This graph shows the profile of adults in poverty by their country of birth.

2017-18

[infogram id=”_/x8EkcVfF4WZ7dTf4bsnc” prefix=”s9W” format=”interactive” title=”2017-18: Fig.23_Profile of poverty by country of birth (% of adults in poverty)”]This graph shows that the majority of adults in poverty are people born in Australia (59.3% of 50% median income poverty line and 59.4% of 60% median income poverty line), due to the higher proportion of adults born in Australia.

2015-16

[infogram id=”_/z5n2e1zhnRxE8aO31j5T” prefix=”vbK” format=”interactive” title=”Fig.23_Profile of poverty by country of birth (% of adults in poverty)”]This graph shows that the majority of adults in poverty are people born in Australia (62% of 50% median income poverty line and 63% of 60% median income poverty line), due to the higher proportion of adults born in Australia.