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To determine the health and welfare status of female and transgender street sex workers and their work‐related experiences. Also to estimate population numbers, determine work locations, and identify the most appropriate education, health and welfare services for this group.

Forty‐eight street sex workers completed a questionnaire, mainly at their place of work. Demographic and sexual health profiles of sex workers attending the Sydney Sexual Health Centre and the Kirketon Road Centre in 1997 were compared with the street sample.

Up to 120 female and transgender sex workers worked on the streets in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and surrounding areas in any one night: more than 80% of these were female. Of those sampled, fewer street workers than brothel sex workers (6% vs. 41%; p<0.001) were from non‐English speaking backgrounds, and more (77% vs. 7%; p<0.0001 …