Children in low income families, UK nations and regions
The share of children under 16 living in relative low income families after housing costs, in the United Kingdom, its four nations and the regions of England, for the latest financial year.
United Kingdom
25.96%
2024/25 · provisional
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTCSource: Department for Work and Pensions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
13 rows
| Category | Children in relative low income |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 25.96% |
| North East | 28.94% |
| North West | 29.15% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 30.75% |
| East Midlands | 26.52% |
| West Midlands | 32.24% |
| East of England | 23.38% |
| London | 30.75% |
| South East | 20.82% |
| South West | 23.07% |
| Wales | 26.14% |
| Scotland | 14.77% |
| Northern Ireland | 20.50% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 30 October 2026, 11:41 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2022-to-2025SHA-256 0a12e0c7a621d088a2ff43979085bcfbf281be145aa6af4529674293e5b1d616 · 20,367 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69b809619d8b52961a62b49a/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2022-2025.odsSHA-256 7827ea630763c04363451283f83536337f0270371aacf2b730a52757ccd04a09 · 3,243,595 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC; 13 of 13 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Work and Pensions; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:41:45Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 13 of 13 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 13 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 13 of 13 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2024/25 ended 578 days before retrieval (limit 800), from Children in Low Income Families: local area statistics, United Kingdom, financial years ending (FYE) 2022 to 2025 |
| Pass | Nations and regions add up to the UK | the 12 nations and regions (12 areas) sum to 3,269,332 children in 2024/25, -7 on the UK's 3,269,339 (limit one in ten thousand) |
| Pass | Local authorities add up to the UK | the local authorities (361 areas) sum to 3,269,342 children in 2024/25, +3 on the UK's 3,269,339 (limit one in ten thousand) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Relative low income: household income below 60% of that year's median, after housing costs. DWP calibrates these local figures to the UK total from its Households Below Average Income survey, and marks them provisional.
- Shares are of all children aged 0 to 15 in each area, from ONS mid-year population estimates.