774,000 Victorians alive inward poverty. That is to a greater extent than than 1 inward 10 of the entire population. Rates of poverty are fifty-fifty higher inward or as well as then neighborhoods. For representative inward Meadow Heights to a greater extent than than 1 inward 3 people are living inward poverty.
The Victoria Council of Social Services as well as the economical modelling theatre NATSEM accept launched an online map which visualize the poverty rates inward each Victoria suburb. VCOSS Poverty Maps allows y'all to sentiment overall poverty rates for each suburb as well as to sentiment the poverty rates past times gender, age, exercise status, housing tenure as well as theatre type.
One matter that the map doesn't discover is that to a greater extent than than one-third of adults living inward poverty inward Victoria accept a disability. Another statistic non shown on the map is that 1 inward half-dozen children inward Victoria every bit good alive inward poverty. These facts are revealed inward the amount report, Every Suburb. Every Town. Poverty inward Victoria (PDF).
