Overdoses and suicide have been found to be the leading causes of death among people who access homeless services, with potentially nine avoidable deaths each day in Australia.

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Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found between 2012 and 2023, around 43,200 people with a history of homelessness died.

The median age was 55 years, far lower than the Australian median life expectancy of 81.1 years for men and 85.1 years for women.

In 2022/23, more than half of deaths among people with a history of specialist homelessness support were potentially avoidable, equivalent to more than nine potentially avoidable deaths every day.

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