Across the district in 2019/20 there were 14,150 children living in low income families (income below 60% of the national median income before housing costs). This is around 21% of children aged under 16, slightly above the UK average (19%). The highest child poverty rates in the region are in Bradford (38%) and Hull (32%). The number of local children in low income families has increased by 34% over the past five years.
Two-thirds of children in low income families live in working families – similar to regional and national patterns. At ward level, the proportion of children living in low income families ranges from 12% in Stanley and Outwood East, to 33% of children in Wakefield North and 39% in Wakefield East
Children living in low income families in 2019/20, by ward. Source: Department for Work and Pensions