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Chesterfield and Lowestoft

95,716 and 95,463 residents (mid-2024).

Chesterfield is higher than Lowestoft on 13 of 22 measures per person in the age group, 6 of 22 per resident and 6 of 22 in total.

On 7 of 22 measures, which area is higher depends on whether you count per person or in total. Choose a way of counting below to see each one.

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Per person in the age group

Chesterfield is higher on 13 of 22 measures, and Lowestoft on 9. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Chesterfield Lowestoft

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £5,183, Lowestoft £5,754Lowestoft: £5,754Chesterfield: £5,183Lowestoft: £5,779Chesterfield: £5,205Lowestoft: £5,458Chesterfield: £4,917

    £5,183£5,205£4,917Lowestoft is higher£5,754£5,779£5,458

  2. Pensioner benefitsper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, per person aged 66 and over: Chesterfield £12,837, Lowestoft £12,659Lowestoft: £12,659Chesterfield: £12,837Lowestoft: £12,713Chesterfield: £12,891Lowestoft: £12,008Chesterfield: £12,176

    £12,837£12,891£12,176Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count£12,659£12,713£12,008

  3. Working-age benefitsper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £2,297, Lowestoft £2,659Lowestoft: £2,659Chesterfield: £2,297Lowestoft: £2,670Chesterfield: £2,307Lowestoft: £2,522Chesterfield: £2,179

    £2,297£2,307£2,179Lowestoft is higher£2,659£2,670£2,522

  4. State Pensionper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    State Pension, per person aged 66 and over: Chesterfield £11,514, Lowestoft £11,524Lowestoft: £11,524Chesterfield: £11,514Lowestoft: £11,573Chesterfield: £11,563Lowestoft: £10,931Chesterfield: £10,922

    £11,514£11,563£10,922Lowestoft is higher£11,524£11,573£10,931

  5. Pension Creditper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, per person aged 66 and over: Chesterfield £456, Lowestoft £385Lowestoft: £385Chesterfield: £456Lowestoft: £386Chesterfield: £458Lowestoft: £365Chesterfield: £433

    £456£458£433Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count£385£386£365

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over: Chesterfield £836, Lowestoft £724Lowestoft: £724Chesterfield: £836Lowestoft: £727Chesterfield: £840Lowestoft: £687Chesterfield: £793

    £836£840£793Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count£724£727£687

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, per person aged 66 and over: Chesterfield £30, Lowestoft £27Lowestoft: £27Chesterfield: £30Lowestoft: £27Chesterfield: £30Lowestoft: £26Chesterfield: £29

    £30£30£29Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count£27£27£26

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £649, Lowestoft £610Lowestoft: £610Chesterfield: £649Lowestoft: £612Chesterfield: £652Lowestoft: £578Chesterfield: £616

    £649£652£616Chesterfield is higher£610£612£578

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £166, Lowestoft £166Lowestoft: £166Chesterfield: £166Lowestoft: £166Chesterfield: £167Lowestoft: £157Chesterfield: £157

    £166£167£157Chesterfield is higher£166£166£157

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £150, Lowestoft £175Lowestoft: £175Chesterfield: £150Lowestoft: £176Chesterfield: £151Lowestoft: £166Chesterfield: £142

    £150£151£142Lowestoft is higher£175£176£166

  11. Universal Creditper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £1,643, Lowestoft £2,114Lowestoft: £2,114Chesterfield: £1,643Lowestoft: £2,123Chesterfield: £1,650Lowestoft: £2,005Chesterfield: £1,559

    £1,643£1,650£1,559Lowestoft is higher£2,114£2,123£2,005

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Chesterfield £235, Lowestoft £215Lowestoft: £215Chesterfield: £235Lowestoft: £216Chesterfield: £236Lowestoft: £204Chesterfield: £223

    £235£236£223Chesterfield is higher£215£216£204

  13. Employment and Support Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £488, Lowestoft £354Lowestoft: £354Chesterfield: £488Lowestoft: £356Chesterfield: £490Lowestoft: £336Chesterfield: £462

