Request for Housing composition statistics for my area for 2015

Moonee Valley Legal Service made this Freedom of Information request to Services Australia

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Services Australia did not have the information requested.

Moonee Valley Legal Service

Dear Department of Human Services,

Could I get the following data for Ascot Vale, Carlton, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne for 2015:
Family composition
Percentage of households receiving a disability pension
Numbers of properties
Numbers of vacant tenantable properties and average time those properties had been vacant as at 31 December 2015
Number of residents and number of those residents who are in new tenancies
The percentages of different countries of birth
The percentages of the age groups
Languages spoken
Gross weekly income by households
Income types

Yours faithfully,

Moonee Valley Legal Service

FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

Dear Moonee Valley Legal Service,

The information you have requested below is not available through the Department of Human Services (the department). You may consider contacting the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) who may be able to provide data relating to the Australian population and composition relevant to your request.

Data specific to the department's social welfare payments is publicly available at http://data.gov.au/dataset/dss-payment-d.... This information may be able to be utilised in conjunction with the population information obtained through the ABS to convey percentages as requested below.

If you are agreeable to withdrawing your freedom of information request, please respond to this email with "Confirm".

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at [email address]

Kind regards

Sally Cook
FOI Practitioner
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [email address]

This email and any attachments may contain information subject to legal professional privilege or information that is otherwise sensitive or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are prohibited from using or disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email.

-----Original Message-----
From: Moonee Valley Legal Service [mailto:[FOI #1490 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2016 10:28 AM
To: FOI.LEGAL.TEAM <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Request for Housing composition statistics for my area for 2015

Dear Department of Human Services,

Could I get the following data for Ascot Vale, Carlton, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne for 2015:
Family composition
Percentage of households receiving a disability pension Numbers of properties Numbers of vacant tenantable properties and average time those properties had been vacant as at 31 December 2015 Number of residents and number of those residents who are in new tenancies The percentages of different countries of birth The percentages of the age groups Languages spoken Gross weekly income by households Income types

Yours faithfully,

Moonee Valley Legal Service

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FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

Dear Moonee Valley Legal Service,

I refer to my email below and note that I have not yet received a response as to whether you would like to continue with your freedom of information request, or whether you are agreeable to withdrawing your request (noting that the information is not available through the department).

I would be grateful if you could please respond as soon as possible, by no later than close of business Tuesday 9 February 2016.

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at [email address].

Kind regards

Sally Cook
FOI Practitioner
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services
Email: [email address]

-----Original Message-----
From: FOI.LEGAL.TEAM
Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 2016 4:50 PM
To: Moonee Valley Legal Service <[FOI #1490 email]>; FOI.LEGAL.TEAM <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Request for Housing composition statistics for my area for 2015 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Moonee Valley Legal Service,

The information you have requested below is not available through the Department of Human Services (the department). You may consider contacting the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) who may be able to provide data relating to the Australian population and composition relevant to your request.

Data specific to the department's social welfare payments is publicly available at http://data.gov.au/dataset/dss-payment-d.... This information may be able to be utilised in conjunction with the population information obtained through the ABS to convey percentages as requested below.

If you are agreeable to withdrawing your freedom of information request, please respond to this email with "Confirm".

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at [email address]

Kind regards

Sally Cook
FOI Practitioner
Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division Department of Human Services
Email: [email address]

This email and any attachments may contain information subject to legal professional privilege or information that is otherwise sensitive or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are prohibited from using or disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email.

-----Original Message-----
From: Moonee Valley Legal Service [mailto:[FOI #1490 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2016 10:28 AM
To: FOI.LEGAL.TEAM <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Request for Housing composition statistics for my area for 2015

Dear Department of Human Services,

Could I get the following data for Ascot Vale, Carlton, Flemington, Kensington, North Melbourne for 2015:
Family composition
Percentage of households receiving a disability pension Numbers of properties Numbers of vacant tenantable properties and average time those properties had been vacant as at 31 December 2015 Number of residents and number of those residents who are in new tenancies The percentages of different countries of birth The percentages of the age groups Languages spoken Gross weekly income by households Income types

Yours faithfully,

Moonee Valley Legal Service

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #1490 email]

Is [DHS request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Department of Human Services? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

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Dear Moonee Valley Legal Service,

 

Please see attached correspondence regarding your recent freedom of
information (FOI) request.

 

Kind regards

 

Sally Cook
FOI Practitioner

Freedom of Information Team
FOI and Litigation Branch | Legal Services Division
Department of Human Services

Email: [1][email address]

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