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Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2023

Annual statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families..

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This release has replaced 顿奥笔鈥檚 Children in out-of-work benefit households and 贬惭搁颁鈥檚 Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure releases.

For both Relative and Absolute measures, Before Housing Costs, these annual statistics include counts of children by:

  • geography, including by:
    • local authority
    • Westminster parliamentary constituency
    • Ward
    • Middle Super Output Area
  • year (2014 to 2023)
  • age of child
  • gender of child
  • family type
  • work status of the family

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Published 21 March 2024

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