    £488£490£462Chesterfield is higher£354£356£336

  14. Jobseeker's Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £8.43, Lowestoft £6.85Lowestoft: £6.85Chesterfield: £8.43Lowestoft: £6.88Chesterfield: £8.47Lowestoft: £6.50Chesterfield: £8.00

    £8.43£8.47£8.00Chesterfield is higher£6.85£6.88£6.50

  15. Income Supportper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Income Support, per person aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield £7.79, Lowestoft £8.70Lowestoft: £8.70Chesterfield: £7.79Lowestoft: £8.73Chesterfield: £7.82Lowestoft: £8.25Chesterfield: £7.39

    £7.79£7.82£7.39Lowestoft is higher£8.70£8.73£8.25

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £5.80, Lowestoft £6.40Lowestoft: £6.40Chesterfield: £5.80Lowestoft: £6.43Chesterfield: £5.82Lowestoft: £6.07Chesterfield: £5.50

    £5.80£5.82£5.50Lowestoft is higher£6.40£6.43£6.07

  17. State Pensionper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    State Pension, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Chesterfield 1,006.3, Lowestoft 1,001.8Lowestoft: 1,001.8Chesterfield: 1,006.3

    1,006.3Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count1,001.8

  18. Pension Creditper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Chesterfield 120.9, Lowestoft 105.5Lowestoft: 105.5Chesterfield: 120.9

    120.9Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count105.5

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Chesterfield 172.3, Lowestoft 154.1Lowestoft: 154.1Chesterfield: 172.3

    172.3Chesterfield is higherDepends on how you count154.1

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 96.2, Lowestoft 93.3Lowestoft: 93.3Chesterfield: 96.2

    96.2Chesterfield is higher93.3

  21. Universal Creditper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, May 2026

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield 220.4, Lowestoft 254.5Lowestoft: 254.5Chesterfield: 220.4

    220.4Lowestoft is higher254.5

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64: Chesterfield 32.1, Lowestoft 37.6Lowestoft: 37.6Chesterfield: 32.1

    32.1Lowestoft is higher37.6

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Chesterfield and Lowestoft, per person in the age group
MeasureChesterfieldLowestoftHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5,183£5,205£4,917£5,754£5,779£5,458Lowestoft
Pensioner benefitsper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£12,837£12,891£12,176£12,659£12,713£12,008Chesterfield
Working-age benefitsper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£2,297£2,307£2,179£2,659£2,670£2,522Lowestoft
State Pensionper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£11,514£11,563£10,922£11,524£11,573£10,931Lowestoft
Pension Creditper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£456£458£433£385£386£365Chesterfield
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£836£840£793£724£727£687Chesterfield
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£30£30£29£27£27£26Chesterfield
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£649£652£616£610£612£578Chesterfield
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£166£167£157£166£166£157Chesterfield
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£150£151£142£175£176£166Lowestoft
Universal Creditper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£1,643£1,650£1,559£2,114£2,123£2,005Lowestoft
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£235£236£223£215£216£204Chesterfield
Employment and Support Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£488£490£462£354£356£336Chesterfield
Jobseeker's Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£8.43£8.47£8.00£6.85£6.88£6.50Chesterfield
Income Supportper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£7.79£7.82£7.39£8.70£8.73£8.25Lowestoft
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5.80£5.82£5.50£6.40£6.43£6.07Lowestoft
State Pensionper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 20261,006.31,001.8Chesterfield
Pension Creditper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026120.9105.5Chesterfield
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026172.3154.1Chesterfield
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202696.293.3Chesterfield
Universal Creditper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, May 2026220.4254.5Lowestoft
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, March 202632.137.6Lowestoft

Per resident

Chesterfield is higher on 6 of 22 measures, and Lowestoft on 16. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Chesterfield Lowestoft

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £5,183, Lowestoft £5,754Lowestoft: £5,754Chesterfield: £5,183Lowestoft: £5,779Chesterfield: £5,205Lowestoft: £5,458Chesterfield: £4,917

