Pensioners’ Incomes Series: financial year 2017 to 2018
Estimates and interpretation of trends in the level and sources of pensioners’ incomes for financial years 1994/95 to 2017/18.
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This report examines how much income pensioners get each week and where they get that income from. It looks at how their incomes have changed over time and variations in income between different types of pensioners.
We’ve also published data tables in open document spreadsheet (ODS) format and a background information and methodology report.
Data on Stat-Xplore
UK-level Pensioners’ Incomes (PI) Series data is available from 1994/95 to 2017/18 on the Stat-Xplore online tool. You can use Stat-Xplore to create your own PI analysis. The PI information is available at family (benefit unit) level.
Note that regional and ethnicity analysis are not available on Stat-Xplore because multiple-year averages cannot currently be produced. This information is available in the PI data tables published on this page.
Read the user guide to PI data on Stat-Xplore.
We are seeking feedback from users on this development release of PI data on Stat-Xplore – email pensioners-incomes@dwp.gov.uk with your comments.
Updates to this page
Last updated 7 April 2020 + show all updates
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Published a revised version of the PDF release. A figure has been corrected on page 1 as a wrong year was referred to in the figures. In the second main story (on page 1), the sentence “In 2017/18, 67 per cent of pensioners received income from private pensions. In 1994/95, this was 62 per cent.” now reads “In 2017/18, 67 per cent of pensioners received income from private pensions. In 1994/95, this was 59 per cent.” No other changes to the data in this publication, or supporting tables have been made.
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Note added about Pensioners’ Incomes Series data on the Stat-Xplore online tool.
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Corrected figures in tables 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4 of the data tables and the corresponding figures and chart on page 9 of 'Pensioners' incomes series: An analysis of trends in pensioner incomes: 1994/95 to 2017/18'.
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Published a revised version of the ‘Pensioners' incomes series: An analysis of trends in pensioner incomes: 1994/95 to 2017/18 report’. A sentence on page 10 has been revised: 'The increase occurred between 1994/95 and 2009/10, when 50 per cent of pensioner couples were in the top half' now reads 'The increase occurred between 1994/95 and 2009/10, when 50 per cent of pensioners were in the top half'. No changes to the data in the publication have been made.
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