Children in Relative Low Income

By UK Local Authority (2024–2025)

How many children are living in relative low-income families across the UK, and how does the proportion vary between local authorities?

The table below presents statistics on children aged under 16 living in relative low-income families across 361 local authority districts (LADs) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Based on data published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), it provides the number and percentage of children in relative low income for the financial years ending March 2024 and March 2025.

The statistics cover two measures: Before Housing Costs (BHC) and After Housing Costs (AHC), allowing comparisons of how housing costs affect the proportion of children living in low-income families.

You can search, sort and explore the table to compare local authorities, identify areas with higher or lower levels of child poverty, and examine changes between 2024 and 2025.

Across the UK, an estimated 26% of children aged under 16 were living in relative low-income families after housing costs in the financial year ending March 2025, compared with 19% before housing costs. Explore the table below to see how these figures vary between local authorities.

District	BHC # 2024	BHC # 2025	BHC % 2024	BHC % 2025	AHC # 2024	AHC # 2025	AHC % 2024	AHC % 2025
Hartlepool	4994	5041	27.5%	27.2%	6129	5924	33.8%	31.9%
Middlesbrough	11042	10911	35.2%	34.4%	12959	12304	41.3%	38.7%
Redcar and Cleveland	6112	6346	25.2%	26.2%	7595	7578	31.4%	31.3%
Stockton-on-Tees	8755	8824	22.3%	22.3%	10553	10404	26.8%	26.2%
Darlington	4774	4968	24.0%	24.8%	5733	5756	28.8%	28.7%
Halton	5368	5609	22.0%	23.0%	6803	6881	27.8%	28.3%
Warrington	5944	5971	15.1%	15.1%	7788	7620	19.8%	19.3%
Blackburn with Darwen	13723	13348	38.0%	36.2%	14796	14206	41.0%	38.5%
Blackpool	7824	7817	30.8%	30.5%	10362	10034	40.8%	39.2%
Kingston upon Hull City of	18056	18403	32.9%	33.2%	20811	20601	37.9%	37.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire	9600	9962	17.4%	18.0%	11973	11959	21.7%	21.6%
North East Lincolnshire	9029	9144	30.5%	30.8%	10909	10557	36.9%	35.5%
North Lincolnshire	7844	7781	25.7%	25.5%	9398	9195	30.8%	30.1%
York	3955	4218	12.9%	13.9%	5472	5538	17.8%	18.2%
Derby	15463	15310	28.6%	27.9%	18258	17881	33.8%	32.5%
Leicester	27971	27709	35.3%	34.5%	32977	32250	41.6%	40.1%
Rutland	661	744	10.0%	11.5%	937	987	14.2%	15.2%
Nottingham	20524	20591	34.0%	33.7%	25081	24539	41.5%	40.2%
Herefordshire County of	5475	5995	18.0%	19.8%	7291	7754	24.0%	25.6%
Telford and Wrekin	8948	9714	23.3%	24.8%	12492	12938	32.5%	33.0%
Stoke-on-Trent	19330	19427	35.7%	35.0%	21512	20886	39.7%	37.6%
Bath and North East Somerset	3134	3255	9.7%	10.2%	5237	5216	16.3%	16.3%
Bristol City of	15931	16233	19.3%	19.7%	21775	21087	26.4%	25.6%
North Somerset	4895	4833	12.6%	12.3%	7601	7419	19.5%	18.9%
South Gloucestershire	5896	6236	10.7%	11.2%	9736	9807	17.7%	17.5%
Plymouth	9238	9503	19.9%	20.7%	12681	12558	27.3%	27.3%
Torbay	4298	4544	19.6%	21.0%	6804	6860	31.1%	31.6%
Swindon	7461	7722	15.6%	16.0%	10947	10904	23.0%	22.6%
Peterborough	14319	14156	28.4%	27.6%	18511	17887	36.7%	34.9%
Luton	16620	17561	30.8%	31.7%	22355	22439	41.4%	40.4%
Southend-on-Sea	5857	6221	16.9%	17.7%	10382	10220	30.0%	29.0%