    £5,183£5,205£4,917Lowestoft is higher£5,754£5,779£5,458

  2. Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £2,728, Lowestoft £3,250Lowestoft: £3,250Chesterfield: £2,728Lowestoft: £3,264Chesterfield: £2,739Lowestoft: £3,083Chesterfield: £2,587

    £2,728£2,739£2,587Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£3,250£3,264£3,083

  3. Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £1,399, Lowestoft £1,507Lowestoft: £1,507Chesterfield: £1,399Lowestoft: £1,514Chesterfield: £1,405Lowestoft: £1,430Chesterfield: £1,327

    £1,399£1,405£1,327Lowestoft is higher£1,507£1,514£1,430

  4. State Pensionper resident, 2024-25

    State Pension, per resident: Chesterfield £2,447, Lowestoft £2,959Lowestoft: £2,959Chesterfield: £2,447Lowestoft: £2,971Chesterfield: £2,457Lowestoft: £2,807Chesterfield: £2,321

    £2,447£2,457£2,321Lowestoft is higher£2,959£2,971£2,807

  5. Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, per resident: Chesterfield £97, Lowestoft £99Lowestoft: £99Chesterfield: £97Lowestoft: £99Chesterfield: £97Lowestoft: £94Chesterfield: £92

    £97£97£92Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£99£99£94

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £178, Lowestoft £186Lowestoft: £186Chesterfield: £178Lowestoft: £187Chesterfield: £178Lowestoft: £176Chesterfield: £169

    £178£178£169Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£186£187£176

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £6.39, Lowestoft £6.99Lowestoft: £6.99Chesterfield: £6.39Lowestoft: £7.02Chesterfield: £6.42Lowestoft: £6.63Chesterfield: £6.06

    £6.39£6.42£6.06Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£6.99£7.02£6.63

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £649, Lowestoft £610Lowestoft: £610Chesterfield: £649Lowestoft: £612Chesterfield: £652Lowestoft: £578Chesterfield: £616

    £649£652£616Chesterfield is higher£610£612£578

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £166, Lowestoft £166Lowestoft: £166Chesterfield: £166Lowestoft: £166Chesterfield: £167Lowestoft: £157Chesterfield: £157

    £166£167£157Chesterfield is higher£166£166£157

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per resident: Chesterfield £91, Lowestoft £99Lowestoft: £99Chesterfield: £91Lowestoft: £100Chesterfield: £92Lowestoft: £94Chesterfield: £87

    £91£92£87Lowestoft is higher£99£100£94

  11. Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, per resident: Chesterfield £1,001, Lowestoft £1,198Lowestoft: £1,198Chesterfield: £1,001Lowestoft: £1,204Chesterfield: £1,005Lowestoft: £1,137Chesterfield: £949

    £1,001£1,005£949Lowestoft is higher£1,198£1,204£1,137

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Chesterfield £235, Lowestoft £215Lowestoft: £215Chesterfield: £235Lowestoft: £216Chesterfield: £236Lowestoft: £204Chesterfield: £223

    £235£236£223Chesterfield is higher£215£216£204

  13. Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, per resident: Chesterfield £297, Lowestoft £201Lowestoft: £201Chesterfield: £297Lowestoft: £202Chesterfield: £298Lowestoft: £190Chesterfield: £282

    £297£298£282Chesterfield is higher£201£202£190

  14. Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident: Chesterfield £5.13, Lowestoft £3.89Lowestoft: £3.89Chesterfield: £5.13Lowestoft: £3.91Chesterfield: £5.16Lowestoft: £3.69Chesterfield: £4.87

    £5.13£5.16£4.87Chesterfield is higher£3.89£3.91£3.69

  15. Income Supportper resident, 2024-25

    Income Support, per resident: Chesterfield £4.74, Lowestoft £4.93Lowestoft: £4.93Chesterfield: £4.74Lowestoft: £4.95Chesterfield: £4.76Lowestoft: £4.68Chesterfield: £4.50

    £4.74£4.76£4.50Lowestoft is higher£4.93£4.95£4.68

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Chesterfield £5.80, Lowestoft £6.40Lowestoft: £6.40Chesterfield: £5.80Lowestoft: £6.43Chesterfield: £5.82Lowestoft: £6.07Chesterfield: £5.50

