Household income per head, after tax and benefits, a year, every council ranked

What households here have to spend or save, per resident, after tax and with benefits and pensions added. Retired homeowners can read high. Figures for 2022, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Leicester, £15,075. The council in the middle: Northumberland, £21,359. Highest: City of London, £138k.

Household income per head, after tax and benefits, a year, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1	LeicesterEast Midlands	£15,075
2	SandwellWest Midlands	£15,305
3	NottinghamEast Midlands	£15,434
4	Blaenau GwentWales	£15,568
5	BurnleyNorth West	£15,732
6	HyndburnNorth West	£15,780
7	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	£15,818
8	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	£15,884
9	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	£15,900
10	LincolnEast Midlands	£16,215
11	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	£16,274
12	OldhamNorth West	£16,499
13	Merthyr TydfilWales	£16,621
14	MiddlesbroughNorth East	£16,670
15	WalsallWest Midlands	£16,853
16	RochdaleNorth West	£16,872
17	PendleNorth West	£16,896
18	BirminghamWest Midlands	£16,950
19	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	£16,987
20	AshfieldEast Midlands	£17,016
21	PrestonNorth West	£17,243
22	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	£17,281
23	DerbyEast Midlands	£17,294
24	LiverpoolNorth West	£17,408
25	TorfaenWales	£17,410
26	BlackpoolNorth West	£17,413
27	SunderlandNorth East	£17,458
28	TamesideNorth West	£17,472
29	Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland	£17,520
30	NewportWales	£17,558
31	GatesheadNorth East	£17,600
32	West DunbartonshireScotland	£17,602
33	Neath Port TalbotWales	£17,612
34	ManchesterNorth West	£17,615
35	DudleyWest Midlands	£17,644
36	Dundee CityScotland	£17,653
37	South TynesideNorth East	£17,654
38	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	£17,686
39	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	£17,739
40	CoventryWest Midlands	£17,772
41	WiganNorth West	£17,798
42	KnowsleyNorth West	£17,832
43	CeredigionWales	£17,838
44	BolsoverEast Midlands	£17,866
45	County DurhamNorth East	£17,904
46	GwyneddWales	£17,905
47	CaerphillyWales	£17,914
48	LutonEast of England	£17,944
49	MansfieldEast Midlands	£17,950
50	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	£17,955
51	BoltonNorth West	£17,977
52	SwanseaWales	£17,978
53	HartlepoolNorth East	£17,992
54	NorwichEast of England	£17,993
55	Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland	£18,073
56	Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland	£18,127
57	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	£18,136
58	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	£18,139
59	North LanarkshireScotland	£18,143
60	St. HelensNorth West	£18,157
61	TamworthWest Midlands	£18,159
62	CarmarthenshireWales	£18,179
63	BridgendWales	£18,193
64	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	£18,195
65	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	£18,225
66	IpswichEast of England	£18,240
67	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	£18,272
68	BelfastNorthern Ireland	£18,276
69	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	£18,280
70	BostonEast Midlands	£18,332
71	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	£18,333
72	North AyrshireScotland	£18,353
73	Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland	£18,389
74	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	£18,427
75	LancasterNorth West	£18,434
76	WrexhamWales	£18,457
77	Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland	£18,468
78	GloucesterSouth West	£18,485
79	Glasgow CityScotland	£18,571
80	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	£18,577
81	PeterboroughEast of England	£18,604
82	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	£18,608
83	PlymouthSouth West	£18,677
84	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	£18,679
85	DenbighshireWales	£18,717
86	ExeterSouth West	£18,724
87	SouthamptonSouth East	£18,758
88	Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland	£18,813
89	Great YarmouthEast of England	£18,815
90	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	£18,860
91	WorcesterWest Midlands	£18,889
92	RenfrewshireScotland	£18,905
93	Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland	£18,911
94	Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland	£18,925
95	East AyrshireScotland	£18,961
96	InverclydeScotland	£18,982
97	DarlingtonNorth East	£19,056
98	CardiffWales	£19,106
99	FenlandEast of England	£19,121
100	HaltonNorth West	£19,124
101	PembrokeshireWales	£19,125
102	HarlowEast of England	£19,127
103	North TynesideNorth East	£19,171
104	Isle of AngleseyWales	£19,184
105	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	£19,203
106	Barking and DagenhamLondon	£19,246
107	FifeScotland	£19,314
108	CumberlandNorth West	£19,333