Thurrock	7348	7570	18.0%	18.4%	11492	11053	28.2%	26.9%
Medway	10382	10656	17.3%	17.4%	16678	16553	27.9%	27.0%
Bracknell Forest	2060	2199	8.1%	8.5%	3817	3940	15.0%	15.3%
West Berkshire	2840	2951	9.1%	9.6%	5167	5135	16.6%	16.6%
Reading	4959	5144	14.5%	14.9%	8742	8639	25.6%	24.9%
Slough	7968	7998	19.6%	19.3%	13586	12973	33.4%	31.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead	2315	2306	7.7%	7.7%	4080	3928	13.6%	13.0%
Wokingham	2420	2534	6.2%	6.4%	4178	4196	10.7%	10.7%
Milton Keynes	10261	10112	15.7%	15.3%	16213	15708	24.8%	23.7%
Brighton and Hove	4953	5578	12.1%	13.8%	8737	8726	21.4%	21.6%
Portsmouth	7679	7911	20.1%	20.7%	12110	11890	31.7%	31.0%
Southampton	9733	9883	21.5%	21.8%	14567	14049	32.1%	31.0%
Isle of Wight	4424	4796	21.5%	23.5%	6335	6385	30.7%	31.3%
County Durham	22269	22965	25.2%	26.0%	25723	25745	29.2%	29.2%
Cheshire East	9401	9568	12.9%	13.0%	12978	12842	17.8%	17.5%
Cheshire West and Chester	9403	9524	14.9%	15.1%	12953	12731	20.5%	20.2%
Shropshire	8783	9847	16.8%	18.8%	11546	12249	22.1%	23.4%
Cornwall	18479	19876	19.8%	21.4%	26041	26444	27.9%	28.5%
Isles of Scilly	20	27	6.4%	8.9%	26	35	8.3%	11.5%
Wiltshire	11207	12044	12.2%	13.1%	17073	17409	18.6%	19.0%
Bedford	6625	7011	17.1%	17.8%	9594	9833	24.8%	24.9%
Central Bedfordshire	6798	7371	11.1%	11.7%	10722	11193	17.5%	17.8%
Northumberland	10559	10972	20.3%	21.1%	12430	12534	23.9%	24.2%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole	9212	9556	13.9%	14.5%	16494	16091	24.9%	24.4%
Dorset	8458	8992	14.6%	15.5%	13239	13532	22.8%	23.3%
Buckinghamshire	12360	12636	10.9%	11.0%	20286	20159	17.8%	17.5%
North Northamptonshire	13218	13875	18.3%	18.9%	18117	18436	25.1%	25.2%
West Northamptonshire	13550	14307	16.0%	16.8%	19051	19342	22.5%	22.7%
Cumberland	8801	8864	19.1%	19.1%	10875	10600	23.6%	22.9%
Westmorland and Furness	5441	5363	15.9%	15.7%	7051	6675	20.6%	19.6%
North Yorkshire	14192	14753	14.1%	14.7%	19660	19691	19.6%	19.6%
Somerset	16380	17107	16.6%	17.3%	23517	23550	23.9%	23.9%
Cambridge	2488	2540	11.5%	11.6%	3924	3846	18.1%	17.6%
East Cambridgeshire	1767	1876	10.5%	11.0%	2748	2884	16.3%	16.9%
Fenland	4190	4402	23.1%	23.9%	5693	5663	31.4%	30.8%
Huntingdonshire	4024	4095	11.8%	11.8%	6132	6199	17.9%	17.8%
South Cambridgeshire	2757	2942	8.2%	8.6%	4547	4812	13.5%	14.0%
Amber Valley	3975	4096	18.7%	19.0%	4964	5042	23.3%	23.4%
Bolsover	3431	3554	24.1%	24.9%	4145	4183	29.1%	29.3%
Chesterfield	3907	3925	22.1%	22.3%	4762	4652	27.0%	26.4%
Derbyshire Dales	1332	1432	12.8%	14.2%	1727	1779	16.6%	17.6%
Erewash	3454	3523	17.8%	18.4%	4692	4700	24.1%	24.5%
High Peak	2259	2321	14.9%	15.5%	2999	2936	19.8%	19.6%
North East Derbyshire	3161	3328	18.2%	18.8%	3730	3863	21.5%	21.8%
South Derbyshire	3161	3286	14.7%	15.0%	4238	4155	19.7%	19.0%
East Devon	3217	3553	13.2%	14.5%	4955	5157	20.3%	21.0%
Exeter	2869	3180	14.5%	15.9%	4231	4312	21.3%	21.5%
Mid Devon	2248	2322	15.5%	16.0%	3186	3277	22.0%	22.6%
North Devon	3138	3246	18.9%	19.7%	4405	4368	26.6%	26.6%
South Hams	1921	2064	13.6%	14.5%	2751	2843	19.5%	19.9%
Teignbridge	3403	3529	15.8%	16.5%	5020	5123	23.3%	23.9%
Torridge	2298	2418	21.7%	22.9%	3050	3141	28.7%	29.7%
West Devon	1508	1558	17.4%	18.3%	2069	2089	23.9%	24.6%
Eastbourne	2923	3313	17.0%	19.3%	5304	5367	30.9%	31.2%
