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Burnley and Hyndburn

99,195 and 85,895 residents (mid-2024).

Burnley is higher than Hyndburn on 8 of 22 measures per person in the age group, 8 of 22 per resident and 21 of 22 in total.

On 13 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

Burnley is higher on 8 of 22 measures, and Hyndburn on 14. 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

Burnley Hyndburn

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Burnley £5,077, Hyndburn £5,112Hyndburn: £5,112Burnley: £5,077Hyndburn: £5,134Burnley: £5,098Hyndburn: £4,849Burnley: £4,815

    £5,077£5,098£4,815Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£5,112£5,134£4,849

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

    Pensioner benefits, per person aged 66 and over: Burnley £12,874, Hyndburn £13,099Hyndburn: £13,099Burnley: £12,874Hyndburn: £13,154Burnley: £12,928Hyndburn: £12,425Burnley: £12,211

    £12,874£12,928£12,211Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£13,099£13,154£12,425

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

    Working-age benefits, per person aged 16 to 64: Burnley £2,965, Hyndburn £2,848Hyndburn: £2,848Burnley: £2,965Hyndburn: £2,860Burnley: £2,978Hyndburn: £2,701Burnley: £2,812

    £2,965£2,978£2,812Burnley is higher£2,848£2,860£2,701

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

    State Pension, per person aged 66 and over: Burnley £11,339, Hyndburn £11,620Hyndburn: £11,620Burnley: £11,339Hyndburn: £11,670Burnley: £11,387Hyndburn: £11,023Burnley: £10,755

    £11,339£11,387£10,755Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£11,620£11,670£11,023

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

    Pension Credit, per person aged 66 and over: Burnley £619, Hyndburn £579Hyndburn: £579Burnley: £619Hyndburn: £582Burnley: £622Hyndburn: £549Burnley: £587

    £619£622£587Burnley is higher£579£582£549

  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: Burnley £880, Hyndburn £863Hyndburn: £863Burnley: £880Hyndburn: £867Burnley: £884Hyndburn: £819Burnley: £835

    £880£884£835Burnley is higher£863£867£819

  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: Burnley £36, Hyndburn £36Hyndburn: £36Burnley: £36Hyndburn: £36Burnley: £36Hyndburn: £34Burnley: £34

    £36£36£34Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£36£36£34

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Burnley £616, Hyndburn £637Hyndburn: £637Burnley: £616Hyndburn: £639Burnley: £619Hyndburn: £604Burnley: £585

    £616£619£585Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£637£639£604

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

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Burnley £187, Hyndburn £190Hyndburn: £190Burnley: £187Hyndburn: £191Burnley: £188Hyndburn: £180Burnley: £177

    £187£188£177Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£190£191£180

  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: Burnley £179, Hyndburn £162Hyndburn: £162Burnley: £179Hyndburn: £163Burnley: £180Hyndburn: £154Burnley: £170

    £179£180£170Burnley is higher£162£163£154

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

    Universal Credit, per person aged 16 to 64: Burnley £2,364, Hyndburn £2,221Hyndburn: £2,221Burnley: £2,364Hyndburn: £2,231Burnley: £2,374Hyndburn: £2,107Burnley: £2,242

    £2,364£2,374£2,242Burnley is higher£2,221£2,231£2,107

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Burnley £257, Hyndburn £281Hyndburn: £281Burnley: £257Hyndburn: £282Burnley: £258Hyndburn: £266Burnley: £244

    £257£258£244Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£281£282£266

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

    Employment and Support Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Burnley £410, Hyndburn £450Hyndburn: £450Burnley: £410Hyndburn: £451Burnley: £412Hyndburn: £426Burnley: £389

    £410£412£389Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£450£451£426

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

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Burnley £4.89, Hyndburn £8.18Hyndburn: £8.18Burnley: £4.89Hyndburn: £8.22Burnley: £4.91Hyndburn: £7.76Burnley: £4.64

    £4.89£4.91£4.64Hyndburn is higher£8.18£8.22£7.76

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

    Income Support, per person aged 16 to 64: Burnley £7.19, Hyndburn £7.43Hyndburn: £7.43Burnley: £7.19Hyndburn: £7.46Burnley: £7.22Hyndburn: £7.05Burnley: £6.82

    £7.19£7.22£6.82Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£7.43£7.46£7.05

