Child Poverty in the United KingdomLocal Authorities Ranked

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

19.3% of children in the United Kingdom live in relative low-income families, before housing costs (2025).

All 361 local authorities in the United Kingdom, 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	Pendle	40.6%
2	Birmingham	39.5%
3	Bradford	39.3%
4	Oldham	38.2%
5	Burnley	37.2%
6	Hyndburn	37.0%
7	Blackburn with Darwen	36.2%
8	Sandwell	35.5%
9	Manchester	35.5%
10	Stoke-on-Trent	35.0%
11	Leicester	34.5%
12	Middlesbrough	34.4%
13	Nottingham	33.7%
14	Bolton	33.2%
15	Kingston upon Hull	33.2%
16	Wolverhampton	32.9%
17	Walsall	32.8%
18	Rochdale	32.0%
19	Luton	31.7%
20	Doncaster	31.0%
21	North East Lincolnshire	30.8%
22	Blackpool	30.5%
23	Kirklees	30.3%
24	Great Yarmouth	29.9%
25	Liverpool	29.6%
26	Sheffield	28.5%
27	Barnsley	28.2%
28	Dudley	28.0%
29	Blaenau Gwent	28.0%
30	Derby	27.9%
31	East Lindsey	27.8%
32	Peterborough	27.6%
33	Boston	27.5%
34	Rotherham	27.3%
35	Hartlepool	27.2%
36	Calderdale	27.1%
37	Tameside	27.0%
38	Preston	27.0%
39	Lincoln	26.8%
40	Tower Hamlets	26.7%
41	Newcastle upon Tyne	26.7%
42	South Tyneside	26.5%
43	Redcar and Cleveland	26.2%
44	County Durham	26.0%
45	Norwich	25.9%
46	Sunderland	25.7%
47	Ashfield	25.6%
48	North Lincolnshire	25.5%
49	Coventry	25.5%
50	Bury	25.5%
51	Ipswich	25.4%
52	Salford	25.4%
53	Leeds	25.0%
54	Bolsover	24.9%
55	Telford and Wrekin	24.8%
56	Darlington	24.8%
57	Knowsley	24.5%
58	Hastings	24.4%
59	Mansfield	24.3%
60	Merthyr Tydfil	24.2%
61	Isle of Anglesey	24.1%
62	Rossendale	24.1%
63	Bassetlaw	24.1%
64	Gateshead	24.0%
65	Fenland	23.9%
66	Ceredigion	23.8%
67	East Staffordshire	23.8%
68	Denbighshire	23.5%
69	Isle of Wight	23.5%
70	Pembrokeshire	23.3%
71	Cannock Chase	23.3%
72	Rhondda Cynon Taf	23.2%
73	Halton	23.0%
74	Newport	23.0%
75	Wakefield	23.0%
76	Newham	23.0%
77	Barking and Dagenham	23.0%
78	Gwynedd	22.9%
79	Torridge	22.9%
80	Wyre Forest	22.8%
81	Caerphilly	22.7%
82	Conwy	22.6%
83	Thanet	22.6%
84	Torfaen	22.5%
85	Chesterfield	22.3%
86	Stockton-on-Tees	22.3%
87	North Norfolk	22.2%
88	South Holland	22.2%
89	Redditch	21.9%
90	Southampton	21.8%
91	Lancaster	21.7%
92	Tendring	21.6%
93	Neath Port Talbot	21.6%
94	St. Helens	21.5%
95	Wigan	21.4%
96	Cornwall	21.4%
97	Carmarthenshire	21.4%
98	Hackney	21.2%
99	Northumberland	21.1%
100	Powys	21.0%
101	Newcastle-under-Lyme	21.0%
102	Torbay	21.0%
103	Newark and Sherwood	20.9%
104	Worcester	20.7%
105	Fermanagh and Omagh	20.7%
106	Derry City and Strabane	20.7%
107	Belfast	20.7%
108	Portsmouth	20.7%
109	Plymouth	20.7%
110	Causeway Coast and Glens	20.6%
111	Newry, Mourne and Down	20.5%
112	Wrexham	20.4%
113	Dover	20.4%
114	West Lancashire	20.2%
115	West Lindsey	20.2%
116	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	20.1%