Hastings	3770	3861	23.4%	24.4%	5657	5608	35.1%	35.4%
Lewes	1919	2113	11.5%	12.7%	3808	3781	22.8%	22.8%
Rother	2389	2509	17.2%	17.8%	3695	3717	26.6%	26.4%
Wealden	3140	3414	11.5%	12.4%	5307	5526	19.4%	20.0%
Basildon	6676	7457	16.7%	18.4%	10406	10759	26.0%	26.5%
Braintree	3989	4405	13.6%	14.7%	6575	6877	22.4%	23.0%
Brentwood	1295	1422	8.7%	9.5%	2004	2123	13.5%	14.2%
Castle Point	2096	2372	13.6%	15.3%	3681	3778	23.9%	24.4%
Chelmsford	3482	3748	9.9%	10.5%	5892	5930	16.7%	16.7%
Colchester	5020	5490	13.2%	14.3%	8256	8545	21.7%	22.3%
Epping Forest	2954	2994	11.6%	11.7%	4948	4784	19.5%	18.8%
Harlow	3988	3950	18.6%	18.1%	6294	6079	29.4%	27.8%
Maldon	1430	1508	12.8%	13.6%	2239	2291	20.1%	20.6%
Rochford	1589	1694	10.1%	10.6%	2703	2776	17.2%	17.4%
Tendring	4822	5360	19.7%	21.6%	8102	8322	33.1%	33.6%
Uttlesford	1458	1538	8.1%	8.5%	2456	2518	13.6%	13.9%
Cheltenham	3024	3039	14.4%	14.4%	4301	4162	20.5%	19.7%
Cotswold	1481	1567	10.1%	10.9%	2473	2529	16.9%	17.5%
Forest of Dean	2657	2758	18.7%	19.1%	3641	3647	25.7%	25.3%
Gloucester	5051	5033	19.3%	19.0%	7112	6969	27.2%	26.3%
Stroud	2641	2753	12.4%	12.9%	3778	3808	17.7%	17.8%
Tewkesbury	2306	2519	12.4%	13.1%	3744	3815	20.1%	19.8%
Basingstoke and Deane	3557	3692	9.8%	10.1%	6287	6307	17.3%	17.2%
East Hampshire	2143	2238	9.5%	10.0%	3647	3700	16.2%	16.5%
Eastleigh	2615	2813	9.7%	10.4%	4875	4999	18.1%	18.5%
Fareham	1693	1797	9.1%	9.7%	2807	2890	15.1%	15.6%
Gosport	2472	2618	16.9%	18.2%	4153	4192	28.4%	29.1%
Hart	1197	1304	6.2%	6.8%	2351	2365	12.2%	12.3%
Havant	4014	4076	18.5%	18.7%	6326	6166	29.1%	28.3%
New Forest	3290	3307	12.4%	12.6%	5606	5359	21.1%	20.4%
Rushmoor	2068	2393	10.6%	12.0%	3883	3998	20.0%	20.0%
Test Valley	2394	2471	9.7%	10.1%	4118	4242	16.7%	17.3%
Winchester	2037	2174	8.5%	8.9%	3536	3742	14.7%	15.3%
Broxbourne	2503	2632	12.4%	12.9%	5004	5020	24.7%	24.6%
Dacorum	3401	3694	10.6%	11.3%	6156	6205	19.1%	19.0%
Hertsmere	2142	2331	9.8%	10.7%	4295	4387	19.7%	20.2%
North Hertfordshire	2581	2739	10.0%	10.6%	4360	4381	16.9%	17.0%
Three Rivers	1485	1615	7.9%	8.7%	2641	2732	14.1%	14.7%
Watford	2790	3063	12.6%	13.6%	5407	5458	24.3%	24.2%
Ashford	4064	4078	14.8%	14.8%	6527	6304	23.8%	22.9%
Canterbury	3959	4029	15.3%	15.4%	6467	6314	25.0%	24.1%
Dartford	3612	3781	13.0%	13.2%	5685	5762	20.5%	20.2%
Dover	4233	4223	20.4%	20.4%	5968	5873	28.8%	28.3%
Gravesham	4156	4364	17.9%	18.4%	6388	6406	27.5%	27.0%
Maidstone	5018	5336	13.8%	14.4%	8165	8364	22.5%	22.5%
Sevenoaks	2477	2413	10.3%	10.1%	3948	3727	16.4%	15.6%
Folkestone and Hythe	3529	3451	19.2%	18.7%	5220	5066	28.4%	27.4%
Swale	5338	5494	17.3%	17.6%	8403	8411	27.3%	27.0%
Thanet	5656	5747	22.3%	22.6%	8988	8871	35.5%	34.8%
Tonbridge and Malling	2961	2839	10.9%	10.4%	4788	4594	17.6%	16.9%
Tunbridge Wells	2314	2387	9.8%	10.0%	3923	3910	16.6%	16.4%
Burnley	7169	7563	36.1%	37.2%	8018	8125	40.4%	39.9%
Chorley	3005	3361	14.1%	15.8%	3989	4174	18.8%	19.6%
Fylde	1992	2197	16.1%	17.7%	2654	2745	21.5%	22.1%
Hyndburn	6166	6387	36.3%	37.0%	6710	6872	39.5%	39.8%
Lancaster	4557	5078	19.4%	21.7%	6090	6265	26.0%	26.7%
Pendle	8537	8603	41.1%	40.6%	9046	9016	43.5%	42.5%
Preston	8532	8719	27.4%	27.0%	9997	9908	32.1%	30.6%
Ribble Valley	1156	1302	10.9%	12.3%	1563	1573	14.7%	14.9%
Rossendale	3069	3304	22.6%	24.1%	3591	3690	26.4%	26.9%
South Ribble	3019	3403	15.2%	17.0%	3883	4086	19.6%	20.4%
