Child Poverty UK.
This page provides constituency and small area-level data on child poverty in the UK.
These figures were published by the HMRC and DWP for the first time in March 2020 and updated in March 2026.
Relative poverty: households with income below 60% of the median (middle) household income. This can be seen as a measure of inequality between low- and middle-income households.
Absolute poverty: households with income below 60% of (inflation-adjusted) median income in 2024/25. This is often used to look at how living standards of low-income households are changing over time.
The median is the point where half of household incomes are higher and half lower.
Note that absolute poverty figures are the same as those for relative poverty in 2024/25 (only), as both are based on whether incomes below 60% of median income in that year.
Income can be measured before or after housing costs are taken into account. This dashboard provides relative and absolute poverty figures before housing costs from 2021/22 and relative poverty after housing costs from 2023/24.
The DWP advises using additional caution when comparing data for 2021/22 with other years and comparing across constituencies, as data collection during coronavirus lockdowns affected data reliability.
Download data: Child Poverty by Constituency (7MB Excel spreadsheet, XLSX)
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