Neighbourhoods

Children in Low Income Families across Glasgow Neighbourhoods

For 2021/22, the average proportion of children in low income families in Glasgow was 31.8%, eleven percentage points higher than the Scottish average of 20.8%. The levels of children in low income families is higher than the Scottish average in the majority of Glasgow's neighbourhoods, although twelve of Glasgow's neighbourhoods were below the Scottish average.

Levels of low income families within Glasgow neighbourhoods ranged from 4.3% in Carmunock to 69.5% in Govanhill, with most neighbourhoods between 10% and 41%.

Comparing these estimates with previous years, the average level of low income families rose by 2.3 percentage points in Glasgow and by 1.7 percentage points in Scotland between 2020/21 and 2021/22. The Glasgow figure was 9.1 percentage points higher in 2021/22  than it was in 2014/15. Pollokshields East and Govanhill have had the highest levels of low income families in the city through this period. The five neighbourhoods with the lowest levels of low income families (Carmunock, Kelvindale & Kelvinside, Cathcart & Simshill, Anniesland, Jordanhill & Whiteinch and Hyndland, Downahill & Partick East) have been mainly consistent, although their relative positions have changed each year.

Notes

The data for this graph were provided by HM Revenue & Customs and Department for Work and Pensions. 

The figures presented here are for children aged 0-15. Although they provide an indication of the approximate propensity for children to be living in low income families, there is a margin of uncertainty associated with the rates, as they are derived from estimates of children populations at mid-year and counts of children in low income based on age as at 31 March 2020.