Children who grow up in poverty are 5 times more likely to be poor young adults: new study

By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne; Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA - CSIC)

About 757,000 Australian children aged under 15 lived in poverty in 2022-23 – more than all the people living in cities of Geelong, Newcastle and Wollongong combined.

That’s about one in six Australian children, according to the latest estimates from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and UNSW Sydney.

But what happens to these children as they grow older? Do the disadvantages of growing up below the poverty line disappear as they finish school,…

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