This page provides constituency-level data on child poverty in the UK. It also shows the latest data for small areas within each constituency.
These figures were published by the HMRC and DWP for the first time in March 2020 and updated in March 2024.
The DWP advises using additional caution when comparing data for 2020/21 and 2021/22 with other years and comparing across constituencies, as data collection during coronavirus lockdowns affected data reliability.
Relative poverty: households with income below 60% of the median (middle) household income. This can be seen as a measure of inequality between low- and middle-income households.
Absolute poverty: households with income below 60% of (inflation-adjusted) median income in 2010/11. This is often used to look at how living standards of low-income households are changing over time.
In these statistics, income is measured before housing costs are taken into account. The median is the point where half of household incomes are higher and half lower.
Library briefing paper Poverty in the UK: statistics provides more information and statistics at the national and regional level.
Single constituency
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Compare constituencies
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Methodology
HMRC and DWP published these experimental child poverty statistics for the first time in March 2020.
These statistics are calibrated to the regional Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics. HBAI data for 2020/21 and 2021/22 was collected during coronavirus lockdowns so are less reliable than usual. A full assessment of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on these statistics is available in the technical reports. The DWP advises using additional caution when comparing data for 2020/21 and 2021/22 with other years and comparing across constituencies.
A family must have claimed one or more of Universal Credit, Tax Credits or Housing Benefit at some point in the year to be classes as low income in these statistics.
Income is adjusted to account for differences in size and composition in households.
End Child Poverty, a campaign to end child poverty in the UK, provides constituency level data for relative child poverty after housing costs. End Child Poverty uses different methodology to the HMRC and DWP, so these datasets are not comparable.
Data updates
Poverty data is usually updated by the DWP in March of each year.
Sources
HM Revenue & Customs and Department for Work & Pensions, Children in low income families: local area statistics.