109	PortsmouthSouth East	£19,388
110	South HollandEast Midlands	£19,391
111	SalfordNorth West	£19,395
112	RossendaleNorth West	£19,396
113	ErewashEast Midlands	£19,431
114	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	£19,489
115	FalkirkScotland	£19,559
116	SloughSouth East	£19,590
117	BassetlawEast Midlands	£19,662
118	BroxtoweEast Midlands	£19,700
119	FlintshireWales	£19,723
120	ConwyWales	£19,749
121	BlabyEast Midlands	£19,762
122	PowysWales	£19,772
123	East LindseyEast Midlands	£19,807
124	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	£19,836
125	MorayScotland	£19,844
126	ClackmannanshireScotland	£19,846
127	CrawleySouth East	£19,881
128	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	£19,965
129	TorbaySouth West	£19,990
130	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	£19,996
131	BrecklandEast of England	£19,999
132 joint	GosportSouth East	£20,007
132 joint	HastingsSouth East	£20,007
134	WirralNorth West	£20,043
135	CharnwoodEast Midlands	£20,143
136	Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland	£20,166
137	South RibbleNorth West	£20,187
138	SeftonNorth West	£20,208
139	Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland	£20,233
140	BuryNorth West	£20,278
141	North KestevenEast Midlands	£20,318
142	Dumfries and GallowayScotland	£20,326
143	AngusScotland	£20,352
144	West LothianScotland	£20,355
145	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	£20,369
146	SwindonSouth West	£20,370
147	TorridgeSouth West	£20,407
148	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	£20,421
149	South LanarkshireScotland	£20,445
150	Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland	£20,450
151	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	£20,460
152	Forest of DeanSouth West	£20,545
153	RedditchWest Midlands	£20,555
154	StevenageEast of England	£20,606
155	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	£20,629
156	GedlingEast Midlands	£20,690
157	Argyll and ButeScotland	£20,701
158	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	£20,715
159	Isle of WightSouth East	£20,749
160	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	£20,754
161	WyreNorth West	£20,813
162	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	£20,823
163	RushmoorSouth East	£20,955
164	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	£20,962
165	South AyrshireScotland	£20,983
166	MidlothianScotland	£20,997
167	Aberdeen CityScotland	£21,004
168	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	£21,072
169	TendringEast of England	£21,099
170	Orkney IslandsScotland	£21,132
171	Scottish BordersScotland	£21,187
172	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	£21,190
173	West SuffolkEast of England	£21,196
174 joint	CornwallSouth West	£21,235
174 joint	ThanetSouth East	£21,235
176	ChorleyNorth West	£21,244
177	North DevonSouth West	£21,259
178	MedwaySouth East	£21,277
179	HighlandScotland	£21,303
180	ThurrockEast of England	£21,329
181	NorthumberlandNorth East	£21,359
182	RugbyWest Midlands	£21,409
183	ShropshireWest Midlands	£21,441
184	West LancashireNorth West	£21,486
185	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	£21,547
186	High PeakEast Midlands	£21,573
187	West LindseyEast Midlands	£21,580
188	ColchesterEast of England	£21,583
189	SwaleSouth East	£21,612
190	AdurSouth East	£21,774
191	West DevonSouth West	£21,775
192	North NorfolkEast of England	£21,953
193 joint	DoverSouth East	£21,980
193 joint	EastbourneSouth East	£21,980
195	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	£21,981
196	CanterburySouth East	£21,999
197	Shetland IslandsScotland	£22,025
198	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	£22,051
199	HavantSouth East	£22,106
200	Mid DevonSouth West	£22,116
201	EastleighSouth East	£22,117
202	WarringtonNorth West	£22,152
203	StaffordWest Midlands	£22,155
204	BroadlandEast of England	£22,208
205	SomersetSouth West	£22,231
206	BasildonEast of England	£22,236
207	HuntingdonshireEast of England	£22,317
208	Milton KeynesSouth East	£22,330
209	NewhamLondon	£22,357
210	Vale of GlamorganWales	£22,364
211	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	£22,376
212	BedfordEast of England	£22,414
213	BristolSouth West	£22,465
214	GraveshamSouth East	£22,535
215	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	£22,575
216	TewkesburySouth West	£22,620
217	HerefordshireWest Midlands	£22,726
218	MeltonEast Midlands	£22,755
219	StirlingScotland	£22,756
220 joint	DartfordSouth East	£22,763
220 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	£22,763
222	ReadingSouth East	£22,779
223	South NorfolkEast of England	£22,787
224	TeignbridgeSouth West	£22,824
225	Mid SuffolkEast of England	£22,826
226	Perth and KinrossScotland	£22,833
227	South KestevenEast Midlands	£22,864
228	OxfordSouth East	£22,868
229	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	£22,919
230	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	£22,951
231	WorthingSouth East	£23,051
