Average Income Statistics
Work and Pensions
Michael Wills (North Swindon, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average income was for (a) the lowest earning 40 per cent. and (b) the highest earning 40 per cent. of the population in (i) Swindon and (ii) England in (A) 1997 and (B) 2005.
Jim Murphy (Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform), Department for Work and Pensions; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
The data source does not allow us to provide robust income estimates below regional level.
Information is presented in the following tables for England as a whole and the South West region in particular. This is consistent with the latest publication of the "Households Below Average Income 1994-95 to 2004-05".
| Money values for the median of the bottom 40 per cent. of income distribution in average 2004-05 prices: England and South West | ||
| £ per week equivalised | ||
| 1996-97 to 1998-99 | 2002-03 to 2004-05 | |
| Before housing costs | ||
| England | 186 | 222 |
| South West | 187 | 229 |
| After housing costs | ||
| England | 135 | 177 |
| South West | 137 | 185 |
| Money values for the median of the top 40 per cent. of income distribution in average 2004-05 prices: England and South West | ||
| £ per week equivalised | ||
| 1996-97 to 1998-99 | 2002-03 to 2004-05 | |
| Before housing costs | ||
| England | 483 | 550 |
| South West | 453 | 517 |
| After housing costs | ||
| England | 410 | 489 |
| South West | 385 | 465 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are provided using a three-year moving averages, as single-year estimates do not provide a robust guide to year-on-year changes. Hence, figures are not consistent with previously published single-year estimates and there may be differences in changes over time. 2. Figures refer to income not earnings. Source: Family Resource Survey. | ||