Retirees who rent are much more likely to live in poverty

Income poverty rate for retiree households, by tenure, 2019-20

Income poverty is measured as equivalised household disposable income (after housing costs) being less than half of the median for the population, excluding households with unincorporated business income, and households who report zero or negative incomes. Retiree households are defined as those where the reference person is older than 65 and is not in the labour force
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