SYDNEY, Oct 12 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- An estimated 456,000 people in the state of Western Australia, including almost 99,000 children, are living in poverty in 2026 as rising housing costs and inadequate household incomes deepen financial hardship, according to a report cited by Xinhua.
World : Housing Costs Push 456,000 Western Australians Into Poverty: Report
Australia, poverty, housing costs, inadequate inco
BE Bernama 
Key points
- The 2026 Poverty Snapshot, released by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, found that 15.1 per cent of the state's population lived in poverty, up from 11.8 per cent in 2021.
- The report estimated that around 180,000 Western Australians were living in deep poverty, while more than 650,000 had incomes below 60 per cent of the national median after housing costs.
- More than one in four private renters in the state were living in poverty, the report found.
Sentences selected automatically from the original article by Bernama.
Read the full story on Bernama That's the opening of the story. The full piece is published by Bernama.
Continue reading ↗ Story details
- Published
- Section
- news
- Format
- Article
- Original
- bernama.com ↗
Related reporting
3 stories on this topic from 3 sources, oldest first.
- New Straits Times Johor steps up housing aid as families struggle with costs
- Bernama World : Housing Costs Push 456,000 Western Australians Into Poverty: Report (this story)
%2Ffile%2Fattachments%2Forphans%2FTuankuMuhriz_885315.png&w=480&output=webp&q=85&we)
