57,440 individuals were found to be at risk of poverty in a Survey of Income and Living Conditions conducted in 2007, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has said in parliament.

He said that an established formula had established the at-risk-of-poverty threshold at €5,477. People who had equivalised disposable income under that level was considered to be at risk ov poverty.

He said that 15,640 of these people were in the Northern harbour areas, 12,970 in the southern harbour area, 8,570 in the northern localities, 8,300 in the south east, 6,510 in the west and 5,450 in Gozo and Comino.