In 2023/24, 57 percent of households in Northern Ireland were receiving a type of state benefit, the highest in the United Kingdom in that reporting year. By comparison, 39 percent of households in London were receiving benefits, the lowest in the UK.

Average UK household incomes taxes and benefits by household type, tenure status, household characteristics and long-term trends in income inequality.

Data on the effects of taxes and benefits on household income publication from 2001, including average incomes, taxes and benefits and household characteristics of all, retired and non-retired individuals and households in the UK by quintile and decile groups.

Ukraine Households Income: SB: Social Benefits data was reported at 393,300.000 UAH mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 337,773.000 UAH mn for 2016. Ukraine Households Income: SB: Social Benefits data is updated yearly, averaging 204,101.000 UAH mn from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2017, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 393,300.000 UAH mn in 2017 and a record low of 23,978.000 UAH mn in 2001. Ukraine Households Income: SB: Social Benefits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.H009: Household Income and Expenditure: Annual.

This analysis, produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the United Kingdom. It shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time. The main sources of data for this study are:

• Family Expenditure Survey (FES) from 1977-2001
• Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS) from 2001-2007
• Living Costs and Food Survey (LCF) from 2008 to 2017
• Household Finances Survey (HFS) from 2018 onwards
  

Some variables have been created by combining data from the LCF (previously FES or EFS) with control totals from a variety of different government sources, including:

• United Kingdom National Accounts (ONS Blue Book)
• HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• Department for Transport (DfT)
• Department of Health (DH)
• Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)
• Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)

For further information, see the ONS Effects of taxes and benefits on household income webpage.

Users should note that this combined ETB household (1977-2021) and person (2018-2021) datasets replace all previous individual year files, which have been withdrawn from use at the depositor's request.

Latest edition information

For the second edition (September 2022), revised data for 2019/20 and new cases for 2020/21 were added to the household and person files.

Method of Data Collection
The ETB has been produced each year since 1961 and is an annual analysis looking at how taxes and benefits affect the income of households in the UK.

Since 2018, the estimates in this analysis are based on data derived from the HFS Survey (the HCF is not currently held by the UK Data Service). The HFS is an annual survey of the expenditure and income of private households. People living in hotels, lodging houses, and in institutions such as old people's homes are excluded. Each person aged 16 and over keeps a full record of payments made during 14 consecutive days and answers questions about hire purchase and other payments; children aged 7 to 15 keep a simplified diary. The respondents also give detailed information, where appropriate, about income (including cash benefits received from the state) and payments of Income Tax. Information on age, occupation, education received, family composition and housing tenure is also obtained. The survey is continuous, interviews being spread evenly over the year to ensure that seasonal effects are covered. The Family Spending publication also includes an outline of the survey design.

The HFS data used in this analysis are grossed so that totals reflect the total population of private households in the UK. The weights are produced in two stages. First, the data are weighted to compensate for non-response (sample-based weighting). The non-response weights are then calibrated so that weighted totals match population totals for males and females in different age groups and for different regions and countries (population-based weighting). The results in the analysis are weighted so that statistics represent the total population in private households in the UK based on 2011 Census data. In 2013/14, an additional calibration to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) employment totals was also applied.

There are a number of different measures of income used, the most common of which is probably household disposable income. This is the total income households receive from employment (including self-employment), income from private pensions, investments and other sources, plus cash benefits (including the state pension), minus direct taxes (including income tax, NI and council tax). Income is normally analysed at the household level as this provides a better measure of people's economic well-being; while income is usually received by individuals, it is normally shared with other household members (e.g. spouse/partner and children).

In 2018/19 a further adjustment was applied to the data to adjust for the under coverage and under-reporting of income of the richest individuals. This method is often referred to as the 'SPI adjustment' owing to its use of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC's) Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI). For further details please see the ETB Quality and Methodology Information webpage and the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income Technical Report.

Data Sources

The Household Finances Survey (HFS) is the source of the microdata on households from 2018 onwards. Previously, the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCF) was the data source. Derived variables are created using information from HFS and control totals from a variety of different government sources including the United Kingdom National Accounts (ONS Blue Book), HM Revenue and Customs, Department for Transport, Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, and Department for Communities and Local Government.

Secure Access version

A Secure Access version of the ETB is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 8253, subject to stringent access conditions. The Secure Access version includes variables that are not included in the standard End User Licence (EUL) version, including case number, age and economic position of chief economic supporter, and government office region. Users are strongly advised to check whether the EUL version is sufficient for their needs before considering an application for the Secure Access version.

This is the proportion of all households that are in receipt of housing benefit. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this data which guards against the identification of an individual claimant. 0 or 0.00 denotes a nil or negligible number of claimants or award amount, based on 4 or fewer claimants. Household: a single person, or a group of people living at the same address who have the address as their only or main residence and either share one main meal a day or share living accommodation (or both).Figures are based on the claimant's place of residence. Claimants registered as living abroad or where the location is unknown are excluded. Housing Benefit claimant statistics are derived from the Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE), as at the second Thursday of each month. SHBE is compiled from monthly returns of housing benefit and council tax benefit claimants from each individual local authority. Recording and clerical errors can occur within SHBE - for this reason, no reliance should be placed on very small numbers obtained through Stat-Xplore.Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 3rd of each month.

The share of children living in welfare benefit-dependent households in New Zealand was ** percent in 2018. The quantification of child poverty in New Zealand is not reliably known. However, the rate of children living in households that rely on welfare benefits as their main source of income can be used as an indicator of income poverty among children in the country.

Living Conditions Survey (LCS): Households that receive social benefits in 2004 by type of benefit and annual income brackets of the household in 2004. National.

The percentage of households in the UK who receive more in benefits (both cash benefits and benefits in kind) than they pay in taxes (both direct and indirect), from 1977 to 2012/13.

The social benefit to households as a share of the GDP in France decreased by *** percentage points (-**** percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. Social benefits other than social transfers in kind includes any social benefit provided to the public other than in kind benefits. In kind benefits are any non-cash benefits with monetary value provided to an employee (for example, discounted train tickets when working for a train company).Find more statistics on other topics about France with key insights such as social benefit to households as a share of the GDP and household consumption spending as a share of GDP.

This statistic shows the share families receiving non-income-related benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) in the fiscal year 2017/18 by employment status. In this year, ** percent of the families, where one partner was working full-time and the other was not working, received some form of non-income-related benefits.

This statistic shows the share families receiving income-related benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) in the fiscal year 2017/18, by age of household head. In this year, ** percent of families, whereby the head of the family was aged between 35 and 44 years received some form of income-related benefit.

In 2022, 82 percent of the households receiving the Bolsa Família subsidy in Brazil were female-led, which corresponded to 16.85 million. In 2024, this share increased to 83.5 percent.

HS069 - Employee benefits-in-kind. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Employee benefits-in-kind...

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK. The study shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: household income

The number of children who lived in households where a parent or guardian claims an out-of-work benefit. From January 2010 these will be released as part of the DWP Statistical Summary.

Source agency: Work and Pensions

Designation: Experimental Official Statistics

Language: English

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This statistic shows the share of families receiving income-related benefits in England in fiscal year 2017/18, by region. In this fiscal year, ** percent of the families in the North East received income-related benefits while the respective number in the South East was ** percent.

This statistic shows the share of families receiving benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) in fiscal year 2017/18, by benefit. In this fiscal year, ** percent of the families received Child benefit while a further ** percent received housing benefit.