Many women aged between 35 and 54 are sleeping in cars due to a severe shortage of affordable housing and rising living costs.
Almost 50 per cent of the women who make contact are aged between 35 and 54 with almost all of those escaping family and domestic violence and many more recently separated from their spouse.
Almost 40 per cent of women are aged between 18 and 34 with just over 10 per cent aged 55 and older.