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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Percentage of all individuals, children, working-age adults and pensioners living in relative income poverty for countries and regions in the UK between financial year ending (FYE) 1995 and FYE 2022 (averages of 3 financial years)
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Year                    In March 2021, DWP made minor revisions to the whole time series up to 2019/20, to capture all income from child maintenance. In most cases the percentages of people in low income were unchanged rounded to the nearest percentage point.<br />                [Filtered]
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[Collapse]All individualsPercentage of all individuals living in households with an income below 60 per cent of the median household income for the UKUnited Kingdom2222212121212122222222
Wales2322232323232324242323
Scotland1918181818181819201919
Northern Ireland2121212021212020181918
England2322222121212122222222
North East2422212122222223242425
North West2323232222222223232222
Yorkshire and the Humber2324232221222222222424
East Midlands2221201920202121211920
West Midlands2525232323232424242425
East of England2019181818181819191919
London2929282827272728282827
South East1817171818181818191919
South West2020201918181919191919
[Collapse]ChildrenPercentage of children living in households with an income below 60 per cent of the median household income for the UKUnited Kingdom3029282727282829303030
Wales3331323231292928292831
Scotland2424212121222323242324
Northern Ireland2726262425252626242524
England3129282828282930303030
North East3331272826262832343437
North West3331313030293031323131
Yorkshire and the Humber3232302927282930303133
East Midlands2925252324252829282527
West Midlands3634312929303334343435
East of England2625232323242526272726
London3938373737373637373838
South East2422222223242426252524
South West2625242424262524252526
[Collapse]Working-age adultsPercentage of working-age adults living in households with an income below 60 per cent of the median household income for the UKUnited Kingdom2121212121212121212121
Wales2222222422222323232222
Scotland1919181919191919201919
Northern Ireland1819212021212019171817
England2222222121212121212121
North East2422222223232324232324
North West2223232222222222222120
Yorkshire and the Humber2223232322222222212323
East Midlands2122212021202120201819
West Midlands2424232323232322222223
East of England1918181717171818191818
London2728272726262526252524
South East1716171818171717181918
South West1920201919181818181919
[Collapse]PensionersPercentage of pensioners living in households with an income below 60 per cent of the median household income for the UKUnited Kingdom1615141413141415161617
Wales1715141415171820191918
Scotland1312121212121213151514
Northern Ireland1918161515141413131212
England1615141413141415161617
North East1714121011131414151416
North West1514131212121414161618
Yorkshire and the Humber1717161413131416171717
East Midlands1815141312131314131415
West Midlands1515151414141616171718
East of England1615131314131313141415
London2120181918181922242425
South East1514141414141313141416
South West1515141212131414151515

Metadata

General description

This table presents data on all people, children, working-age adults and pensioners living in households that have a household income below 60 per cent of the UK median household income before and after housing costs are paid.

Data collection and calculation

The data was provided by the Department of Work and Pensions Households Below Average Income Team

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Figures shown are 3 year moving averages. Figures cover Great Britain to 2000-01 to 2003-04 and the United Kingdom from 2002-03 to 2004-05.

Users, uses and context

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Rounding applied

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Revisions information

For the 2019-20 publication, a minor methodological revision was made to the HBAI data series by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to capture all income from child maintenance. This resulted in more income from child maintenance being included, in turn slightly increasing some household incomes and so tending to slightly reduce low income rates for families with children. The full back series (back to 1994/95) was revised so that comparisons over time are on a consistent basis across the full time series. In terms of the impact of these revisions, in most cases the percentages of people in low income were unchanged rounded to the nearest percentage point.

Title

Households Below Average Income

Last update

March 2021 March 2021

Next update

2022

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Households Below Average Income, Family Resources Survey, Department for Work and Pensions

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

UK regions

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Social Inclusion; HBAI; Income; Poverty

Statistical quality

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