Material Deprivation
Financial year ending 2019

The Department for Work and Pensions produces data on children in material
deprivation and low income households by area. This is done on a before
housing costs basis.
They also produce figures on pensioners in material deprivation by area.
Further information on material deprivation in Wales can be obtained from the
National Survey for Wales.
Material Deprivation

Percentage of children who were living in material deprivation and low
income households (before housing costs), three-financial-year averages
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2011 to 2014 2012 to 2015 2013 to 2016 2014 to 2017 2015 to 2018 2016 to 2019
Percentage(%)ofchildren

11 per cent of children living in Wales were in
material deprivation and low income households
• 11 per cent of children living in Wales between 2016-17 and 2018-19 were in
material deprivation and low income households.
• This means they could not access a certain number of goods and services and
the total household income was below 70 per cent of the UK average
household income – before housing costs were paid.
• This is down slightly from the 12 per cent reported last year.
• The corresponding rate is 12 per cent for England, 11 per cent for Scotland
and 7 per cent for Northern Ireland.
• In the most recent period (2016-17 to 2018-19), all regions of England except
East, East Midlands, Outer London, South East and South West had a higher
percentage of children in material deprivation and low income households than
Wales.

8 per cent of pensioners living in Wales were in
material deprivation
• This means 8 per cent of pensioners living in Wales were in a household that
could not access a certain number of goods and services. This is down on
the 9 per cent reported last year.
• In Scotland and Northern Ireland this figure has gone down from 6 per cent
last year to 5 per cent this year. In England this figure stands at 7 per cent.