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Child poverty after housing costs
Part of the Childhood and Social Floor domain. Proportion of children living in households below 60% of median income after housing costs, the principal measure of child poverty in the UK.
Latest data
Latest reading
FYE 2025
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Neutral: the latest reading matches the one before it, so no change is measured.
Volatility · 10% weight
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Children in Low Income Families
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Series ID
- dwp_cilif
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 16 June 2026
Known weakness
Annual publication carries a 12-month lag; the relative measure can show falling child poverty during recessions when median income also falls. A FYE2022 admin-data switch is a structural break, so year-on-year deltas across that boundary are misleading.
Notes
Verified official value from Department for Work and Pensions (dwp_cilif), accessed 2026-06-16.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| FYE 2025 | 27 |