Outer suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney are homelessness hotspots, data reveals

Exclusive: People are reaching crisis point well away from the centre of Australia’s largest cities, before travelling huge distances for housing support

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The outer suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney have been revealed as major hotspots of homelessness in new data that shows where people were living before they sought help.

People in housing crisis are also travelling extraordinary distances across Australia’s capital cities to access homelessness support, with those in Sydney travelling an average of 46km, and Melburnians travelling an average of 74.9km.

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