Contributing to the evidence base on furthering an understanding of the Australian experience of poverty, this report aims to guide the development of targeted and effective poverty alleviation, advocacy and policy. It finds that specific groups are particularly at high risk of multiple deprivation, namely: people relying on JobSeeker Payment; Parenting Payment, Disability Support Pension...

This report examines the latest available data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (for 2019-20, adjusting forward to 2022-23 for wealth) to identify who stands where on the income and wealth ladders and the main causes of income and wealth inequality.

The gap between those with the most and those with the least has blown out over the past two decades in Australia, with the average wealth of the highest 20% growing at four times the rate of the lowest, this research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney shows.

This report uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to identify the groups facing the highest risk of poverty and the groups of people most likely to be living in poverty.

This report provides a brief overview of levels of poverty - overall and among adults and children – following the recent release of Australian Bureau of Statistics data on household incomes in 2019-20. It examines trends in poverty since 1999, and through each quarter of 2019-20.