Poverty
We have not published the usual range of additional poverty data for the financial year 2020-21. This is because the 2020-21 data collection process was impacted by COVID-19, and for many breakdowns of headline estimates (including UK country estimates) it is not possible to make meaningful statistical assessments of trends and changes in the most recent year compared to the pre-coronavirus level.
We have instead published an article of measures of poverty (linked below) which describes the data quality issues, and presents Welsh poverty-related figures using the 2020-21 households below average income dataset alongside confidence intervals and additional warnings. We are doing this to ensure full transparency, but advise against use of the unreliable 2020-21 dataset for Wales. Please refer to relative income poverty data in the reports below for the latest National Statistics for Wales.
The reports here contain data on the percentage of: all individuals, children, the working-age population and pensioners living in relative income poverty.
A person lives in relative income poverty if they live in a household where the household income is below 60 per cent of the UK median household income.
Headline data
The headline data is from the Households Below Average Income publication from the Department of Work and Pensions. This data is given on a before and after housing costs are paid basis.
Other reports
The rest of the reports are based on further analysis of the Family Resources Survey which is the survey used in the Households Below Average Income publication. This extra analysis has been carried out by the Welsh Government. It is only given on an after housing costs are paid basis as this is the more widely used measure.
Number, risk and composition
Aside from the headline data, all other reports give three measures: number, risk and composition.