117	Bridgend	20.1%
118	Tamworth	20.1%
119	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	20.1%
120	Wirral	20.0%
121	East Suffolk	19.9%
122	Nuneaton and Bedworth	19.9%
123	Glasgow City	19.8%
124	Herefordshire	19.8%
125	Sefton	19.8%
126	North Devon	19.7%
127	Bristol	19.7%
128	Swansea	19.6%
129	Cardiff	19.6%
130	Breckland	19.5%
131	Islington	19.4%
132	Eastbourne	19.3%
133	Slough	19.3%
134	North Tyneside	19.2%
135	Cumberland	19.1%
136	Forest of Dean	19.1%
137	Flintshire	19.1%
138	Gloucester	19.0%
139	Amber Valley	19.0%
140	Mid Ulster	19.0%
141	North Northamptonshire	18.9%
142	North Warwickshire	18.8%
143	Shropshire	18.8%
144	North East Derbyshire	18.8%
145	Crawley	18.8%
146	Folkestone and Hythe	18.7%
147	Havant	18.7%
148	Wyre	18.7%
149	Mid and East Antrim	18.5%
150	Brent	18.5%
151	Thurrock	18.4%
152	Southwark	18.4%
153	Gravesham	18.4%
154	Basildon	18.4%
155	Erewash	18.4%
156	West Devon	18.3%
157	Waltham Forest	18.2%
158	Gosport	18.2%
159	Harlow	18.1%
160	East Riding of Yorkshire	18.0%
161	Rother	17.8%
162	Bedford	17.8%
163	Southend-on-Sea	17.7%
164	South Kesteven	17.7%
165	Fylde	17.7%
166	Swale	17.6%
167	Medway	17.4%
168	Melton	17.4%
169	Somerset	17.3%
170	Greenwich	17.2%
171	Stevenage	17.1%
172	South Ribble	17.0%
173	Lambeth	17.0%
174	South Staffordshire	16.8%
175	West Northamptonshire	16.8%
176	Charnwood	16.7%
177	Staffordshire Moorlands	16.7%
178	Oadby and Wigston	16.7%
179	Redbridge	16.6%
180	Haringey	16.5%
181	Broxtowe	16.5%
182	Teignbridge	16.5%
183	Gedling	16.5%
184	Hounslow	16.5%
185	Croydon	16.4%
186	Camden	16.4%
187	Antrim and Newtownabbey	16.2%
188	Arun	16.2%
189	Stafford	16.1%
190	Mid Devon	16.0%
191	Babergh	16.0%
192	Swindon	16.0%
193	Hinckley and Bosworth	16.0%
194	Wychavon	15.9%
195	Exeter	15.9%
196	Chorley	15.8%
197	Westmorland and Furness	15.7%
198	Ealing	15.7%
199	Malvern Hills	15.6%
200	Lewisham	15.5%
201	High Peak	15.5%
202	Dorset	15.5%
203	North West Leicestershire	15.5%
204	Stockport	15.5%
205	North Ayrshire	15.4%
206	Canterbury	15.4%
207	Ards and North Down	15.3%
208	Vale of Glamorgan	15.3%
209	North Kesteven	15.3%
210	Castle Point	15.3%
211	Milton Keynes	15.3%
212	Solihull	15.2%
213	Enfield	15.2%
214	Warrington	15.1%
215	Cheshire West and Chester	15.1%
216	Hillingdon	15.1%
217	South Derbyshire	15.0%
218	Reading	14.9%
219	Ashford	14.8%
220	Clackmannanshire	14.7%
221	Braintree	14.7%
222	North Yorkshire	14.7%
223	East Ayrshire	14.5%
224	East Devon	14.5%
225	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	14.5%
226	South Hams	14.5%
227	Cheltenham	14.4%
228	Maidstone	14.4%
229	Colchester	14.3%
230	Blaby	14.3%
231	Dumfries and Galloway	14.2%
232	Derbyshire Dales	14.2%
233	Oxford	14.2%
234	Harrow	14.0%
235	Lichfield	13.9%
236	Fife	13.9%
237	York	13.9%
238	Brighton and Hove	13.8%
239	Worthing	13.6%