West Lancashire	3794	4022	19.2%	20.2%	4704	4784	23.8%	24.1%
Wyre	3035	3381	16.7%	18.7%	4157	4252	22.9%	23.5%
Blaby	2625	2812	13.3%	14.3%	3606	3658	18.2%	18.5%
Charnwood	4958	5278	15.8%	16.7%	6450	6784	20.5%	21.5%
Harborough	1884	1899	10.5%	10.4%	2621	2644	14.5%	14.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth	3082	3206	15.5%	16.0%	4056	4072	20.3%	20.3%
Melton	1416	1590	15.6%	17.4%	1953	2060	21.5%	22.5%
North West Leicestershire	2885	3044	14.8%	15.5%	3828	3879	19.6%	19.7%
Oadby and Wigston	1853	1948	16.4%	16.7%	2459	2467	21.8%	21.1%
Boston	3653	3776	26.8%	27.5%	4801	4833	35.2%	35.2%
East Lindsey	5608	5655	27.0%	27.8%	6968	6843	33.5%	33.6%
Lincoln	4330	4557	25.6%	26.8%	5538	5544	32.7%	32.6%
North Kesteven	2809	3123	13.8%	15.3%	3711	3994	18.3%	19.6%
South Holland	3671	3811	21.7%	22.2%	4798	4773	28.3%	27.8%
South Kesteven	4105	4492	15.9%	17.7%	5635	5763	21.9%	22.7%
West Lindsey	3261	3300	20.0%	20.2%	3994	3952	24.4%	24.2%
Breckland	4501	4683	18.8%	19.5%	6173	6218	25.8%	25.9%
Broadland	2670	2772	12.2%	12.5%	3832	3855	17.5%	17.4%
Great Yarmouth	4860	5137	28.3%	29.9%	6255	6392	36.5%	37.2%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	5102	5141	19.8%	20.1%	6775	6721	26.2%	26.2%
North Norfolk	2899	2985	21.3%	22.2%	4033	3973	29.6%	29.6%
Norwich	6055	6036	26.1%	25.9%	7697	7498	33.2%	32.2%
South Norfolk	3188	3295	12.4%	12.7%	4486	4589	17.4%	17.7%
Ashfield	5776	6118	24.3%	25.6%	6983	7122	29.4%	29.8%
Bassetlaw	5169	5286	24.1%	24.1%	6154	6192	28.7%	28.2%
Broxtowe	3042	3150	16.0%	16.5%	3772	3758	19.8%	19.7%
Gedling	3434	3477	16.4%	16.5%	4531	4460	21.6%	21.2%
Mansfield	5006	5165	23.8%	24.3%	6033	6087	28.7%	28.7%
Newark and Sherwood	4492	4571	20.8%	20.9%	5543	5434	25.6%	24.9%
Rushcliffe	1952	1909	8.6%	8.3%	2633	2606	11.6%	11.3%
Cherwell	3533	3813	11.0%	11.7%	6192	6314	19.3%	19.4%
Oxford	3609	3646	14.1%	14.2%	6073	5891	23.7%	22.9%
South Oxfordshire	2053	2150	7.3%	7.5%	3822	3900	13.5%	13.7%
Vale of White Horse	2386	2750	8.3%	9.4%	4411	4673	15.4%	16.0%
West Oxfordshire	1850	1897	8.7%	8.8%	3511	3488	16.5%	16.2%
Cannock Chase	3914	4274	21.3%	23.3%	5081	5320	27.7%	29.0%
East Staffordshire	5960	5957	24.2%	23.8%	7310	7164	29.6%	28.6%
Lichfield	2499	2600	13.5%	13.9%	3403	3526	18.3%	18.9%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	4186	4328	20.4%	21.0%	5119	5104	24.9%	24.8%
South Staffordshire	2960	3005	16.6%	16.8%	3699	3788	20.7%	21.2%
Stafford	3749	3825	15.9%	16.1%	4778	4900	20.2%	20.6%
Staffordshire Moorlands	2404	2480	16.0%	16.7%	2963	2979	19.7%	20.1%
Tamworth	2929	3052	19.1%	20.1%	4004	4086	26.2%	26.9%
Babergh	2281	2474	14.8%	16.0%	3426	3587	22.2%	23.2%
Ipswich	7000	7229	24.9%	25.4%	9387	9325	33.4%	32.8%
Mid Suffolk	2228	2323	12.8%	13.2%	3345	3296	19.2%	18.8%
Elmbridge	1609	1683	5.4%	5.6%	3379	3352	11.2%	11.3%
Epsom and Ewell	999	1107	5.9%	6.6%	2109	2115	12.5%	12.6%
Guildford	1919	2100	7.5%	8.1%	3560	3654	13.9%	14.2%
Mole Valley	1096	1230	7.2%	8.1%	2005	2121	13.1%	13.9%
Reigate and Banstead	2392	2650	7.6%	8.4%	4677	4601	14.9%	14.5%
Runnymede	1437	1689	9.1%	10.5%	2707	2964	17.1%	18.4%
Spelthorne	2087	2305	10.4%	11.2%	4081	4209	20.3%	20.4%
Surrey Heath	1374	1430	8.0%	8.3%	2426	2385	14.1%	13.8%
Tandridge	1522	1643	8.7%	9.6%	2686	2749	15.4%	16.0%
Waverley	1538	1624	6.0%	6.4%	2790	2832	10.9%	11.1%
