Housing SA Register

In reply to Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (28 July 2015). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

You asked specifically regarding customers aged under 25 years. Once again, as at 31 May 2015: those on the Housing SA register, 2,964; and those that were allocated to public housing during 2014-15, 451.

As at 30 June 2015, 2,847 on Housing SA's public and Aboriginal housing register were aged 25 years and under. The number of applicants in each category is as follows:

Category One: 619;

Category Two: 342;

Category Three: 1,860; and

Low Demand: 3.

In 2014-15, 500 people housed were aged 25 years and under. The number of applicants housed from each category is as follows:

Category One: 452;

Category Two: 35; and

Category Three: 13.