About this data

Source: DWP, Households Below Average Income: financial years ending 1995 to 2025

• Weekly household income after taxes and benefits, adjusted for household size, for the person in the middle of each group. Before housing costs, so pensioners who own their homes outright aren't counted as better off for not paying rent or a mortgage.
• From 2021-22, DWP links survey data to benefit records, so the latest three-year averages mix the two methods.

This chart appears in Pensions.