The table shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.
There are 11% of people in Australia who live in a poverty household. Australia is a developed country, as a result, the proportion of people is less. Solo parents are the most proportion of people who live in poverty households, since they need to take care of children and go to work, it is difficult for them to balance two jobs. Single people with no children’s poverty don’t have a responsibility to take care of a family, so that they will find a job which can take care of themselves. Most single people almost doubt this proportion of poor people.
The number of single aged people is 54,000 (6%) more than the number of aged couples is 48,000 (4%). The number of single people with no children is 358,000 (19%) more than the number of couples with no children are 211,000 (7%). The number of solo parents are 232,000 (21%) more than the number of couples with children are 933,000 (12%)
