Trends in poverty - children, 1999-00 to 2017-18
This graph shows the poverty rate amongst children, after housing costs have been deducted, as a percentage of all children. It shows that poverty among children (people aged under 15 years) has moved within a higher band than overall poverty, fluctuating between 14.3% and 18.6% from 1999-00 to 2017-18. Before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007, it followed a similar path to the overall poverty rate, declining substantially from 18.6% in 1999-00 to 14.3% in 2003-04, and rising sharply between from 2003-04 to 18.1% in 2001-02. After the GFC, however, the path of child poverty diverged from that of overall poverty. It fell only slightly to 17.8% in 2009-10, declined further to 16.5% in 2013-14, then rose to 16.9% in 2017-18
Trends in income support payments compared with wages
This graph compares the single maximum rate of Newstart Allowance and pension payments with wages, represented by the minimum wage, average weekly full-time earnings and the median full-time wage, in 2018 dollars. It shows that the gap between the Newstart Allowance and single pension rates, as well as average and median wages, has grown over time.
Rate of poverty by housing tenure
This graph shows the poverty rate of people by housing tenure –whether they own the house with or without a mortgage; whether they rent either privately or publicly; or whether they have another form of occupation type. 2017-18: The graph shows that the risk of poverty is twice as great (19% using 50% median income poverty line and 28% using 60% median income poverty ine) for people in households renting privately than for home-owners (9% using 50% median income poverty line or 19% using median income poverty line) or home purchasers (9% using 50% median income poverty line or 13% using median income poverty line), reflecting the higher cost and/or lower incomes of people in private rental housing. 2015-16: The graph shows that households who rent privately have twice has much risk of poverty (at 21% using 50% median income poverty line and 31% using 60% median income poverty line) than households who own their home (8% using 50% median income poverty line or 18% using 60% median…
Poverty in Australia: A national perspective
Presentation to the 2019 NTCOSS conference by Jacqueline Phillips, Director of Policy and Advocacy, ACOSS: Poverty in Australia_A national perspective
Poverty in Australia 2018
Download this at https://www.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ACOSS_Poverty-in-Australia-Report_Web-Final.pdf
