One in three uni students face serious financial hardship
Universities Australia is urging concession cards for all domestic students. Data showed living costs rose 29 per cent since 2021.
About one in three Australian university students face serious financial hardship. Student living costs have jumped 29 per cent since 2021.
This is higher than the economy-wide inflation rate of 24 per cent. Food insecurity is a major problem.
About one in five young people aged 18 to 24 cannot regularly get nutritious food. Between 2021 and 2025, 58 to 69 per cent said they could not afford healthy meals.
More than 50 per cent reported skipping meals. Up to 49 per cent went without food for a whole day.
Universities Australia is calling on the federal government to act. They want concession cards for all domestic students.
They also want to extend public transport discounts to international students.
- one in three
- Students in hardship
- 29 percent
- Living cost rise since 2021
- 58 to 69 percent
- Youth without regular nutritious food
- 2,731 people aged 18-24
- Survey sample
Why it mattersWithout support, more students will leave their degrees. This will worsen long-term poverty. It will also limit Australia's skilled workforce.
AustraliaThousands of Australian students are skipping meals and going hungry while studying; universal concession cards could ease transport and medicine costs.
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