Woking	2091	2290	10.0%	11.0%	3830	3840	18.4%	18.4%
North Warwickshire	2002	2190	17.4%	18.8%	2717	2901	23.6%	24.9%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	5099	5500	18.9%	19.9%	6827	7029	25.4%	25.4%
Rugby	2860	3251	12.1%	13.3%	4244	4407	17.9%	18.1%
Stratford-on-Avon	2586	2766	11.0%	11.6%	4062	4237	17.2%	17.7%
Warwick	2399	2619	9.0%	9.6%	3750	4001	14.1%	14.7%
Adur	1488	1556	12.8%	13.6%	2505	2448	21.6%	21.3%
Arun	3887	4178	15.1%	16.2%	6788	7057	26.4%	27.3%
Chichester	2420	2672	12.2%	13.3%	4341	4610	21.8%	23.0%
Crawley	4539	4947	17.2%	18.8%	7668	7770	29.1%	29.5%
Horsham	2258	2362	8.4%	8.7%	4092	4191	15.2%	15.4%
Mid Sussex	2088	2358	6.8%	7.5%	4185	4434	13.6%	14.2%
Worthing	2307	2533	12.4%	13.6%	4213	4174	22.6%	22.5%
Bromsgrove	1989	2109	10.8%	11.5%	2653	2796	14.5%	15.3%
Malvern Hills	1772	1979	14.0%	15.6%	2528	2686	20.0%	21.2%
Redditch	3447	3659	20.6%	21.9%	4459	4528	26.7%	27.1%
Worcester	3584	3818	19.6%	20.7%	4746	4872	26.0%	26.5%
Wychavon	3252	3573	14.4%	15.9%	4791	5039	21.3%	22.4%
Wyre Forest	3473	3845	20.6%	22.8%	4591	4853	27.2%	28.7%
St Albans	2257	2344	7.0%	7.3%	3802	3757	11.8%	11.8%
Welwyn Hatfield	2684	2770	11.6%	12.1%	4585	4583	19.9%	20.0%
East Hertfordshire	2164	2303	7.3%	7.6%	4123	4258	13.8%	14.1%
Stevenage	2890	3166	15.7%	17.1%	4498	4661	24.4%	25.1%
East Suffolk	7462	7666	19.2%	19.9%	10299	10211	26.4%	26.5%
West Suffolk	4273	4555	12.7%	13.3%	6576	6834	19.5%	19.9%
Bolton	22536	22307	34.2%	33.2%	25179	24603	38.2%	36.7%
Bury	10177	10075	25.9%	25.5%	11955	11732	30.4%	29.7%
Manchester	42612	41483	36.7%	35.5%	51150	49408	44.0%	42.3%
Oldham	21960	21649	39.2%	38.2%	24406	23669	43.6%	41.8%
Rochdale	16590	16494	32.9%	32.0%	19275	19021	38.2%	36.9%
Salford	14457	14460	25.9%	25.4%	19125	19185	34.3%	33.6%
Stockport	8889	8901	15.5%	15.5%	11696	11288	20.4%	19.6%
Tameside	12439	12651	26.8%	27.0%	15244	15194	32.8%	32.5%
Trafford	6216	6173	12.4%	12.3%	8185	7939	16.4%	15.8%
Wigan	13119	13638	20.9%	21.4%	15519	15816	24.7%	24.9%
Knowsley	7712	7911	24.4%	24.5%	9590	9607	30.3%	29.8%
Liverpool	24927	25849	29.0%	29.6%	29495	29864	34.3%	34.2%
St. Helens	6751	7141	20.4%	21.5%	8590	8720	26.0%	26.3%
Sefton	9045	9554	18.8%	19.8%	11919	12002	24.8%	24.8%
Wirral	11143	11642	19.1%	20.0%	14766	14673	25.3%	25.2%
Barnsley	12249	12969	26.9%	28.2%	14002	14507	30.7%	31.5%
Doncaster	17866	18798	30.0%	31.0%	20573	21010	34.6%	34.7%
Rotherham	13777	14386	26.5%	27.3%	15935	16133	30.7%	30.6%
Sheffield	28279	29422	27.5%	28.5%	31704	32584	30.8%	31.6%
Newcastle upon Tyne	14728	14555	27.3%	26.7%	17353	16860	32.2%	30.9%
North Tyneside	6824	7155	18.2%	19.2%	8478	8548	22.6%	22.9%
South Tyneside	7003	7146	26.0%	26.5%	8066	7990	29.9%	29.6%
Sunderland	12329	12822	24.8%	25.7%	14796	14840	29.8%	29.7%
Birmingham	98653	102507	38.3%	39.5%	114234	115183	44.4%	44.4%
Coventry	18232	18981	25.2%	25.5%	23583	24000	32.6%	32.2%
Dudley	16773	17699	26.9%	28.0%	19586	20448	31.4%	32.3%
Sandwell	26472	27977	34.1%	35.5%	30658	31642	39.5%	40.2%
Solihull	6168	6617	14.3%	15.2%	8609	8714	19.9%	20.1%
Walsall	20384	20898	32.4%	32.8%	24100	24405	38.3%	38.3%
Wolverhampton	19020	19932	32.3%	32.9%	22348	22925	37.9%	37.8%
Bradford	50858	49390	40.6%	39.3%	54791	52565	43.8%	41.8%
Calderdale	10813	10787	27.1%	27.1%	12843	12346	32.2%	31.1%
