Publication - Statistics

Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2015/16

Published: 16 March 2017
Part of: Communities and third sector, Equality and rights
ISBN: 9781786528117

Estimate of the number and proportion of people living in poverty in Scotland in the financial year 2015/16.

Poverty and income inequality statistics

Annex 1: Tables

Table A1: Relative poverty (below 60% of UK median income in the same year) in Scottish households: 1994/95 to 2015/16

	Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs
	All individuals				Children				Working Age Adults				Pensioners
	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s
1994/95	21	1,040	23	1,140	28	310	30	330	17	510	18	560	26	220	29	250
1995/96	20	980	23	1,150	27	300	32	350	14	440	18	540	28	240	30	260
1996/97	22	1,090	25	1,230	31	340	33	360	16	490	19	580	30	260	33	290
1997/98	20	1,000	22	1,120	30	330	31	330	16	470	18	540	24	210	28	250
1998/99	20	990	23	1,130	28	300	31	330	15	460	19	570	26	230	27	230
1999/00	21	1,050	24	1,190	28	300	32	350	17	510	20	600	27	240	28	250
2000/01	21	1,040	25	1,220	27	280	32	340	18	540	22	650	24	220	25	220
2001/02	19	960	22	1,110	27	280	31	330	16	490	19	570	21	190	24	210
2002/03	20	1,000	22	1,110	24	250	27	280	18	530	20	610	23	210	25	230
2003/04	18	910	20	1,010	23	230	26	270	16	480	18	560	22	200	20	180
2004/05	17	860	19	960	21	210	25	250	15	460	18	560	20	190	16	150
2005/06	17	870	19	980	21	210	24	240	15	480	19	590	19	180	16	150
2006/07	17	840	19	940	21	210	25	250	14	440	18	550	19	180	15	140
2007/08	17	860	19	950	19	190	24	240	15	460	18	570	21	210	15	150
2008/09	17	860	19	960	21	210	25	250	16	490	19	600	16	160	11	110
2009/10	17	870	19	970	20	200	25	250	16	510	19	600	16	160	12	120
2010/11	15	770	17	900	17	170	21	210	14	440	18	560	16	160	12	120
2011/12	13	700	16	860	15	150	19	190	13	410	17	550	14	140	12	120
2012/13	16	820	19	1,000	19	180	22	220	15	480	21	660	15	150	11	120
2013/14	14	730	18	940	14	140	22	220	13	430	19	600	15	160	12	120
2014/15	15	800	18	940	17	160	22	220	15	470	19	600	15	160	12	120
2015/16	17	880	20	1,050	19	190	26	260	16	520	20	650	16	170	13	140

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A2: Absolute poverty (below 60 per cent of inflation adjusted 2010/11 UK median income) in Scottish households: 1994/95 to 2015/16

	Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs		Before Housing Costs		After Housing Costs
	All individuals				Children				Working Age Adults				Pensioners
	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s
1994/95	37	1,830	39	1,930	44	490	48	530	29	870	31	940	55	480	54	470
1995/96	38	1,900	40	1,990	49	540	51	570	29	890	31	960	55	470	54	470
1996/97	36	1,790	39	1,930	46	500	50	540	27	820	31	930	53	460	52	450
1997/98	33	1,630	35	1,730	43	470	47	510	25	760	28	840	46	400	44	380
1998/99	31	1,560	33	1,630	40	430	41	440	25	750	27	820	43	380	42	370
1999/00	31	1,520	32	1,600	39	410	41	440	24	740	27	800	42	370	40	350
2000/01	28	1,380	30	1,470	35	370	37	390	23	700	26	780	34	300	33	290
2001/02	25	1,250	26	1,290	35	370	36	380	20	610	22	650	30	270	29	260
2002/03	23	1,140	25	1,230	28	290	30	310	19	590	22	660	30	270	30	270
2003/04	20	1,000	22	1,080	25	260	27	280	17	520	19	580	25	230	23	220
2004/05	19	930	20	1,000	23	230	26	260	16	500	19	570	22	200	18	170
2005/06	19	940	20	1,020	23	230	25	250	17	510	20	610	22	200	17	160
2006/07	17	860	19	930	22	220	25	250	15	450	18	550	20	190	15	140
2007/08	17	860	18	930	19	190	23	230	15	460	18	550	21	210	15	140
2008/09	17	840	19	950	21	210	25	250	15	480	19	590	16	150	11	110
2009/10	16	840	18	940	19	190	24	240	16	490	19	590	15	150	12	120
2010/11	15	770	17	900	17	170	21	210	14	440	18	560	16	160	12	120
2011/12	15	760	17	890	16	160	20	200	14	440	18	560	15	160	13	130
2012/13	16	850	20	1,050	19	190	24	230	16	500	21	680	16	160	12	130
2013/14	14	750	18	960	14	140	23	230	14	450	19	610	16	160	12	130
2014/15	14	760	17	890	16	150	21	200	14	460	18	580	14	140	10	110
2015/16	15	780	18	960	16	160	24	230	15	470	19	610	15	150	11	120