    £5.80£5.82£5.50Lowestoft is higher£6.40£6.43£6.07

  17. State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    State Pension, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 213.8, Lowestoft 257.2Lowestoft: 257.2Chesterfield: 213.8

    213.8Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count257.2

  18. Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 25.7, Lowestoft 27.1Lowestoft: 27.1Chesterfield: 25.7

    25.7Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count27.1

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 36.6, Lowestoft 39.6Lowestoft: 39.6Chesterfield: 36.6

    36.6Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count39.6

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 96.2, Lowestoft 93.3Lowestoft: 93.3Chesterfield: 96.2

    96.2Chesterfield is higher93.3

  21. Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 134.2, Lowestoft 144.2Lowestoft: 144.2Chesterfield: 134.2

    134.2Lowestoft is higher144.2

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per 1,000 residents: Chesterfield 19.6, Lowestoft 21.3Lowestoft: 21.3Chesterfield: 19.6

    19.6Lowestoft is higher21.3

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Chesterfield and Lowestoft, per resident
MeasureChesterfieldLowestoftHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5,183£5,205£4,917£5,754£5,779£5,458Lowestoft
Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25£2,728£2,739£2,587£3,250£3,264£3,083Lowestoft
Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25£1,399£1,405£1,327£1,507£1,514£1,430Lowestoft
State Pensionper resident, 2024-25£2,447£2,457£2,321£2,959£2,971£2,807Lowestoft
Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25£97£97£92£99£99£94Lowestoft
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£178£178£169£186£187£176Lowestoft
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper resident, 2024-25£6.39£6.42£6.06£6.99£7.02£6.63Lowestoft
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£649£652£616£610£612£578Chesterfield
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£166£167£157£166£166£157Chesterfield
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper resident, 2024-25£91£92£87£99£100£94Lowestoft
Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25£1,001£1,005£949£1,198£1,204£1,137Lowestoft
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£235£236£223£215£216£204Chesterfield
Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£297£298£282£201£202£190Chesterfield
Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£5.13£5.16£4.87£3.89£3.91£3.69Chesterfield
Income Supportper resident, 2024-25£4.74£4.76£4.50£4.93£4.95£4.68Lowestoft
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5.80£5.82£5.50£6.40£6.43£6.07Lowestoft
State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026213.8257.2Lowestoft
Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 202625.727.1Lowestoft
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202636.639.6Lowestoft
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202696.293.3Chesterfield
Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026134.2144.2Lowestoft
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202619.621.3Lowestoft

Total

Chesterfield is higher on 6 of 22 measures, and Lowestoft on 16. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Chesterfield Lowestoft

  1. All benefitstotal, 2024-25

    All benefits, total: Chesterfield £496.1m, Lowestoft £549.3mLowestoft: £549.3mChesterfield: £496.1mLowestoft: £551.7mChesterfield: £498.2mLowestoft: £521.1mChesterfield: £470.6m

    £496.1m£498.2m£470.6mLowestoft is higher£549.3m£551.7m£521.1m

  2. Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, total: Chesterfield £261.1m, Lowestoft £310.3mLowestoft: £310.3mChesterfield: £261.1mLowestoft: £311.6mChesterfield: £262.2mLowestoft: £294.3mChesterfield: £247.7m

    £261.1m£262.2m£247.7mLowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£310.3m£311.6m£294.3m

  3. Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, total: Chesterfield £133.9m, Lowestoft £143.9mLowestoft: £143.9mChesterfield: £133.9mLowestoft: £144.5mChesterfield: £134.5mLowestoft: £136.5mChesterfield: £127.0m

    £133.9m£134.5m£127.0mLowestoft is higher£143.9m£144.5m£136.5m

  4. State Pensiontotal, 2024-25

    State Pension, total: Chesterfield £234.2m, Lowestoft £282.5mLowestoft: £282.5mChesterfield: £234.2mLowestoft: £283.7mChesterfield: £235.2mLowestoft: £267.9mChesterfield: £222.1m

