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Children in Low Income Families

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Annual statistics on the number and proportion (%) of children living in low income families both before and after housing costs.

The tables show numbers and percentages for children aged under 16 living in Relative low income families, by local authority. These tables contains Official Statistics on the number of children living in Relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC) and Relative and Absolute low income families Before Housing Costs (BHC.) Figures are calibrated to the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) UK total of children living in low income households.

Please note- The DWP carried out a consultation in 2025 for a new statistical series which affected this dataset. The new data series was published in 2026 which covered data 2024 onwards, and they will not re-publish data prior to this.

This page has the previous, pre-2022 data file - identified by the [Archived] note, alongside the new data series. Due to changes, the two data files will not be like for like for comparison purposes. 2023 data was not available.

Description for Archived pre-2022 data: This dataset shows official annual experimental statistics for numbers and percentages of Children age under 16 living in Relative and Absolute low income families, by Local Authority District and Ward.

Percentages are calculated by dividing the number of children age 0-15 living in low income families by resident children age 0-15 from mid-year population estimates. The latest data is marked P for Provisional and is subject to future revision.

Data source: Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs. Updates are according to government statistics releases. For more information about this data and its methodology, please see the Source link.

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Children in Low Income Families

This dataset provides official statistics of children living in relative low income families before and after housing costs by District Area. This is provided as both a Figure and a Percentage. Lincolnshire geography is not included in this dataset. Rates have been derived by dividing the number of children aged 0 to 15 in low income families by the number of all children aged 0-15 (sourced from latest available mid-year population estimates). For England and Wales, mid-2024 population estimates for country, local authority, Westminster parliamentary constituency and ward have been used to derive child poverty rates for FYE 2025. Percentages are shown for children aged under 16 due to the complexity in identifying 16 to 19 year olds defined as child dependents in the population estimates. Figures within these tables are provisional and may be subject to revision in subsequent releases so should be used with care.

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Metadata for Children in Low Income Families dataset. This file contains Metadata (information about a dataset). It shows the schema for dataset fields and their contents. This file should be used along with the dataset, to aid correct interpretation of the data.

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Data source: Children in Low Income Families - local area statistics (DWP)

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Children in Low Income Families [Archived] (Prior to 2022)

Dataset for Children living in Low Income Families. This data series has been archived and replaced with a new data series covering 2024 onwards with a new publication therefore methodology, geography and metrics will not be comparable for analysis. Note: For 2023 data, Percentage of Children in Relative Low Incomes Families and Percentage of Children in Absolute Low Income Families is not available.

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Official Statistics: Children in low income families: local area statistics, financial year ending 2025

Official Statistics from DWP. This bulletin contains Official Statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families, After Housing Costs (AHC) and Before Housing Costs (BHC), across the United Kingdom by local area for the financial year ending (FYE) 2025. This is an annual release and the next release will be in Spring 2027.

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Lincolnshire Health Intelligence Hub

Additional Resource: Key documents and information on the Health and Wellbeing of Lincolnshire’s population. Its resources include the Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

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