Australia - children below poverty line 2016

This statistic depicts the share of children living below the poverty line in Australia in the financial year 2016. During the period examined, 39.4 percent of children living below the poverty line were living in sole parent households. By comparison, 13.1 percent of the children below poverty line were living in couple households.

Children living below the poverty line in Australia in the financial year 2016, by living situation

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

Financial year 2016

Special properties

Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2016 starts on July 1, 2015 and ends on June 30, 2016.

Supplementary notes

The source defines the poverty line as being 50 percent of median household disposable income; 353 Australian dollars per week after housing costs are deducted for a single adult with no children. For a couple with two children it is 742 Australian dollars per week after housing costs.

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