Child Poverty Rates Unchanged for Year Ending June 2024

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2018
Measure (a): BHC 50	16.5
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	22.8
Measure (c): material hardship	13.3

15.4	17.6
20.9	24.7
11	15.6

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2019
Measure (a): BHC 50	13.5
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	18.3
Measure (c): material hardship	13.2

12.6	14.4
17.2	19.4
12.1	14.3

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 50	13.2
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	17.8
Measure (c): material hardship	11.5

12	14.4
16.5	19.1
10.4	12.6

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 50	13
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	15
Measure (c): material hardship	11

11.8	14.2
13.8	16.2
10	12

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2022
Measure (a): BHC 50	11.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	14.4
Measure (c): material hardship	10.5

10	13.4
12.7	16.1
9	12

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2023 R
Measure (a): BHC 50	12.2
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	17.7
Measure (c): material hardship	12.5

10.9	13.5
16.2	19.2
11.3	13.7

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2024
Measure (a): BHC 50	12.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	17.7
Measure (c): material hardship	13.4

11.7	13.7
16.5	18.9
12.3	14.5

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2019
Measure (a): BHC 50	17.9
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	22.4
Measure (c): material hardship	22.6

16.0	19.8
20.2	24.6
20.3	24.9

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 50	15.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	19.7
Measure (c): material hardship	19.7

13.6	18.0
17.5	21.9
17.3	22.1

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 50	17.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	16.8
Measure (c): material hardship	20.2

15.2	20.2
14.6	19
17.6	22.8

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2022
Measure (a): BHC 50	13.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	15.8
Measure (c): material hardship	18.8

10.5	16.9
12.7	18.9
15.2	22.4

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2023 R
Measure (a): BHC 50	13.5
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	19.4
Measure (c): material hardship	21.6

11.3	15.7
16.8	22
19.2	24

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2024
Measure (a): BHC 50	15.2
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	19.3
Measure (c): material hardship	23.9

12.8	17.6
16.8	21.8
21.1	26.7

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2019
Measure (a): BHC 50	18.6
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	21.5
Measure (c): material hardship	28.2

15.3	21.9
18.3	24.7
24	32.4

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 50	18.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	20.5
Measure (c): material hardship	26.5

15.3	22.3
17.3	23.7
22.3	30.7

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 50	17.1
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	14.7
Measure (c): material hardship	24.0

14.0	20.2
11.9	17.5
19.6	28.4

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2022
Measure (a): BHC 50	19.3
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	19.5
Measure (c): material hardship	25.9

13.1	25.5
14.4	24.6
19.5	32.3

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2023 R
Measure (a): BHC 50	16.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	18.2
Measure (c): material hardship	29

12.4	21
13.5	22.9
23.9	34.1

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2024
Measure (a): BHC 50	14.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	17.4
Measure (c): material hardship	28.7

11.7	17.9
14.1	20.7
24.5	32.9

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 50	16
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	21.5
Measure (c): material hardship	20.7

12.7	19.3
17.9	25.1
17.3	24.1

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 50	15.9
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	16.6
Measure (c): material hardship	20.5

12.9	18.9
13.5	19.7
17.5	23.5

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2022
Measure (a): BHC 50	16.6
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	14
Measure (c): material hardship	21.8

12.5	20.7
10.5	17.5
17	26.6

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2023 R
Measure (a): BHC 50	12.5
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	16.7
Measure (c): material hardship	22.4

9.8	15.2
13.9	19.5
18.7	26.1

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2024
Measure (a): BHC 50	14.2
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	18.6
Measure (c): material hardship	21

11.5	16.9
15.8	21.4
18	24

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 50	16.5
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	20.5
Measure (c): material hardship	20.8

14	19
17.8	23.2
18.2	23.4

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 50	17.1
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	17.7
Measure (c): material hardship	21.1

14.2	20
14.9	20.5
18.7	23.5

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2022
Measure (a): BHC 50	17.4
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	14.8
Measure (c): material hardship	21.3

13.6	21.2
11.7	17.9
17.5	25.1

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2023 R
Measure (a): BHC 50	13.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	18.1
Measure (c): material hardship	21.7

11.3	16.3
15.6	20.6
19	24.4

Selected child poverty measure	Year ended June 2024
Measure (a): BHC 50	15.3
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed	19.8
Measure (c): material hardship	22.6

13	17.6
17.5	22.1
20.2	25

As required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, Stats NZ will provide annual reporting of official statistics on persistent child poverty from early 2027.

In 2026 Stats NZ will provide estimates for persistent poverty for the year ended June 2024 and for the year ended June 2025, ahead of ongoing annual reporting commencing in early 2027.

Stats NZ delivers on its commitment to measure persistent child poverty has more information.

Data quality

The Household Economic Survey had a target sample size of 20,000 households, and an achieved sample size of approximately 19,100 households for the year ended June 2024.

After thorough data quality analysis, Stats NZ is confident that the data produced for the year ended June 2024 is fit-for-purpose, within the margins of uncertainty on the estimates.

Child poverty statistics: Year ended June 2024 - technical appendix provides more information on the analysis of data quality.

Data collection for the year ended June 2022 was disrupted due to COVID-19 alert level restrictions, lockdowns, and other disruptions, which resulted in a significantly reduced sample size. Users should note that margins of error are high when using 2022 data.

Impacts of disrupted data collection on 2022 Household Economic Survey statistics provides more information on the reduced sample size and the impacts.

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