The cost of living is causing low-income households in the Central West to buckle, a recent survey by the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) showed.
The survey conducted among 1,086 people living on low income in NSW showed that 56 percent had not been able to pay utilities on time at least once in the last 12 months and 37 percent went without prescribed medication due to the expenses involved.
Low income is defined as households living on 50 to 80 percent of the median household income after tax and housing costs which comes out at between $560 to $896 per week…