That means about one in eight adults and one in six children are living below the poverty line.
About half (53 per cent) of households living in poverty are relying on social security as their main source of income, the research by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney also shows.
The report sets the poverty line as living on less than $433 a week for a single adult, or $909 for a couple with two children.
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