    £234.2m£235.2m£222.1mLowestoft is higher£282.5m£283.7m£267.9m

  5. Pension Credittotal, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, total: Chesterfield £9.3m, Lowestoft £9.4mLowestoft: £9.4mChesterfield: £9.3mLowestoft: £9.5mChesterfield: £9.3mLowestoft: £8.9mChesterfield: £8.8m

    £9.3m£9.3m£8.8mLowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£9.4m£9.5m£8.9m

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Chesterfield £17.0m, Lowestoft £17.7mLowestoft: £17.7mChesterfield: £17.0mLowestoft: £17.8mChesterfield: £17.1mLowestoft: £16.8mChesterfield: £16.1m

    £17.0m£17.1m£16.1mLowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£17.7m£17.8m£16.8m

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, total: Chesterfield £0.61m, Lowestoft £0.67mLowestoft: £0.67mChesterfield: £0.61mLowestoft: £0.67mChesterfield: £0.61mLowestoft: £0.63mChesterfield: £0.58m

    £0.61m£0.61m£0.58mLowestoft is higherDepends on how you count£0.67m£0.67m£0.63m

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Chesterfield £62.2m, Lowestoft £58.2mLowestoft: £58.2mChesterfield: £62.2mLowestoft: £58.4mChesterfield: £62.4mLowestoft: £55.2mChesterfield: £59.0m

    £62.2m£62.4m£59.0mChesterfield is higher£58.2m£58.4m£55.2m

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, total: Chesterfield £15.9m, Lowestoft £15.8mLowestoft: £15.8mChesterfield: £15.9mLowestoft: £15.9mChesterfield: £16.0mLowestoft: £15.0mChesterfield: £15.1m

    £15.9m£16.0m£15.1mChesterfield is higher£15.8m£15.9m£15.0m

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Chesterfield £8.7m, Lowestoft £9.5mLowestoft: £9.5mChesterfield: £8.7mLowestoft: £9.5mChesterfield: £8.8mLowestoft: £9.0mChesterfield: £8.3m

    £8.7m£8.8m£8.3mLowestoft is higher£9.5m£9.5m£9.0m

  11. Universal Credittotal, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, total: Chesterfield £95.8m, Lowestoft £114.4mLowestoft: £114.4mChesterfield: £95.8mLowestoft: £114.9mChesterfield: £96.2mLowestoft: £108.5mChesterfield: £90.9m

    £95.8m£96.2m£90.9mLowestoft is higher£114.4m£114.9m£108.5m

  12. Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, total: Chesterfield £22.5m, Lowestoft £20.5mLowestoft: £20.5mChesterfield: £22.5mLowestoft: £20.6mChesterfield: £22.6mLowestoft: £19.5mChesterfield: £21.4m

    £22.5m£22.6m£21.4mChesterfield is higher£20.5m£20.6m£19.5m

  13. Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, total: Chesterfield £28.4m, Lowestoft £19.2mLowestoft: £19.2mChesterfield: £28.4mLowestoft: £19.2mChesterfield: £28.5mLowestoft: £18.2mChesterfield: £27.0m

    £28.4m£28.5m£27.0mChesterfield is higher£19.2m£19.2m£18.2m

  14. Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, total: Chesterfield £0.49m, Lowestoft £0.37mLowestoft: £0.37mChesterfield: £0.49mLowestoft: £0.37mChesterfield: £0.49mLowestoft: £0.35mChesterfield: £0.47m

    £0.49m£0.49m£0.47mChesterfield is higher£0.37m£0.37m£0.35m

  15. Income Supporttotal, 2024-25

    Income Support, total: Chesterfield £0.45m, Lowestoft £0.47mLowestoft: £0.47mChesterfield: £0.45mLowestoft: £0.47mChesterfield: £0.46mLowestoft: £0.45mChesterfield: £0.43m

