In-work poverty across England
Key points
- Children in families where adults are working are much more likely to be in poverty in London than elsewhere.
- Work does not guarantee a sufficient income to lift a household out of poverty in London.
- The proportion of children in workless families who live in low income is high – more than 70% – everywhere.
The proportion of children in low-income households by family work status
Definitions
An 'all working' family is either a lone parent family where the parent works full-time, or a couple family in which one works full-time and the other works at least part0time.
A 'part working' family is either a couple family in which one adult works and the other does not, or a family where all the adults work but part time only.
These definitions come from the official DWP sources.
What does this graph show?
While the proportion of children in low-income households is higher in London than the rest of England, and highest of all in Inner London, the difference is most marked in working families. About 10% of children in 'all working' families in Inner and Outer London live in low-income households, compared to 5% in the rest of England.
There is a similar difference in 'part working' families with about 40% of children in Inner and Outer London in low-income households, compared to 30% in the rest of England.
For workless families, there is little difference in the proportion of children living in low income between London and elsewhere. The proportion of children in workless families who live in low income is high – more than 70% – everywhere.
Data used
Households Below Average Income series, Department for Work and Pensions. The data is the average for 2004/5 to 2006/7.
Indicator last updated: 18 May 2009
Other indicators in Children
- Child poverty
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- Children in households receiving out-of-work benefits
- Child ill health
- Infant deaths by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Free school meals and attainment at age 11
- Households in temporary accommodation
- Underage conception by borough
- Children in workless households over time
- Children in workless households by type
- Attainment at age 11 by region
- In-work poverty over time
Other indicators in Families
Other indicators in Working-age adults
- Working Age Poverty
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- Working-age out-of-work benefits by region
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- Working age out-of-work benefits within London
- Income inequality in London compared with other English regions
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work over time
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Young Adult Unemployment
- Adult ill health
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents
- Low-paid jobs
- Low income and ethnicity in London
- Lacking work by ethnicity
- Not working by country of birth
- Not working by ethnicity and country of birth
- Low pay by ethnicity
- Premature death by borough
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Glossary
Workless :
People who are not working but want a job and those people who are officially unemployed make up a group who can be described as 'lacking work but wanting work'. Anyone else of working-age who is not working is therefore 'lacking work but not wanting work'. The total workless population therefore includes those lacking and wanting work as well as those lacking but not wanting work.