Relative poverty across Scottish Local Authorities
A report which presents new figures about the proportion of households in relative poverty at LA level across Scotland.
Local authority income and poverty tables
This section presents the new SHS estimates for the proportion of households in relative poverty and median income estimates for LAs across Scotland.
The following table presents estimates of median and mean household income for Scottish local authorities. Figures are presented for equivalised and unequivalised income. Equivalisation is an adjustment made to household incomes which takes account of family size so that meaningful comparisons can be made between households of different sizes. For more detail see box 2 below.
Table 2 - Mean, median and quartiles for annual net household income by local authority: 2007-08
Net household income before housing costs |
Net equivalised household income before housing costs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 |
Median |
Q3 |
Mean |
Q1 |
Median |
Q3 |
Mean |
|
Aberdeen City |
13,900 |
23,100 |
38,000 |
28,700 |
16,000 |
23,800 |
33,900 |
27,800 |
Aberdeenshire |
15,000 |
28,600 |
43,600 |
32,400 |
16,200 |
25,600 |
36,100 |
28,600 |
Angus |
11,800 |
20,200 |
32,600 |
23,800 |
13,800 |
20,100 |
28,900 |
22,300 |
Argyll & Bute |
11,900 |
20,000 |
32,200 |
24,100 |
14,200 |
20,200 |
29,800 |
23,200 |
Clackmannanshire |
13,200 |
21,200 |
35,800 |
26,400 |
14,100 |
22,500 |
30,900 |
24,300 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
11,400 |
19,500 |
30,000 |
22,500 |
13,300 |
19,400 |
26,900 |
21,200 |
Dundee City |
10,800 |
17,200 |
26,600 |
21,300 |
13,200 |
18,900 |
25,500 |
20,900 |
East Ayrshire |
13,100 |
20,800 |
33,400 |
25,700 |
13,900 |
20,600 |
28,600 |
23,700 |
East Dunbartonshire |
14,500 |
25,700 |
41,500 |
31,400 |
15,300 |
25,000 |
34,900 |
27,800 |
East Lothian |
13,000 |
22,400 |
33,800 |
26,700 |
15,100 |
21,400 |
30,500 |
25,000 |
East Renfrewshire |
14,100 |
26,400 |
43,700 |
32,000 |
16,300 |
23,600 |
34,100 |
28,200 |
Edinburgh, City of |
12,400 |
21,900 |
34,700 |
26,300 |
14,900 |
22,900 |
32,300 |
25,900 |
Eilean Siar |
10,700 |
19,300 |
34,400 |
24,200 |
12,300 |
19,200 |
27,900 |
21,600 |
Falkirk |
12,200 |
21,600 |
33,600 |
25,000 |
15,100 |
21,600 |
30,000 |
23,900 |
Fife |
11,900 |
20,300 |
33,300 |
24,400 |
13,800 |
20,300 |
29,300 |
23,100 |
Glasgow City |
11,000 |
17,800 |
29,500 |
22,200 |
13,100 |
19,000 |
27,800 |
22,100 |
Highland |
13,300 |
22,900 |
34,600 |
26,000 |
14,700 |
22,300 |
30,900 |
24,200 |
Inverclyde |
11,900 |
20,000 |
32,700 |
23,500 |
13,600 |
19,900 |
29,700 |
21,900 |
Midlothian |
13,900 |
23,200 |
34,800 |
27,000 |
14,600 |
21,100 |
28,800 |
24,400 |
Moray |
11,900 |
22,800 |
33,900 |
25,700 |
13,900 |
21,100 |
31,000 |
24,000 |
North Ayrshire |
11,700 |
20,000 |
31,400 |
23,800 |
13,700 |
19,400 |
27,800 |
22,200 |
North Lanarkshire |
12,400 |
21,000 |
34,100 |
25,500 |
13,700 |
20,500 |
29,700 |
23,400 |
Orkney Islands |
12,200 |
21,500 |
34,400 |
26,000 |
13,500 |
21,900 |
29,500 |
23,900 |
Perth & Kinross |
13,600 |
24,100 |
37,700 |
28,200 |
15,800 |
22,800 |
32,600 |
26,100 |
Renfrewshire |
12,200 |
22,100 |
34,200 |
25,500 |
15,200 |
22,000 |
30,100 |
23,700 |
Scottish Borders |
12,100 |
21,500 |
33,300 |
25,000 |
14,800 |
21,200 |
30,400 |
23,800 |
Shetland Islands |
13,600 |
23,400 |
35,300 |
33,500 |
15,500 |
22,500 |
31,900 |
33,700 |
South Ayrshire |
11,300 |
20,300 |
33,800 |
24,700 |
13,400 |
20,700 |
29,200 |
23,100 |
South Lanarkshire |
11,700 |
21,000 |
34,200 |
25,500 |
13,700 |
21,200 |
30,200 |
23,500 |
Stirling |
13,100 |
22,100 |
35,000 |
28,100 |
14,200 |
21,900 |
31,500 |
25,700 |
West Dunbartonshire |
12,000 |
19,100 |
31,100 |
24,600 |
14,300 |
19,400 |
27,000 |
22,600 |
West Lothian |
12,600 |
22,800 |
36,000 |
26,100 |
14,800 |
21,900 |
30,300 |
23,600 |
SCOTLAND |
12,200 |
21,200 |
34,100 |
25,600 |
14,200 |
21,300 |
30,300 |
24,100 |
Box 2 - What is equivalised income?
