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Regional Household Income
Highest per head in Inner London
Regional Household Income Comparison 2006
At the sub-regional level (NUTS2), Inner London had the highest disposable household income (after tax) per head of population (£18,800) in 2006. The region continued the trend of recent years and in 2006 was 37 per cent above the UK average of £13,800. West Midlands had the lowest household income per head at £11,600. This was 16 per cent below the UK average in 2006. Disposable income increased in all regions (not taking into account the effects of inflation) in 2006.
At the local level (NUTS3), Inner London West had the highest disposable income per head (£25,700) in 2006. This was 87 per cent higher than the UK average. Surrey had the second highest disposable income per head of £18,900, 37 per cent above the UK average. Nottingham had the lowest disposable income per head of £10,200 which was 26 per cent below the UK average. Kingston Upon Hull had the second lowest level of disposable income per head of £10,300 which was 25 per cent below the UK average.
Notes: Gross disposable household income, known as household income, represents the amount of money available to individuals less taxes, National Insurance and pension contributions, property costs (e.g. mortgage interest) and other interest paid (e.g. bank loans).
NUTS (Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics) provides a single uniform breakdown for the production of regional statistics for the EU. NUTS1: English Government Office Regions, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. NUTS2: 37 areas, mainly groups of counties and unitary authorities NUTS3: 133 areas, principally individual counties and unitary authorities. Some areas appear at more than one level, for example, Northern Ireland appears at NUTS levels 1 and 2.
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