Tonight... there are 30,000 women — that's more women than all of the soldiers in the regular Australian Army — who are sleeping rough on the streets of Australia. There are another 100,000 men who are sleeping rough, Australian of the Year David Morrison said on the ABC TV's Q&A on February 1.
Mr Morrison's claim is wrong. According to the 2011 census, the total number of homeless Australians was 105,237. Of those, 45,813 were women and 59,424 were men. However, these figures include six categories of homelessness of which sleeping rough is only one. In the sleeping rough category, women numbered 2,180 and men 4,633. Experts contacted by Fact Check said these were the best figures available and far fewer men and women were sleeping rough on the streets of Australia than Mr Morrison said. There were 29,193 soldiers in the Regular Australian Army on June 30, 2015. Whilst there are more homeless women in total than there are soldiers in the Regular Army, there are fewer women sleeping rough than the number of soldiers. Homeless men in all categories do not number 100,000, let alone men sleeping rough.
Fact check: Are 30,000 women and 100,000 men sleeping rough on the streets of Australia?
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