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Burnley £5.96, Hyndburn £6.84Hyndburn: £6.84Burnley: £5.96Hyndburn: £6.87Burnley: £5.98Hyndburn: £6.49Burnley: £5.65

    £5.96£5.98£5.65Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£6.84£6.87£6.49

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

    State Pension, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Burnley 990.5, Hyndburn 1,002.9Hyndburn: 1,002.9Burnley: 990.5

    990.5Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count1,002.9

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

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Burnley 143.3, Hyndburn 145.2Hyndburn: 145.2Burnley: 143.3

    143.3Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count145.2

  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: Burnley 185.0, Hyndburn 179.7Hyndburn: 179.7Burnley: 185.0

    185.0Burnley is higher179.7

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 95.0, Hyndburn 97.3Hyndburn: 97.3Burnley: 95.0

    95.0Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count97.3

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

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64: Burnley 297.5, Hyndburn 283.0Hyndburn: 283.0Burnley: 297.5

    297.5Burnley is higher283.0

  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: Burnley 41.5, Hyndburn 37.3Hyndburn: 37.3Burnley: 41.5

    41.5Burnley is higher37.3

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Burnley and Hyndburn, per person in the age group
MeasureBurnleyHyndburnHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5,077£5,098£4,815£5,112£5,134£4,849Hyndburn
Pensioner benefitsper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£12,874£12,928£12,211£13,099£13,154£12,425Hyndburn
Working-age benefitsper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£2,965£2,978£2,812£2,848£2,860£2,701Burnley
State Pensionper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£11,339£11,387£10,755£11,620£11,670£11,023Hyndburn
Pension Creditper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£619£622£587£579£582£549Burnley
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£880£884£835£863£867£819Burnley
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£36£36£34£36£36£34Hyndburn
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£616£619£585£637£639£604Hyndburn
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£187£188£177£190£191£180Hyndburn
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£179£180£170£162£163£154Burnley
Universal Creditper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£2,364£2,374£2,242£2,221£2,231£2,107Burnley
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£257£258£244£281£282£266Hyndburn
Employment and Support Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£410£412£389£450£451£426Hyndburn
Jobseeker's Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£4.89£4.91£4.64£8.18£8.22£7.76Hyndburn
Income Supportper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£7.19£7.22£6.82£7.43£7.46£7.05Hyndburn
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5.96£5.98£5.65£6.84£6.87£6.49Hyndburn
State Pensionper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026990.51,002.9Hyndburn
Pension Creditper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026143.3145.2Hyndburn
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026185.0179.7Burnley
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202695.097.3Hyndburn
Universal Creditper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, May 2026297.5283.0Burnley
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, March 202641.537.3Burnley

Per resident

Burnley is higher on 8 of 22 measures, and Hyndburn on 14. 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

Burnley Hyndburn

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Burnley £5,077, Hyndburn £5,112Hyndburn: £5,112Burnley: £5,077Hyndburn: £5,134Burnley: £5,098Hyndburn: £4,849Burnley: £4,815

    £5,077£5,098£4,815Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£5,112£5,134£4,849

  2. Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, per resident: Burnley £2,182, Hyndburn £2,232Hyndburn: £2,232Burnley: £2,182Hyndburn: £2,242Burnley: £2,192Hyndburn: £2,117Burnley: £2,070

    £2,182£2,192£2,070Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£2,232£2,242£2,117

  3. Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, per resident: Burnley £1,828, Hyndburn £1,765Hyndburn: £1,765Burnley: £1,828Hyndburn: £1,773Burnley: £1,836Hyndburn: £1,675Burnley: £1,734

    £1,828£1,836£1,734Burnley is higher£1,765£1,773£1,675

  4. State Pensionper resident, 2024-25

    State Pension, per resident: Burnley £1,922, Hyndburn £1,980Hyndburn: £1,980Burnley: £1,922Hyndburn: £1,989Burnley: £1,930Hyndburn: £1,878Burnley: £1,823

    £1,922£1,930£1,823Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£1,980£1,989£1,878

  5. Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, per resident: Burnley £105, Hyndburn £99Hyndburn: £99Burnley: £105Hyndburn: £99Burnley: £105Hyndburn: £94Burnley: £100

    £105£105£100Burnley is higher£99£99£94

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

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per resident: Burnley £149, Hyndburn £147Hyndburn: £147Burnley: £149Hyndburn: £148Burnley: £150Hyndburn: £140Burnley: £141