Kirklees	26768	26703	30.4%	30.3%	29532	28964	33.6%	32.9%
Leeds	39472	39240	25.4%	25.0%	47707	46536	30.6%	29.6%
Wakefield	15851	15828	23.3%	23.0%	19380	18899	28.5%	27.5%
Gateshead	8318	8553	23.6%	24.0%	10042	10046	28.4%	28.2%
City of London	54	49	6.6%	6.9%	95	107	11.6%	15.0%
Barking and Dagenham	12848	13528	22.3%	23.0%	23726	23125	41.1%	39.2%
Barnet	8903	9318	10.8%	11.2%	23287	22657	28.2%	27.2%
Bexley	6089	5928	11.8%	11.4%	11308	10558	21.9%	20.3%
Brent	10819	12240	16.4%	18.5%	28019	28055	42.6%	42.3%
Bromley	5311	5319	8.2%	8.2%	10543	9976	16.2%	15.3%
Camden	5357	5086	16.8%	16.4%	9252	8464	29.0%	27.3%
Croydon	12541	13600	15.3%	16.4%	25689	25140	31.3%	30.3%
Ealing	10095	11374	13.9%	15.7%	24953	24652	34.4%	33.9%
Enfield	10064	10698	14.1%	15.2%	29561	28268	41.5%	40.1%
Greenwich	10474	10008	17.9%	17.2%	17872	16958	30.5%	29.2%
Hackney	10264	10216	21.1%	21.2%	24168	24148	49.7%	50.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham	3464	3677	12.2%	12.9%	7010	6904	24.6%	24.2%
Haringey	7678	7839	16.1%	16.5%	18730	18111	39.3%	38.2%
Harrow	6969	7487	13.1%	14.0%	16189	15674	30.5%	29.3%
Havering	7001	7483	12.7%	13.2%	13518	13379	24.5%	23.5%
Hillingdon	9321	10125	14.0%	15.1%	18762	18536	28.2%	27.6%
Hounslow	9196	9843	15.3%	16.5%	19193	19296	32.0%	32.3%
Islington	5951	6144	18.4%	19.4%	11051	10571	34.2%	33.4%
Kensington and Chelsea	1609	1609	7.9%	8.0%	3384	3236	16.6%	16.1%
Kingston upon Thames	2531	2637	7.7%	8.0%	5901	5803	18.0%	17.7%
Lambeth	7732	7681	16.7%	17.0%	14755	13969	31.8%	30.9%
Lewisham	8382	8594	15.0%	15.5%	17120	16353	30.6%	29.6%
Merton	4808	4841	11.4%	11.6%	9759	9344	23.1%	22.3%
Newham	16909	17282	22.4%	23.0%	35772	33712	47.3%	44.9%
Redbridge	11011	11515	16.0%	16.6%	22237	21190	32.2%	30.5%
Richmond upon Thames	1806	2015	4.6%	5.2%	4190	4133	10.6%	10.6%
Southwark	8986	9031	18.0%	18.4%	15831	15216	31.6%	31.0%
Sutton	4433	4695	9.9%	10.4%	9107	8902	20.3%	19.7%
Tower Hamlets	14708	14969	26.0%	26.7%	29684	28234	52.4%	50.3%
Waltham Forest	10236	10198	18.2%	18.2%	18973	18054	33.7%	32.2%
Wandsworth	6409	6671	12.1%	12.6%	12951	12573	24.4%	23.8%
Westminster	3278	3338	12.3%	12.7%	7346	6903	27.6%	26.3%
Antrim and Newtownabbey	4767	4673	16.4%	16.2%	5354	5036	18.4%	17.5%
Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon	9420	9601	19.5%	20.1%	10678	10535	22.1%	22.1%
Belfast	14313	13592	21.5%	20.7%	16193	14571	24.3%	22.1%
Causeway Coast and Glens	5583	5548	20.4%	20.6%	6293	6066	23.0%	22.5%
Derry City and Strabane	6501	6543	20.4%	20.7%	7628	7266	24.0%	23.0%
Fermanagh and Omagh	4847	5082	19.7%	20.7%	5218	5288	21.2%	21.6%
Lisburn and Castlereagh	3850	3907	12.7%	12.9%	4440	4249	14.6%	14.1%
Mid and East Antrim	4686	4724	18.2%	18.5%	5406	5157	21.0%	20.2%
Mid Ulster	6241	6584	17.9%	19.0%	7008	6954	20.1%	20.0%
Newry Mourne and Down	8504	8155	21.2%	20.5%	9552	8803	23.8%	22.2%
Ards and North Down	4356	4454	14.8%	15.3%	5131	4921	17.5%	16.9%
Clackmannanshire	1311	1268	15.0%	14.7%	1548	1464	17.7%	17.0%
Dumfries and Galloway	3113	3076	14.2%	14.2%	3910	3751	17.9%	17.4%
East Ayrshire	2871	2946	14.2%	14.5%	3497	3387	17.2%	16.7%
East Lothian	1748	1878	8.6%	9.3%	2402	2470	11.9%	12.2%
East Renfrewshire	1463	1476	7.4%	7.4%	1793	1696	9.1%	8.5%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	386	421	10.0%	11.1%	467	490	12.1%	12.9%
