applicable. Not published is kept here as a null with a suppressed flag on the row; the other two are kept as plain nulls. ### Where do the figures come from? Each row names its data source, usually a state or territory government, the ABS or the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, as the Commission states it. The Commission publishes the dataset under CC BY 4.0 with third party content excepted, and the source column is how that content is identified. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/rogs-homelessness-services.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/rogs-homelessness-services.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.