For richer or poorer? Jersey's gap between the haves and have nots in pictures...

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Last week a report revealed that almost a third of children and pensioners are living in households at risk of poverty and that Jersey had become a more unequal society than the UK over the last five years.

The figures were contained in the Household Income Distribution report, which measures how much money different types of households are surviving on. And now the States' independent Statistics Unit have prepared some infographics to help explain what's going on.

The report uses an international definition of “relative low income” or “at risk of poverty” – which is any household that receives less than 60% of the average (median) income.In Jersey, that means £29,400 for two adults living together, £41,160 for two adults with two children, or £19,698 for a single adult.

Where our money comes from...

Households on relative low incomes...

The effects of benefits, tax and housing costs...

How the statistics are pulled together...