Disabled households

Child poverty rates for disabled households, Scotland

Rates of relative child poverty have dropped for disabled families over the time period shown, from being around 50% in the 90s to now 30% in 2020-23. Rates for families with no disabled adults have followed a similar pattern, but have remained consistently lower than those for families with a disabled adult. Again in 2020-23 a third of children in families where an adult had a disability were living in relative poverty, compared with 19% of children in families with no disabled adults. 

Households with children, which included a disabled adult, in Glasgow City Region

The chart above shows the proportion of all households with children in each region which also have a disabled adult. In 2019, 17.2% of the households in Glasgow with children included a disabled adult. This is a high rate in comparison to most other regions. Only North Lanarkshire at 22.6% had a higher rate. The lowest rate was in East Dunbartonshire with 10.2%. Glasgow had a higher rate than the Scottish average of 16%, showing that this priority family group is particularly important in the Glasgow context.

Households with children, which included a disabled adult, in selected Scottish cities

In 2019, 17.2% of households with children in Glasgow included a disabled adult, higher than the Scottish 16%. Among the selected cities, Dundee had the highest proportion with 22%, while Aberdeen recorded the lowest at 9.9%.

Notes

These data come from Scottish Government statistics.

This page was last updated in December 2024 and it will be updated again when figures are next released.