PHOTO: The wealth of our region is not reflected in all household incomes.
Most Western Plains towns have above NSW average rates of poverty a new report shows.
Research by the University of Canberra’s National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), has analysed 2021 Census data to examine the extent of poverty throughout the state.
It found that one in eight people or 13% of NSW live in poverty…