    £0.45m£0.46m£0.43mLowestoft is higher£0.47m£0.47m£0.45m

  16. Other benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Other benefits, total: Chesterfield £0.55m, Lowestoft £0.61mLowestoft: £0.61mChesterfield: £0.55mLowestoft: £0.61mChesterfield: £0.56mLowestoft: £0.58mChesterfield: £0.53m

    £0.55m£0.56m£0.53mLowestoft is higher£0.61m£0.61m£0.58m

  17. State Pensiontotal, March 2026

    State Pension, total: Chesterfield 20,468, Lowestoft 24,556Lowestoft: 24,556Chesterfield: 20,468

    20,468Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count24,556

  18. Pension Credittotal, March 2026

    Pension Credit, total: Chesterfield 2,459, Lowestoft 2,587Lowestoft: 2,587Chesterfield: 2,459

    2,459Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count2,587

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Chesterfield 3,505, Lowestoft 3,777Lowestoft: 3,777Chesterfield: 3,505

    3,505Lowestoft is higherDepends on how you count3,777

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Chesterfield 9,207, Lowestoft 8,903Lowestoft: 8,903Chesterfield: 9,207

    9,207Chesterfield is higher8,903

  21. Universal Credittotal, May 2026

    Universal Credit, total: Chesterfield 12,848, Lowestoft 13,769Lowestoft: 13,769Chesterfield: 12,848

    12,848Lowestoft is higher13,769

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Chesterfield 1,873, Lowestoft 2,037Lowestoft: 2,037Chesterfield: 1,873

    1,873Lowestoft is higher2,037

Show the numbers
Chesterfield and Lowestoft, total
MeasureChesterfieldLowestoftHigher
All benefitstotal, 2024-25£496.1m£498.2m£470.6m£549.3m£551.7m£521.1mLowestoft
Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25£261.1m£262.2m£247.7m£310.3m£311.6m£294.3mLowestoft
Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25£133.9m£134.5m£127.0m£143.9m£144.5m£136.5mLowestoft
State Pensiontotal, 2024-25£234.2m£235.2m£222.1m£282.5m£283.7m£267.9mLowestoft
Pension Credittotal, 2024-25£9.3m£9.3m£8.8m£9.4m£9.5m£8.9mLowestoft
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£17.0m£17.1m£16.1m£17.7m£17.8m£16.8mLowestoft
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal, 2024-25£0.61m£0.61m£0.58m£0.67m£0.67m£0.63mLowestoft
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£62.2m£62.4m£59.0m£58.2m£58.4m£55.2mChesterfield
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£15.9m£16.0m£15.1m£15.8m£15.9m£15.0mChesterfield
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, 2024-25£8.7m£8.8m£8.3m£9.5m£9.5m£9.0mLowestoft
Universal Credittotal, 2024-25£95.8m£96.2m£90.9m£114.4m£114.9m£108.5mLowestoft
Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25£22.5m£22.6m£21.4m£20.5m£20.6m£19.5mChesterfield
Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25£28.4m£28.5m£27.0m£19.2m£19.2m£18.2mChesterfield
Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25£0.49m£0.49m£0.47m£0.37m£0.37m£0.35mChesterfield
Income Supporttotal, 2024-25£0.45m£0.46m£0.43m£0.47m£0.47m£0.45mLowestoft
Other benefitstotal, 2024-25£0.55m£0.56m£0.53m£0.61m£0.61m£0.58mLowestoft
State Pensiontotal, March 202620,46824,556Lowestoft
Pension Credittotal, March 20262,4592,587Lowestoft
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, March 20263,5053,777Lowestoft
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, July 20269,2078,903Chesterfield
Universal Credittotal, May 202612,84813,769Lowestoft
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, March 20261,8732,037Lowestoft

Sources

Each area's page lists the limits of its figures and where each one comes from.

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  5. 5Social Security Scotland. Child Disability Payment statistics to 30 June 2026. Published 17 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
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  7. 7Social Security Scotland. Carer Support Payment statistics to 30 June 2026. Published 10 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  8. 8Social Security Scotland. Winter heating benefits statistics for winter 2025/26. Published 18 May 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  9. 9Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by local authority (Nomis NM_2002_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
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