Progress to date on the ten year targets
The table below shows the three primary poverty measures, the baseline measured rate as of 2018, the 2022/23 measured rates, the third intermediate target rate and the 10- year target rate.
|
Primary poverty measure |
Baseline 2018 (measured) rate |
2022/23 (measured) rates |
Third intermediate (3-year) target rate
|
10-year target rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BHC50 The proportion of children in households with disposable incomes less than 50% of the median in a given year |
16.50% |
12.60% |
12% |
5% |
|
AHC50 The proportion of children living in households with incomes less than 50% of the median income in 2018, after deducting housing costs and adjusting for inflation |
22.80% |
17.50% |
14% |
10% |
|
Material hardship The proportion of children living in households scoring 6 or more out of 17 on the DEP-17 material hardship index |
13.30% |
12.50% |
11% |
6% |
Historical information about the first and second sets of three year intermediate targets, as set in 2021 and 2019
Second set of three year intermediate targets:
By 2023/24, the Government aimed to reduce the proportion of children in:
- low-income households on the before-housing-costs measure to 10 percent
- low income households on the after-housing costs measure to 15 percent
- material hardship to 9 percent.
First set of three year intermediate targets:
By 2020/21, the Government aimed to reduce the proportion of children in:
- low income households on the before housing costs primary measure from 16.5 percent of children to 10.5 percent
- low income households on the after housing costs primary measure from 22.8 percent of children to 18.8 percent
- material hardship from 13.3 percent of children to 10.3 percent.
