Percentage of households receiving benefits in the UK 2022, by region

Published by D. Clark, Dec 20, 2024

In 2021/22, 60 percent of households in North East England and Wales were receiving a type of state benefit, the highest among regions in the United Kingdom in that reporting year. By comparison, 40 percent of households in London were receiving benefits, the lowest in the UK.

Percentage of households receiving benefits in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by region

CharacteristicPercentage of households
United Kingdom 53%
Wales 60%
North East 60%
North West 58%
Northern Ireland 58%
South West 57%
East Midlands 57%
Yorkshire and The Humber 56%
West Midlands 55%
Scotland 54%
East of England 53%
South East 51%
London 40%
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March 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022

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This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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