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A3: Children in combined material deprivation and low income BHC (below 70 per cent of UK median income in the same year) in Scottish households: 2004/05 to 2015/16

	%	000s
2004/05	17	170
2005/06	13	130
2006/07	15	150
2007/08	16	160
2008/09	16	160
2009/10	15	150
2010/11	13	130
2011/12	-	-
2012/13	-	-
2013/14	-	-
2014/15	-	-
2015/16	-	-

	%	000s
2004/05	-	-
2005/06	-	-
2006/07	-	-
2007/08	-	-
2008/09	-	-
2009/10	-	-
2010/11	12	120
2011/12	9	90
2012/13	11	110
2013/14	13	130
2014/15	10	100
2015/16	10	100

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A4: Children in combined material deprivation and low income AHC (below 70 per cent of UK median income in the same year) in Scottish households: 2004/05 to 2015/16

	%	000s
2004/05	18	180
2005/06	13	130
2006/07	16	160
2007/08	16	160
2008/09	16	160
2009/10	16	160
2010/11	15	150
2011/12	-	-
2012/13	-	-
2013/14	-	-
2014/15	-	-
2015/16	-	-

	%	000s
2004/05	-	-
2005/06	-	-
2006/07	-	-
2007/08	-	-
2008/09	-	-
2009/10	-	-
2010/11	13	130
2011/12	10	100
2012/13	12	120
2013/14	14	140
2014/15	12	120
2015/16	12	110

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A5: Pensioners over 65 in material deprivation in Scotland: 2009/10 to 2015/16

	%	000s
2009/10	10	80
2010/11	7	60
2011/12	8	70
2012/13	8	70
2013/14	9	80
2014/15	7	60
2015/16	6	60

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A6: In-work poverty (relative poverty BHC) in Scotland: 1998/99 to 2015/16

Percentage of individuals in poverty in households with at least one adult in employment

	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%
	All People In in-work poverty		Children In in-work poverty		Working Age Adults In in-work poverty
1998/99	360	37	130	44	210	47
1999/00	350	33	120	40	210	41
2000/01	390	37	130	45	250	46
2001/02	370	38	130	46	230	46
2002/03	410	41	120	48	270	51
2003/04	330	36	100	42	220	46
2004/05	310	36	90	43	210	46
2005/06	370	43	110	54	250	52
2006/07	320	38	100	47	210	47
2007/08	340	39	90	47	220	48
2008/09	350	40	90	45	240	49
2009/10	330	38	80	42	230	46
2010/11	320	42	90	52	220	50
2011/12	290	41	80	52	200	48
2012/13	370	45	110	59	250	52
2013/14	290	40	80	56	210	48
2014/15	380	48	110	67	260	55
2015/16	460	52	120	66	320	62

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A7: In-work poverty (relative poverty AHC) in Scotland: 1998/99 to 2015/16

Percentage of individuals in poverty in households with at least one adult in employment

