Households Below Average Income (HBAI)
To note: On 16 May 2013, DWP published a statistical notice advising users of the details of scheduled technical changes to the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) 2011/12 publication to be published on 13 June 2013, as advised in the HBAI 2010/11 publication. To access the Statistical Notice click here
The latest national statistics on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 14 June 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
To note: During the period of restricted access to these statistics, a breach of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics occurred. Five departmental officials who were not on the Pre-Release Access list saw briefing material which contained some of the statistics. We have written to the National Statistician, and a full breach report will be available at http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice/breach-reports/index.html shortly.
Statistics and commentary give an insight into the standard of living of the household population in the United Kingdom, focusing on the lower part of income distribution, for the period up to the end of 2010/11. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 12/05/2011.
The key points from the latest release are:
- 'RELATIVE' LOW-INCOME INDICATORS
- Children - In 2010/11, 18 per cent of children (2.3 million) were in households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 27 per cent (3.6 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
- Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 2 percentage points (0.3m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 2 percentage points (0.2m) AHC.
- Compared to 1998/99, this represents a fall of 9 percentage points (1.1m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 7 percentage points (0.9m) AHC.
- Working-age adults - In 2010/11, 15 per cent of working-age adults (5.5 million) were in households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 21 per cent (7.8 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
- Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 1 percentage point (0.2m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 1 percentage point (0.1m) AHC.
- Compared to 1998/99, this represents a rise of 1 percentage point (0.5m) on a BHC basis and a rise of 2 percentage points (1.1m) AHC.
- Pensioners - In 2010/11, 17 per cent of pensioners (2.0 million) were in households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 14 per cent (1.7 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
- Compared to 2009/10, this represents a fall of 1 percentage point (no change in numbers) on a BHC basis and a fall of 1 percentage point (0.1m) AHC.
- Compared to 1998/99, this represents a fall of 9 percentage points (0.7m) on a BHC basis and a fall of 14 percentage points (1.3m) AHC.
- Children - In 2010/11, 18 per cent of children (2.3 million) were in households in the UK with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable household income Before Housing Costs (BHC), and 27 per cent (3.6 million) After Housing Costs (AHC).
To access the latest release in full click here
Additional tables are available here
Further information on the statistics is available here
Coverage: United Kingdom
Geographic Breakdown: Government Office Region
Next Release Date: 13 June 2013
