Summary

Examining how taxes and benefits redistribute between various groups of households in the UK. The study shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.

Publications

• Average household income, UK: financial year ending 2022

  Final estimates of average household income in the UK, with analysis of how these measures have changed over time, accounting for inflation and household composition.

• Household income inequality, UK: financial year ending 2022

  Initial insight into main estimates of household incomes and inequality in the UK, with analysis of how these measures have changed over time accounting for inflation and household composition.

Data

• The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, disposable income estimate

  Average UK household incomes taxes and benefits by household type, tenure status, household characteristics and long-term trends in income inequality.

• The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, provisional estimate

  Provisional estimates of income and inequality measures for financial year ending 2019, alongside historical data.

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