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Households below average income (HBAI) statistics

Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low-income households in the UK.

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These publications provide statistics and commentary on living standards in UK households, as determined by disposable income. They include the number and percentage of people living in low-income households, and changes in income patterns over time.

Use our infographic to find out how low income is measured in households below average income (HBAI) statistics.

Find archived HBAI reports on the National Archives.

Access the underlying data used to produce the statistics through the UK data archive. Read guidance on accessing sensitive versions of the data.

Read a guide to sources of data on earnings and income published by the Office for National Statistics.

Find future HBAI statistics release dates in our statistics release calendar.

There is contact information and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

Read about a new statistics publication on Income dynamics to be published in February/March 2017 and how to suggest what data and analysis to include in it.

HBAI statistics: data to 2014/15

1. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2014/15

   • 28 June 2016
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2013/14

1. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2013/14

   • 25 June 2015
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2012/13

1. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2012/13

   • 1 July 2014
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2011/12

1. Re-grossed Households below average income (HBAI) estimates 2002/03 to 2011/12

   • 20 June 2014
   • Guidance

2. HBAI absolute low income: illustrative figures using CPI to adjust for inflation

   • 14 June 2013
   • Official Statistics

3. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2011/12

   • 13 June 2013
   • National Statistics

4. First release: households below average income (HBAI) statistics, June 2013

   • 13 June 2013
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2010/11

1. First Release: Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics, June 2012

   • 14 June 2012
   • National Statistics

2. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2010/11

   • 11 June 2012
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2009/10

1. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2009/10

   • 28 May 2012
   • National Statistics

HBAI statistics: data to 2008/09

1. Households below average income: 1994/95 to 2008/09

   • 11 July 2013
   • National Statistics

Guidance and more information

1. Changes to DWP Family and Household Income Statistics 2014/15: statistical notice

   • 3 May 2016
   • Official Statistics

2. How low income is measured in households below average income statistics

   • 28 June 2016
   • Guidance

3. Confirmed changes to the 2012/13 Households Below Average Income publication

   • 29 April 2014
   • Official Statistics

4. Proposed changes to the 2012/13 Households Below Average Income publication

   • 28 January 2014
   • Official Statistics

5. DWP Family and Household Income Statistics – adjusting for inflation: statistical notice

   • 13 June 2013
   • Guidance

6. Households below average income and Pensioners' incomes series: revisions to 2008/09 and 2009/10 results

   • 21 May 2013
   • Official Statistics

7. Accessing datasets: access arrangements for sensitive versions of DWP data

   • 5 July 2013
   • Guidance

8. Changes to the households below average income (HBAI) statistics 2011/12: statistical note

   • 21 May 2013
   • Official Statistics

9. Households Below Average Income: technical note on severe child poverty indicator

   • 6 May 2011
   • Official Statistics

10. Households Below Average Income (HBAI): results of 2009/10 usage survey

    • 18 August 2011
    • Official Statistics

11. Households Below Average Income (HBAI): technical note on pensioner material deprivation

    • 7 March 2011
    • Official Statistics

• Published: 14 June 2013
• Updated: 28 June 2016

+ full page history

• 28 June 2016 9:30am: Published Households below average income: 1994/1995 to 2014/2015.
• 31 March 2016 3:27pm: Added link to background information about a new statistics publication 'Income dynamics' due to be published in February/March 2017.
• 25 June 2015 9:30am: Published Households below average income: 1994/1995 to 2013/2014.
• 1 July 2014 9:30am: Published Households below average income (HBAI) stats for 1994/95 to 2012/13.
• 20 June 2014 11:24am: Added "Re-grossed Households below average income (HBAI) estimates 2002/03 to 2011/12"
• 3 June 2014 2:18pm: Published next release date for these statistics (1 July 2014).
• 29 April 2014 9:32am: Published new statistical note confirming changes to the 2012/13 HBAI report, provisionally scheduled for publication in June 2014.
• 28 January 2014 2:08pm: Link added to statistical notice about proposed changes to future publications
• 14 June 2013 3:30pm: First published.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions