Rural England
Levels of low income
Key points
- Throughout the income distribution, households in all types of district have, on average, similar incomes.
- See the UK indicator on income inequality.
Graph 1: Income inequalities
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Rural/urban ratios (urban = 10)
Not applicable.
Definitions and data sources
The indicator
For each type of local authority district, the graph shows the income of households at three points in the income distribution, namely:
- low income: 10th percentile (i.e. 10% of the population in each area received a lower income);
- mid income: 50th percentile (i.e. the median income for the area); and
- high income: 90th percentile (i.e. 10% of the population in the area received a higher income).
Income is net disposable household income, after deducting housing costs. All data is equivalised (adjusted) to account for differences in household size and composition. The data is at 2005/06 prices.
Level of the data
Lower tier local authorities (districts), as classified by the DEFRA 2005 classification system. Both the DEFRA classification rules and their results by local authority can be found on the page on rural/urban classification systems.
Source
Households Below Average Income 2005/06, DWP.
The numbers
Graph 1
As shown on the graph.