	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%
	All People In in-work poverty		Children In in-work poverty		Working Age Adults In in-work poverty
1998/99	440	39	150	45	280	49
1999/00	430	36	150	42	260	44
2000/01	500	41	160	48	330	50
2001/02	460	42	160	50	290	51
2002/03	480	43	140	50	330	54
2003/04	400	39	120	43	270	48
2004/05	400	41	110	45	280	49
2005/06	470	48	130	56	320	55
2006/07	400	43	120	49	270	50
2007/08	430	45	110	48	300	53
2008/09	450	47	130	52	310	52
2009/10	430	45	120	47	310	51
2010/11	430	48	110	55	300	54
2011/12	380	44	100	51	270	50
2012/13	510	51	130	56	370	56
2013/14	430	46	120	56	300	51
2014/15	500	53	140	66	350	58
2015/16	610	58	180	70	420	64

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A8: Median equivalised weekly household income in Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16 (2015/16 prices)

	Before Housing Costs	After Housing Costs
1994/95	338	286
1995/96	338	281
1996/97	351	293
1997/98	366	309
1998/99	370	316
1999/00	383	326
2000/01	392	338
2001/02	413	357
2002/03	419	369
2003/04	442	395
2004/05	447	395
2005/06	447	397
2006/07	450	397
2007/08	464	415
2008/09	470	421
2009/10	478	425
2010/11	461	408
2011/12	462	404
2012/13	456	403
2013/14	465	415
2014/15	479	422
2015/16	468	420

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A9: Median equivalised weekly household income in Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16 (2015/16 prices)

Children, working age adults and pensioners

	Before Housing Costs	After Housing Costs	Before Housing Costs	After Housing Costs	Before Housing Costs	After Housing Costs
	Children		Working Age Adults		Pensioners
1994/95	302	247	390	325	256	223
1995/96	289	232	382	315	262	223
1996/97	296	238	403	337	262	229
1997/98	309	248	413	345	290	262
1998/99	331	275	413	353	303	265
1999/00	322	269	426	363	308	278
2000/01	341	295	424	365	330	300
2001/02	353	306	460	402	341	319
2002/03	379	325	468	407	343	316
2003/04	412	355	482	426	359	333
2004/05	401	339	496	431	374	351
2005/06	411	352	496	433	374	357
2006/07	406	352	503	439	374	360
2007/08	427	370	510	450	387	377
2008/09	419	354	516	454	405	396
2009/10	442	383	522	465	415	394
2010/11	421	365	499	434	411	392
2011/12	412	357	493	429	408	387
2012/13	409	351	487	420	418	402
2013/14	407	352	508	443	406	395
2014/15	427	365	510	443	449	424
2015/16	417	354	511	451	420	408

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A10: Equivalised weekly household income ( BHC) in Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16 (2015/16 prices)

	Scottish 1st income decile	Scottish 2nd income decile	Scottish 3rd income decile	Scottish 4th income decile	Scottish 5th income decile	Scottish 6th income decile	Scottish 7th income decile	Scottish 8th income decile	Scottish 9th income decile
1994/95	168	203	244	292	338	395	448	538	654
1995/96	175	208	245	293	338	386	452	530	663
1996/97	175	210	251	296	351	405	463	550	676
1997/98	180	221	264	311	366	417	485	572	718
1998/99	185	227	271	321	370	423	499	581	736
1999/00	191	231	276	324	383	440	509	610	762
2000/01	200	240	286	336	392	443	513	612	768
2001/02	214	259	308	358	413	473	541	634	835
2002/03	208	262	311	364	419	479	550	640	802
2003/04	222	276	335	391	442	501	570	669	813
2004/05	228	286	336	386	447	508	583	685	830
2005/06	226	285	338	393	447	509	583	691	856
2006/07	236	291	341	398	450	518	594	701	873
2007/08	232	297	349	403	464	531	608	725	912
2008/09	233	299	353	406	470	544	621	731	921
2009/10	240	302	359	422	478	544	627	725	924
2010/11	248	307	359	409	461	526	601	702	872
2011/12	249	308	353	403	462	521	598	692	849
2012/13	229	295	345	400	456	513	590	699	880
2013/14	246	303	354	403	465	528	606	705	862
2014/15	245	313	363	417	479	543	621	722	913
2015/16	240	309	359	411	468	545	635	748	912

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A11: Household type by equivalised income decile in Scotland: 2015/16

