High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, September 23, 2011
Income Inequality
In 2009/10, the median income in Scotland before housing costs was £419, slightly higher than £412 in the previous year (adjusted for inflation).
The median income in Scotland after housing costs was £375, again slightly higher than £374 in 2008/09 (adjusted for inflation).
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Source: Department for Work and Pension's Family Resources Survey
The Scottish Government has set a target to increase overall income and the proportion of income earned by the three lowest income deciles as a group by 2017. In 2009/10 the lowest three income deciles received 13 percent of that income. This percentage has remained at 13 or 14 percent for every year since 1994/95 when measurement began. However, since 2004/05 this figure has been gradually but consistently decreasing, suggesting that the distribution of income is becoming less equal. For further detail see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/purposes/solidarity.
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Source: Department for Work and Pension's Family Resources Survey, Households Below Average Income datasets.
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