Official Statistics

Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2020

Annual Official Statistics on the number of children living in low income families across the UK for financial years ending (FYE) 2015 to 2020.

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Tables: Children in low income families: local area statistics FYE 2015 to FYE 2020

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Details

The latest release of these statistics can be found in the Children in low income families: local area statistics collection.

For both Relative and Absolute measures, Before housing costs, these annual statistics include counts of children by:

  • Geography:
    • local authority
    • Westminster parliamentary constituency
    • Ward
    • Middle Super Output Area
  • Year (2014 to 2020)
  • Age of child
  • Gender of child
  • Family type
  • Work status of the family

More detailed breakdowns of the statistics can be found on Stat-Xplore.

For more information, read the background information and methodology.

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Updates to this page

Published 25 March 2021

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