Falkirk	3316	3389	12.4%	12.7%	3847	3714	14.3%	13.9%
Highland	4125	4414	11.1%	12.0%	5107	5211	13.8%	14.2%
Inverclyde	1526	1464	12.6%	12.0%	1918	1876	15.8%	15.4%
Midlothian	1741	1878	9.4%	10.0%	2350	2379	12.7%	12.7%
Moray	1967	2016	12.7%	13.1%	2315	2326	14.9%	15.1%
North Ayrshire	3161	3220	15.0%	15.4%	3826	3761	18.1%	18.0%
Orkney Islands	317	380	9.1%	11.0%	371	420	10.7%	12.2%
Scottish Borders	2038	1907	11.4%	10.8%	2722	2660	15.2%	15.0%
Shetland Islands	294	308	7.2%	7.7%	386	372	9.5%	9.3%
South Ayrshire	2216	2222	13.2%	13.3%	2669	2498	15.9%	15.0%
South Lanarkshire	6365	6463	11.4%	11.5%	7455	7197	13.3%	12.8%
Stirling	1434	1433	9.8%	9.8%	1652	1602	11.2%	10.9%
Aberdeen City	3315	3396	8.9%	9.0%	4447	4471	11.9%	11.9%
Aberdeenshire	3514	3605	7.3%	7.6%	4809	4773	10.0%	10.0%
Argyll and Bute	1329	1272	10.7%	10.4%	1797	1673	14.5%	13.7%
City of Edinburgh	6686	6652	8.8%	8.7%	10455	9961	13.7%	13.1%
Renfrewshire	3343	3304	11.0%	10.8%	4237	3900	13.9%	12.7%
West Dunbartonshire	2005	1870	13.4%	12.6%	2456	2265	16.4%	15.2%
West Lothian	3957	4114	11.6%	12.0%	4959	4736	14.5%	13.8%
Angus	2344	2363	12.9%	13.2%	2921	2881	16.1%	16.1%
Dundee City	3242	3279	13.4%	13.6%	4271	4106	17.7%	17.0%
East Dunbartonshire	1220	1204	6.3%	6.2%	1574	1520	8.1%	7.8%
Fife	8173	8455	13.3%	13.9%	9943	9880	16.2%	16.2%
Perth and Kinross	2407	2674	10.0%	11.2%	3022	3188	12.6%	13.3%
Glasgow City	19621	19565	20.1%	19.8%	24025	23016	24.6%	23.3%
North Lanarkshire	8340	8025	13.9%	13.4%	9554	8849	15.9%	14.8%
Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn	2529	2749	21.9%	24.1%	3129	3327	27.1%	29.2%
Gwynedd / Gwynedd	3850	4348	20.0%	22.9%	4824	5065	25.1%	26.7%
Conwy / Conwy	3776	4031	20.9%	22.6%	4883	5077	27.0%	28.4%
Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych	3797	4008	22.3%	23.5%	4756	4958	27.9%	29.1%
Flintshire / Sir y Fflint	4804	5123	17.7%	19.1%	6278	6506	23.1%	24.2%
Wrexham / Wrecsam	4759	5032	19.2%	20.4%	6350	6545	25.7%	26.5%
Ceredigion / Ceredigion	2261	2395	22.5%	23.8%	2790	2809	27.7%	27.9%
Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro	4765	4763	23.1%	23.3%	5904	5674	28.6%	27.7%
Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin	6847	6802	21.2%	21.4%	8137	7962	25.2%	25.0%
Swansea / Abertawe	7972	8238	19.0%	19.6%	10218	10269	24.3%	24.4%
Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot	5230	5276	21.1%	21.6%	6375	6287	25.8%	25.7%
Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr	5068	5100	19.8%	20.1%	6597	6417	25.7%	25.3%
Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg	3794	3765	15.3%	15.3%	5224	5030	21.0%	20.5%
Cardiff / Caerdydd	13667	13115	20.3%	19.6%	19003	17961	28.3%	26.8%
Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf	10117	9975	23.3%	23.2%	11816	11434	27.2%	26.6%
Caerphilly / Caerffili	6872	7151	21.5%	22.7%	8439	8436	26.4%	26.8%
Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent	3301	3335	27.7%	28.0%	3830	3815	32.1%	32.0%
Torfaen / Tor-faen	3753	3865	21.9%	22.5%	4921	4794	28.7%	27.9%
Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy	1882	1933	12.6%	13.0%	2670	2641	17.8%	17.8%
Newport / Casnewydd	7829	7818	23.3%	23.0%	9772	9615	29.1%	28.3%
Powys / Powys	3952	4278	19.2%	21.0%	4835	5065	23.5%	24.9%
Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful	2651	2688	23.8%	24.2%	3220	3153	28.9%	28.4%

