High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Monday, May 18, 2009
Income Inequality
In 2006/07, the median income in Scotland before housing costs was £369, slightly lower than £372 in the previous year (adjusted for inflation).
The median income in Scotland after housing costs was £321, again slightly lower than £326 in 2005/06 (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 (the Solidarity Target).
The total sum of income received by all Scottish households in 2006/07 was £113,940 million, a non-significant increase of less than 1 per cent from the previous year. The lowest three income deciles received 14% of that total income. There has been no significant change in the proportion of income received by the lowest three income deciles since 1994/95 when measurement began.
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Source: Department for Work and Pension's Family Resources Survey, Households Below Average Income datasets.
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