Poverty in Australia
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This is deceptive, however, because when housing costs are considered the number of recently arrived migrant income units from non-English-speaking countries with incomes below the poverty line rises to 18 000 or 12.3. per cent, which is nearly double the overall figure of 6.7 per cent for all adult income units. On an after-housing basis these recently arrived migrants represent 6.9 per cent of those below the poverty line in Australia.
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