Equivalisation is a process which reduces the incomes of larger families and increases the incomes of single people with the intention of adjusting income for family size. This equivalised income allows the comparison of living standards between households that vary in size and composition. The adjustment reflects the fact that a family of several people requires a higher income than a single person in order for both households to enjoy a comparable standard of living. The downside of the equivalisation process is that for most families their equivalised will be higher or lower than what they would naturally think of as their "income" and may be different, and not comparable, to income estimates from other sources. For this reason table 2 presents equivalised and unequivalised figures. Users may therefore choose the income measure which best meets their needs: If they are interested in income as a proxy measure for "standard of living" (as in the relative poverty figures) it will be equivalised income. If they are interested in something which requires comparison to unequivalised financial sources - such as prices information - it will be the unequivalised figures. To find out more about equivalisation see the following report on the Scottish Government website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/IncomePoverty/equivalence-scales-paper. |
Table 3 below presents estimates of the percentage of households in relative poverty in LAs across Scotland. The figures are presented using a four-year rolling average which reduces the amount of uncertainty around the estimates and produces more consistent time series. This does mean however that these figures are more useful for tracking long-term rather than short-term change. For any two consecutive points in the series three-quarters of the data used to calculate them are the same so it is difficult to infer much from these annual changes.
Table 3 - Percentage of households in relative poverty in Scottish local authorities: 2002 to 2008
Council |
2002 to 2005 |
2003 to 2006 |
2004 to 2007 |
2005 to 2008 |
Estimated 95% CI +/- % points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen City |
14 |
15 |
14 |
15 |
1.8 |
Aberdeenshire |
15 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
1.7 |
Angus |
18 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
2.7 |
Argyll & Bute |
21 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
2.8 |
Clackmannanshire |
19 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
2.7 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
17 |
19 |
20 |
22 |
2.3 |
Dundee City |
26 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
2.6 |
East Ayrshire |
20 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
2.7 |
East Dunbartonshire |
14 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
2.6 |
East Lothian |
16 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
2.8 |
East Renfrewshire |
13 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
2.6 |
Edinburgh, City of |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
1.3 |
Eilean Siar; |
23 |
23 |
22 |
25 |
3.1 |
Falkirk |
17 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
2.4 |
Fife |
19 |
20 |
20 |
21 |
1.5 |
Glasgow City |
22 |
23 |
22 |
23 |
1.3 |
Highland |
16 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
1.8 |
Inverclyde |
23 |
22 |
24 |
21 |
3.1 |
Midlothian |
15 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
2.7 |
Moray |
20 |
20 |
21 |
21 |
2.8 |
North Ayrshire |
22 |
23 |
22 |
23 |
2.7 |
North Lanarkshire |
19 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
1.6 |
Orkney Islands |
21 |
21 |
20 |
21 |
2.8 |
Perth & Kinross |
14 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
2.3 |
Renfrewshire |
19 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
2.2 |
Scottish Borders |
17 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
2.5 |
Shetland Islands |
20 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
2.6 |
South Ayrshire |
18 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
2.8 |
South Lanarkshire |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
1.7 |
Stirling |
15 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
2.6 |
West Dunbartonshire |
18 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
3.0 |
West Lothian |
18 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
2.2 |
SCOTLAND |
18 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
0.4 |
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