Low Income
Low income is a key driver of a range of negative outcomes and can be defined in different ways. Relative poverty (after housing costs) is a useful headline measure, looking at the number of individuals living in households with incomes below 60% of UK median income. Statistics on absolute poverty (which looks at whether households’ living standards are changing over time) and persistent poverty (where households live in poverty for 3 years out of 4) are also available.
Available indicators include:
- those contained within SIMD for income and employment – these components of SIMD are listed separately and can be downloaded and analysed at a data-zone level.
- individual and household income
See links below for more details
| Categories | Possible indicators | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Low Income | SIMD components for Income and Employment | SIMD indicators for Income and Employment |
| Percentage employees earning less than the living wage | Observatory >Economy > Income & Earning | |
| Number of benefit claimants by intermediate zone | Observatory >Economy > Income & Earning | |
| Paycheck Disposable Income | Atlas p48 | |
| Incomes below 60% UK median | ||
| Households by income decile / council tax bands | ||
| Number of children living in relative low income households by age | Observatory >Economy >Deprivation & Poverty |