What does relative low income mean?

Relative low income is a measure of poverty based on household income compared with the UK average. Children are considered to be living in relative low income when their family's equivalised income falls below 60% of the national median income. Equivalisation adjusts income to account for differences in household size and composition.

Before and After Housing Costs

The statistics use two measures of relative low income:

Before Housing Costs (BHC): Measures family income before deducting housing costs, such as rent and mortgage interest payments.
After Housing Costs (AHC): Measures family income after deducting housing costs, providing a different perspective on the financial resources available to families.

Comparing these measures helps illustrate the importance of housing costs when assessing child poverty across different parts of the UK, particularly in areas where housing is expensive.

Understanding the Statistics

The figures cover children aged under 16 (0 to 15 years) and are presented for the financial years ending (FYE) March 2024 and March 2025.

The number of children indicates the estimated total living in relative low-income families, while the percentage represents their proportion of the local population aged under 16. Percentages are particularly useful when comparing local authorities with different population sizes.

These statistics are estimates based on administrative data and are calibrated to national income survey estimates. Small differences between local authorities or changes between years should therefore be interpreted with care.

Data Source and Methodology

Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Children in low income families: local area statistics 2022 to 2025, published on 26 March 2026.

Further information about the definitions, data sources and statistical methods is available in the DWP's Background Information and Methodology.

The program that generated this page was last updated on 10 November 2026