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Poverty

Risk of poverty or social exclusion
2022
17.5 %
Persons in private households
Severe material and social deprivation
2022
2.3 %
Persons in private households
Risk of poverty threshold
2022
1 392 Euro
Single-person household per month

Internationally, several poverty measures have been established (by EU-specifications for the Europe 2030-Strategy): (1) Persons are considered to be at risk of poverty if they have a relatively low household income  (net household income below 60 % of median income). This relative poverty measure does not show how well the household can cope with that income. (2) Severely materially and socially deprived refers to those who cannot afford at least seven out of 13 EU-defined items (deprivation, absolute poverty measure). (3) A household with low work intensity is using less than 20 % of its work-time potential. (4) Risk of poverty or social exclusion comprises those persons for who at least one of the above three indicators applies. Here, both absolute and relative aspects are integrated; no assessment can be made of the share of households that can cope only badly or not at all with their income.

Statistics Austria collects these measures using administrative and questionnaire data in the yearly EU-SILC surveys (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2018–2022. Compiled on 20 April 2023. – For definitions on the indicators see 'Tabellenband EU-SILC 2022'. Different reference periods: risk of poverty as well as household work intensity refer to the previous calendar year, deprivation refers to time of interview (current or the 12 months preceding the interview). – 1) Only persons aged 0 to 64 years (excluding pension recipients, people who are retired or students).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2018–2022. Compiled on 20 April 2023. – For definitions on the indicators see 'Tabellenband EU-SILC 2022'. Different reference periods: risk of poverty as well as household work intensity refer to the previous calendar year, deprivation refers to time of interview (current or the 12 months preceding the interview). – 1) Only persons aged 0 to 64 years (excluding pension recipients, people who are retired or students).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2022. Compiled on 20 April 2023. – For definitions on the indicators see 'Tabellenband EU-SILC 2022'. Different reference periods: risk of poverty as well as household work intensity refer to the previous calendar year, deprivation refers to time of interview (current or the 12 months preceding the interview). – 1) Only persons aged 0 to 64 years (excluding pension recipients, people who are retired or students). – Households with pension: at least 50 % of the household income come from pensions. – *) Not applicable for the indicator 'households with very low work intensity'. **) Small sample sizes for the indicator 'severe material and social deprivation' (less than 20 cases per cell).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2022. Compiled on 20 April 2023. – For definitions on the indicators see 'Tabellenband EU-SILC 2022'. Different reference periods: risk of poverty as well as household work intensity refer to the previous calendar year, deprivation refers to time of interview (current or the 12 months preceding the interview). – 1) Only persons aged 0 to 64 years (excluding pension recipients, people who are retired or students). – *) Not applicable for the indicator 'households with very low work intensity'. **) Small sample sizes for the indicator 'severe material and social deprivation' (less than 20 cases per cell).

Date Title PDF download
2024-03-18 file Energy poverty 2022: Heating according to 3.2% of households not affordable
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2023-04-20 file 2.3% of the population were severly materially and socially deprived in 2022
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2022-11-16 file Energy poverty 2021: 2 % cannot afford heating costs
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2022-07-05 file High income dynamics in the 1st quarter 2022
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2022-04-28 file COVID-19 pandemic caused a rise in share of persons in households with low work intensity; social transfers have a stabilizing effect on household income situation
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2022-04-05 file Statistics Austria observes social impact of the Corona Crisis: one out of three is affected by decrease of household income, every sixth person reports an increase
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