Official Statistics

Rural poverty statistics

Poverty levels in rural and urban areas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 31 January 2013
• Last updated: 29 August 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Rural poverty - to 2017/18

PDF, 397 KB, 6 pages

Rural poverty - to 2016/17

PDF, 392 KB, 5 pages

Rural poverty - to 2014/15

PDF, 581 KB, 5 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Rural poverty - to 2012/13

PDF, 964 KB, 15 pages

Details

Households below average income (HBAI) figures are presented for rural and urban areas for the percentage living in relative and absolute low income, both before and after housing costs.

Metadata

Indicators:

• proportion of households in low income
• proportion of working-age people (aged between 16 and 64) in low income
• proportion of children in low income
• proportion of pensioners in in low income

(For these statistics, individuals are said to be in relative low income if they live in a household with an income below 60 per cent of median income (the income earned by the household in the middle of the distribution in a given year). Individuals are said to be in absolute low income if they live in a household with an income below a threshold of median income (60 per cent in this case) in a specific year adjusted for inflation).

Data source: Department for Work and Pensions

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: TBC

Additional information:

• HBAI statistics

Defra statistics: rural

Email rural.statistics@defra.gov.uk

You can also contact us via Twitter: https://twitter.com/DefraStats

Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 29 August 2019 + show all updates

1. 29 August 2019

   Published today, latest statistics on poverty in rural areas.

2. 28 June 2018

   Published today, latest statistics on poverty in rural areas.

3. 6 March 2017

   Published today, latest data available on rural poverty.

4. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

5. 21 May 2015

   Latest rural poverty statistics released.

6. 4 February 2014

   Latest rural poverty statistics released today.

7. 31 January 2013

   First published.