he table presents the distribution of impoverished families in Australia in 1999 across various household categories.
Overall, poverty affects 11% of the total population in Australia, with diverse impacts on different family types.
Among the different family categories, aged couples exhibit the lowest poverty incidence at 4%, representing around 48,000 households. Single aged persons follow, contributing 6% to the total impoverished population, with an estimated 54,000 households. Couples without children account for 7% of the impoverished demographic, comprising approximately 211,000 individuals. Conversely, couples with children demonstrate the highest poverty burden at 12%, affecting roughly 933,000 people. The most disadvantaged family types in terms of poverty incidence are single individuals with no children at 19% and sole parents at 21%, encompassing 359,000 and 232,000 individuals, respectively.
In conclusion, the data underscores that while aged couples experience the least poverty in Australia, sole parents are the most severely impacted by economic deprivation among the various family structures in the country.
