Utilising the LSIC data, the Housing Research Report seeks to provide both a descriptive overview of the housing circumstances that Indigenous children and their families live in, and the way housing-related factors can help or hinder those children growing up strong.

The analysis in the report is based on the public-release datasets for LSIC Waves 1 to 13, corresponding to surveys undertaken from 2008 to 2020, as well as the text of responses to open ended questions asked in Waves 6, 9, and 15.

Two of the major dimensions explored in the analyses are housing tenure and remoteness. The main categories of tenure are homeowners and renters, with renters further distinguished by whether they rent from a community housing organisation, in state government (public) housing, or in the private rental market. Remoteness is measured using a scale with five classifications: Major Cities, Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote, and Very Remote Australia.