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Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2024

Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households for the financial years ending 1995 to 2024.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), released 27 March 2025, 188体育 website, statistical release,聽Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2024.

This Households Below Average Income (HBAI) report presents information on living standards in the United Kingdom year on year from financial year ending (FYE) 1995 to聽FYE听2024.

It provides estimates on the number and percentage of people living in low-income households based on their household disposable income. Figures are also provided for children, pensioners, working-age adults and individuals living in a family where someone is disabled.

Use our聽infographic to find out how low income is measured in聽HBAI.

The statistics in this report come from the聽Family Resources Survey, a representative survey of just under 17,000 households in the UK.

Data tables

Summary data tables are available on this page, with more detailed analysis available to download as a Zip file.

The directory of tables is a guide to the information in the data tables Zip file.

HBAI聽data on Stat-Xplore

HBAI聽data is available from聽FYE聽1995 to聽FYE聽2024 on the聽. You can use Stat-Xplore to create your own聽HBAI聽analysis. Please note that data for聽FYE聽2021 is not available on Stat-Xplore.

HBAI聽information is available at an individual level, and uses the net, weekly income of their household. Breakdowns allow analysis of individual, family (benefit unit) and household characteristics of the individual.

Read the聽user guide to聽HBAI聽data on Stat-Xplore.

We are seeking feedback from users on聽the聽HBAI聽data in Stat-Xplore: email聽[email protected]聽with your comments.

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Published 27 March 2025

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