Income decile	Pensioner couple		Single pensioner		Couple with dependent children		Single with dependent children		Couple without dependent children		Single without dependent children
Income decile	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%
1	40	7	50	10	160	30	60	11	70	13	150	29
2	80	15	70	14	140	26	90	17	50	10	100	18
3	80	16	70	13	170	33	70	14	60	11	70	13
4	90	17	50	10	200	38	40	7	60	12	80	16
5	80	16	50	9	170	32	60	11	50	9	120	22
6	80	15	40	8	160	30	30	5	110	21	110	20
7	60	12	40	7	150	28	20	3	180	33	90	17
8	60	12	20	4	190	36	10	2	140	28	100	19
9	50	10	20	4	140	27	0	1	200	39	100	20
10	70	14	10	2	170	33	10	2	190	36	70	13
Total	700	13	430	8	1,640	31	390	7	1,120	21	990	19

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A12: Economic status of households by equivalised income decile in Scotland: 2015/16

Income decile	One or more self employed		Single/couple all in full time work		Couple/one in full time, one part time		Couple, one full time one not working		No full time, one or more part time		No adult in employment, head or spouse aged 60 or over		No adult in employment, head or spouse unemployed		No adult in employment, other inactive
Income decile	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%
1	70	14	30	5	10	3	40	8	100	19	110	21	50	10	100	20
2	20	3	60	11	50	9	70	12	70	14	150	28	20	4	100	19
3	20	4	70	13	50	10	80	15	80	15	140	27	10	2	70	13
4	70	13	90	16	60	12	40	7	80	15	140	26	0	0	60	11
5	50	9	160	30	70	13	40	7	60	11	120	23	0	0	30	6
6	30	6	170	33	70	13	50	10	40	9	110	21	10	1	40	7
7	40	8	220	41	100	19	50	9	30	6	80	14	0	0	10	2
8	40	8	260	50	80	15	30	6	40	7	60	12	0	0	10	2
9	30	7	280	54	80	16	40	7	20	4	50	9	0	1	10	3
10	80	15	220	41	110	20	40	8	20	4	50	9	0	0	20	3
Total	460	9	1,560	30	680	13	470	9	540	10	1,000	19	100	2	460	9

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A13: Full-time, part-time and not in employment by equivalised income decile in Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16

	000s	%	000s	%	000s	%
	At least one full time or self employed		No full time, one or more part time		No adults in employment
1st	160	30	100	19	270	51
2nd	190	36	70	14	270	51
3rd	220	42	80	15	220	43
4th	250	48	80	15	200	37
5th	310	59	60	11	150	29
6th	330	62	40	9	150	29
7th	410	78	30	6	90	17
8th	410	79	40	7	80	14
9th	440	84	20	4	60	12
10th	440	84	20	4	60	12
Total	3,170	60	540	10	1,560	30

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A14: Palma ratio for Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16

1994/95	114
1995/96	111
1996/97	111
1997/98	120
1998/99	115
1999/00	128
2000/01	135
2001/02	114
2002/03	117
2003/04	116
2004/05	107
2005/06	117
2006/07	122
2007/08	130
2008/09	135
2009/10	134
2010/11	113
2011/12	118
2012/13	115
2013/14	112
2014/15	115
2015/16	138

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Table A15: Gini coefficient for Scotland: 1994/95 to 2015/16

1994/95	31
1995/96	30
1996/97	30
1997/98	32
1998/99	31
1999/00	33
2000/01	34
2001/02	31
2002/03	31
2003/04	31
2004/05	30
2005/06	31
2006/07	32
2007/08	33
2008/09	34
2009/10	33
2010/11	30
2011/12	31
2012/13	31
2013/14	30
2014/15	31
2015/16	34

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Chart A1 - Summary of measures previously included within the Child Poverty Act 2010

Chart A1 – Summary of measures previously included within the Child Poverty Act 2010

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.
Notes:
1. The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 repealed the four targets included in the Child Poverty Act 2010. This publication updates three of the four measures used to monitor progress and so these are summarised in this chart for reference.
2. Changes in the material deprivation questions in 2010/11 created a break in the series. Data for 2010/11 onwards is not directly comparable with that prior to 2010/11. Further information is available in Annex 2.

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