Official Statistics

Rural poverty statistics

Poverty levels in rural and urban areas.

Applies to England

Documents

Rural poverty - to 2017/18

Rural poverty - to 2016/17

Rural poverty - to 2014/15

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Rural poverty - to 2012/13

Details

Households below average income (HBAI) figures are presented for rural and urban areas for the percentage living in relative and absolute low income, both before and after housing costs.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • proportion of households in low income
  • proportion of working-age people (aged between 16 and 64) in low income
  • proportion of children in low income
  • proportion of pensioners in in low income

(For these statistics, individuals are said to be in relative low income if they live in a household with an income below 60 per cent of median income (the income earned by the household in the middle of the distribution in a given year). Individuals are said to be in absolute low income if they live in a household with an income below a threshold of median income (60 per cent in this case) in a specific year adjusted for inflation).

Data source: Department for Work and Pensions

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: TBC

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 29 August 2019 + show all updates
  1. Published today, latest statistics on poverty in rural areas.

  2. Published today, latest statistics on poverty in rural areas.

  3. Published today, latest data available on rural poverty.

  4. We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

  5. Latest rural poverty statistics released.

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