232	ArunSouth East	£23,068
233	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	£23,103
234	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	£23,108
235	AberdeenshireScotland	£23,174
236	StockportNorth West	£23,192
237	South GloucestershireSouth West	£23,233
238	BraintreeEast of England	£23,345
239	Castle PointEast of England	£23,389
240	WatfordEast of England	£23,518
241	Central BedfordshireEast of England	£23,579
242	East DevonSouth West	£23,635
243	HillingdonLondon	£23,695
244	AshfordSouth East	£23,708
245	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	£23,710
246	MaidstoneSouth East	£23,766
247	CambridgeEast of England	£23,855
248	East LothianScotland	£23,988
249	BroxbourneEast of England	£24,071
250	FarehamSouth East	£24,075
251	MonmouthshireWales	£24,081
252	CheltenhamSouth West	£24,110
253	DorsetSouth West	£24,156
254	WiltshireSouth West	£24,212
255	RochfordEast of England	£24,217
256	SolihullWest Midlands	£24,228
257	FyldeNorth West	£24,259
258	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	£24,277
259	North SomersetSouth West	£24,330
260	BexleyLondon	£24,374
261	WychavonWest Midlands	£24,466
262	RotherSouth East	£24,725
263	LichfieldWest Midlands	£24,765
264	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	£24,779
265	Isles of ScillySouth West	£24,821
266	East RenfrewshireScotland	£24,829
267	BaberghEast of England	£24,841
268	HaveringLondon	£24,913
269	Bracknell ForestSouth East	£24,923
270	CherwellSouth East	£24,927
271	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	£24,945
272	East CambridgeshireEast of England	£25,083
273	RedbridgeLondon	£25,089
274	SuttonLondon	£25,097
275	MaldonEast of England	£25,116
276	CroydonLondon	£25,169
277	StroudSouth West	£25,260
278	East DunbartonshireScotland	£25,270
279	BromsgroveWest Midlands	£25,342
280	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	£25,371
281	EnfieldLondon	£25,516
282	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	£25,531
283	RushcliffeEast Midlands	£25,560
284	ChelmsfordEast of England	£25,662
285	WarwickWest Midlands	£25,770
286	TraffordNorth West	£25,802
287	Waltham ForestLondon	£25,878
288	LewesSouth East	£25,890
289	Cheshire EastNorth West	£25,982
290	GreenwichLondon	£26,020
291	Test ValleySouth East	£26,074
292	HarboroughEast Midlands	£26,213
293	SpelthorneSouth East	£26,351
294	Vale of White HorseSouth East	£26,435
295	Brighton and HoveSouth East	£26,461
296	HounslowLondon	£26,491
297	City of EdinburghScotland	£26,565
298	New ForestSouth East	£26,570
299	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	£26,584
300	North HertfordshireEast of England	£26,787
301	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	£26,870
302	South HamsSouth West	£26,872
303	LewishamLondon	£27,282
304	Ribble ValleyNorth West	£27,425
305	BrentLondon	£27,434
306	EalingLondon	£27,679
307	DacorumEast of England	£27,834
308	WealdenSouth East	£27,916
309	RutlandEast Midlands	£28,090
310	Mid SussexSouth East	£28,210
311	West BerkshireSouth East	£28,281
312	HarrowLondon	£28,501
313	West OxfordshireSouth East	£28,583
314	WokinghamSouth East	£28,641
315	RunnymedeSouth East	£28,789
316	East HampshireSouth East	£28,944
317	South CambridgeshireEast of England	£29,050
318	Tower HamletsLondon	£29,182
319	ChichesterSouth East	£29,357
320	HorshamSouth East	£29,440
321	UttlesfordEast of England	£29,456
322	Epsom and EwellSouth East	£29,476
323	WinchesterSouth East	£29,584
324	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	£29,741
325	East HertfordshireEast of England	£29,761
326	WokingSouth East	£29,827
327	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	£29,893
328	HartSouth East	£30,226
329	Surrey HeathSouth East	£30,451
330	BuckinghamshireSouth East	£30,659
331	BromleyLondon	£30,888
332	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	£30,906
333	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	£31,129
334	South OxfordshireSouth East	£31,132
335	HackneyLondon	£31,388
336	TandridgeSouth East	£31,686
337	SouthwarkLondon	£31,897
338	GuildfordSouth East	£32,201
339	Three RiversEast of England	£32,449
340	BrentwoodEast of England	£32,465
341	LambethLondon	£32,669
342	CotswoldSouth West	£33,334
343	MertonLondon	£33,360
344	HaringeyLondon	£33,461
345	Epping ForestEast of England	£33,619
346	BarnetLondon	£33,730
347	HertsmereEast of England	£33,768
348	SevenoaksSouth East	£33,984
349	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	£34,929
350	St AlbansEast of England	£35,264
351	Mole ValleySouth East	£35,330
352	WaverleySouth East	£36,306
353	IslingtonLondon	£38,628
354	WandsworthLondon	£43,701
355	ElmbridgeSouth East	£44,307
356	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	£44,541
357	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	£45,752
358	CamdenLondon	£58,440
359	WestminsterLondon	£69,058
360	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	£96,578
361	City of LondonLondon	£138k

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