You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act, and in reference to this data set, please provide the following:
The average disposable household income broken down by each local authority in the UK and by the following age of household reference person categories:
Under 55s
Over 55s
Over 65s
- Over 75s
Please divide the data using the same categories in this data set: one set of data showing the mean average disposable income broken down by age of the household reference person divided by 'income and count'; one set of data showing the median average disposable income broken down by age of the household reference person divided by 'income and count'.
If you cannot provide data broken down by local authority, then please break the data down by postcode areas in the UK. If that is not possible, then please break the data down by NUTS 3. If that is not possible, then please break the data down by counties in the UK. If that is not possible, then please break the data down by regions in the UK.
I would like the data broken down for each of the last ten years with a year-end date of June 30, or whichever year-end is most convenient. If you cannot provide data for each of the last ten years, then please provide data for each of the last five years. If that is not possible, then please provide data for each of the last three years. If that is not possible, then please provide data for each of the most recent two years.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not provide information on average disposable income by local authority and age bands. We also do not hold any of the other breakdowns that you have specified.
However, you may find the following links to information we do hold on incomes by region and by age useful.
- Table 7 in The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, disposable income estimate: 2019 provides information mean and median income by age group for the UK as a whole.
- Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales: financial year ending 2018 provides information on income levels in Middle layer Super Output areas in England and Wales.
We could explore producing estimates of income by age group within NUTS1 regions, depending on sample sizes. If you would like to discuss this further, please get in touch with us at hie@ons.gov.uk.