240	Maldon	13.6%
241	Adur	13.6%
242	Watford	13.6%
243	Dundee City	13.6%
244	North Lanarkshire	13.4%
245	Chichester	13.3%
246	Rugby	13.3%
247	South Ayrshire	13.3%
248	West Suffolk	13.3%
249	Dartford	13.2%
250	Mid Suffolk	13.2%
251	Angus	13.2%
252	Havering	13.2%
253	Wiltshire	13.1%
254	Moray	13.1%
255	Tewkesbury	13.1%
256	Monmouthshire	13.0%
257	Cheshire East	13.0%
258	Lisburn and Castlereagh	12.9%
259	Hammersmith and Fulham	12.9%
260	Broxbourne	12.9%
261	Stroud	12.9%
262	Westminster	12.7%
263	Lewes	12.7%
264	South Norfolk	12.7%
265	Falkirk	12.7%
266	Wandsworth	12.6%
267	New Forest	12.6%
268	West Dunbartonshire	12.6%
269	Broadland	12.5%
270	Wealden	12.4%
271	Ribble Valley	12.3%
272	North Somerset	12.3%
273	Trafford	12.3%
274	Welwyn Hatfield	12.1%
275	Inverclyde	12.0%
276	Highland	12.0%
277	West Lothian	12.0%
278	Rushmoor	12.0%
279	Huntingdonshire	11.8%
280	Epping Forest	11.7%
281	Central Bedfordshire	11.7%
282	Cherwell	11.7%
283	Cambridge	11.6%
284	Stratford-on-Avon	11.6%
285	Merton	11.6%
286	Bromsgrove	11.5%
287	South Lanarkshire	11.5%
288	Rutland	11.5%
289	Bexley	11.4%
290	Dacorum	11.3%
291	Barnet	11.2%
292	Spelthorne	11.2%
293	Perth and Kinross	11.2%
294	South Gloucestershire	11.2%
295	Na h-Eileanan Siar	11.1%
296	Orkney Islands	11.0%
297	Woking	11.0%
298	East Cambridgeshire	11.0%
299	Buckinghamshire	11.0%
300	Cotswold	10.9%
301	Renfrewshire	10.8%
302	Scottish Borders	10.8%
303	Hertsmere	10.7%
304	Rochford	10.6%
305	North Hertfordshire	10.6%
306	Chelmsford	10.5%
307	Runnymede	10.5%
308	Tonbridge and Malling	10.4%
309	Argyll and Bute	10.4%
310	Harborough	10.4%
311	Eastleigh	10.4%
312	Sutton	10.4%
313	Bath and North East Somerset	10.2%
314	Basingstoke and Deane	10.1%
315	Test Valley	10.1%
316	Sevenoaks	10.1%
317	Midlothian	10.0%
318	East Hampshire	10.0%
319	Tunbridge Wells	10.0%
320	Stirling	9.8%
321	Fareham	9.7%
322	Warwick	9.6%
323	Tandridge	9.6%
324	West Berkshire	9.6%
325	Brentwood	9.5%
326	Vale of White Horse	9.4%
327	East Lothian	9.3%
328	Aberdeen City	9.0%
329	Winchester	8.9%
330	Isles of Scilly	8.9%
331	West Oxfordshire	8.8%
332	City of Edinburgh	8.7%
333	Horsham	8.7%
334	Three Rivers	8.7%
335	South Cambridgeshire	8.6%
336	Bracknell Forest	8.5%
337	Uttlesford	8.5%
338	Reigate and Banstead	8.4%
339	Rushcliffe	8.3%
340	Surrey Heath	8.3%
341	Bromley	8.2%
342	Guildford	8.1%
343	Mole Valley	8.1%
344	Kingston upon Thames	8.0%
345	Kensington and Chelsea	8.0%
346	Shetland Islands	7.7%
347	Windsor and Maidenhead	7.7%
348	East Hertfordshire	7.6%
349	Aberdeenshire	7.6%
350	South Oxfordshire	7.5%
351	Mid Sussex	7.5%
352	East Renfrewshire	7.4%
353	St Albans	7.3%
354	City of London	6.9%
355	Hart	6.8%
356	Epsom and Ewell	6.6%
357	Wokingham	6.4%
358	Waverley	6.4%
359	East Dunbartonshire	6.2%
360	Elmbridge	5.6%
361	Richmond upon Thames	5.2%