Official Statistics

Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021

Annual Official Statistics on the number of children living in low income families across the UK for financial years ending 2015 to 2021.

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Tables: Children in low income families: local area statistics: 2014 to 2021

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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 – including by:

    • local authority
    • Westminster parliamentary constituency
    • ward
    • Middle Super Output Area
  • year (2014 to 2021)
  • 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 31 March 2022

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