Child Poverty in South EastLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Child Poverty
Creator: Department for Work and Pensions
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

All 64 local authorities in South East, ranked by children in low-income families. Data: Department for Work and Pensions (2022 to 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Children in low-income families
1	Hastings	24.4%
2	Isle of Wight	23.5%
3	Thanet	22.6%
4	Southampton	21.8%
5	Portsmouth	20.7%
6	Dover	20.4%
7	Eastbourne	19.3%
8	Slough	19.3%
9	Crawley	18.8%
10	Folkestone and Hythe	18.7%
11	Havant	18.7%
12	Gravesham	18.4%
13	Gosport	18.2%
14	Rother	17.8%
15	Swale	17.6%
16	Medway	17.4%
17	Arun	16.2%
18	Canterbury	15.4%
19	Milton Keynes	15.3%
20	Reading	14.9%
21	Ashford	14.8%
22	Maidstone	14.4%
23	Oxford	14.2%
24	Brighton and Hove	13.8%
25	Worthing	13.6%
26	Adur	13.6%
27	Chichester	13.3%
28	Dartford	13.2%
29	Lewes	12.7%
30	New Forest	12.6%
31	Wealden	12.4%
32	Rushmoor	12.0%
33	Cherwell	11.7%
34	Spelthorne	11.2%
35	Woking	11.0%
36	Buckinghamshire	11.0%
37	Runnymede	10.5%
38	Tonbridge and Malling	10.4%
39	Eastleigh	10.4%
40	Basingstoke and Deane	10.1%
41	Test Valley	10.1%
42	Sevenoaks	10.1%
43	East Hampshire	10.0%
44	Tunbridge Wells	10.0%
45	Fareham	9.7%
46	Tandridge	9.6%
47	West Berkshire	9.6%
48	Vale of White Horse	9.4%
49	Winchester	8.9%
50	West Oxfordshire	8.8%
51	Horsham	8.7%
52	Bracknell Forest	8.5%
53	Reigate and Banstead	8.4%
54	Surrey Heath	8.3%
55	Guildford	8.1%
56	Mole Valley	8.1%
57	Windsor and Maidenhead	7.7%
58	South Oxfordshire	7.5%
59	Mid Sussex	7.5%
60	Hart	6.8%
61	Epsom and Ewell	6.6%
62	Wokingham	6.4%
63	Waverley	6.4%
64	Elmbridge	5.6%