Housing costs as proportion of net income for households in poverty (2023/24)
Last updated: June 2025
Next estimated update: May 2026
What does this indicator show?
This indicator shows how much of a household’s income is spent on housing costs in London and the rest of England - split by households in poverty and not in poverty.
What does it tell us?
Households living in poverty are spending a significantly larger proportion of their net income on housing costs than households not living in poverty. This is true both in London and in the rest of England.
London households in poverty are estimated, on average, to spend 57% of their total net income (after tax) on housing costs. By comparison, those living in households which are not in poverty spend just 12% on average.
The trend is similar in the rest of England with households in poverty spending 33% of their income on housing compared to 8% for those not in poverty, but the gap is much smaller than in the capital.
Compared to the rest of England, London households in poverty and not in poverty are both spending proportionally more of their income on housing costs.
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