    £149£150£141Burnley is higher£147£148£140

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

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, per resident: Burnley £6.04, Hyndburn £6.13Hyndburn: £6.13Burnley: £6.04Hyndburn: £6.15Burnley: £6.07Hyndburn: £5.81Burnley: £5.73

    £6.04£6.07£5.73Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£6.13£6.15£5.81

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Burnley £616, Hyndburn £637Hyndburn: £637Burnley: £616Hyndburn: £639Burnley: £619Hyndburn: £604Burnley: £585

    £616£619£585Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£637£639£604

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

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Burnley £187, Hyndburn £190Hyndburn: £190Burnley: £187Hyndburn: £191Burnley: £188Hyndburn: £180Burnley: £177

    £187£188£177Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£190£191£180

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

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per resident: Burnley £111, Hyndburn £100Hyndburn: £100Burnley: £111Hyndburn: £101Burnley: £111Hyndburn: £95Burnley: £105

    £111£111£105Burnley is higher£100£101£95

  11. Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, per resident: Burnley £1,457, Hyndburn £1,377Hyndburn: £1,377Burnley: £1,457Hyndburn: £1,383Burnley: £1,463Hyndburn: £1,306Burnley: £1,382

    £1,457£1,463£1,382Burnley is higher£1,377£1,383£1,306

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Burnley £257, Hyndburn £281Hyndburn: £281Burnley: £257Hyndburn: £282Burnley: £258Hyndburn: £266Burnley: £244

    £257£258£244Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£281£282£266

  13. Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, per resident: Burnley £253, Hyndburn £279Hyndburn: £279Burnley: £253Hyndburn: £280Burnley: £254Hyndburn: £264Burnley: £240

    £253£254£240Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£279£280£264

  14. Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident: Burnley £3.02, Hyndburn £5.07Hyndburn: £5.07Burnley: £3.02Hyndburn: £5.09Burnley: £3.03Hyndburn: £4.81Burnley: £2.86

    £3.02£3.03£2.86Hyndburn is higher£5.07£5.09£4.81

  15. Income Supportper resident, 2024-25

    Income Support, per resident: Burnley £4.44, Hyndburn £4.61Hyndburn: £4.61Burnley: £4.44Hyndburn: £4.63Burnley: £4.46Hyndburn: £4.37Burnley: £4.21

    £4.44£4.46£4.21Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£4.61£4.63£4.37

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Burnley £5.96, Hyndburn £6.84Hyndburn: £6.84Burnley: £5.96Hyndburn: £6.87Burnley: £5.98Hyndburn: £6.49Burnley: £5.65

    £5.96£5.98£5.65Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count£6.84£6.87£6.49

  17. State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    State Pension, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 167.9, Hyndburn 170.9Hyndburn: 170.9Burnley: 167.9

    167.9Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count170.9

  18. Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 24.3, Hyndburn 24.7Hyndburn: 24.7Burnley: 24.3

    24.3Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count24.7

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

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 31.4, Hyndburn 30.6Hyndburn: 30.6Burnley: 31.4

    31.4Burnley is higher30.6

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 95.0, Hyndburn 97.3Hyndburn: 97.3Burnley: 95.0

    95.0Hyndburn is higherDepends on how you count97.3

  21. Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 183.4, Hyndburn 175.5Hyndburn: 175.5Burnley: 183.4

    183.4Burnley is higher175.5

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

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per 1,000 residents: Burnley 25.6, Hyndburn 23.1Hyndburn: 23.1Burnley: 25.6

    25.6Burnley is higher23.1

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Burnley and Hyndburn, per resident
MeasureBurnleyHyndburnHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5,077£5,098£4,815£5,112£5,134£4,849Hyndburn
Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25£2,182£2,192£2,070£2,232£2,242£2,117Hyndburn
Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25£1,828£1,836£1,734£1,765£1,773£1,675Burnley
State Pensionper resident, 2024-25£1,922£1,930£1,823£1,980£1,989£1,878Hyndburn
Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25£105£105£100£99£99£94Burnley
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£149£150£141£147£148£140Burnley
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper resident, 2024-25£6.04£6.07£5.73£6.13£6.15£5.81Hyndburn
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£616£619£585£637£639£604Hyndburn
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£187£188£177£190£191£180Hyndburn
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper resident, 2024-25£111£111£105£100£101£95Burnley
Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25£1,457£1,463£1,382£1,377£1,383£1,306Burnley
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£257£258£244£281£282£266Hyndburn
Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£253£254£240£279£280£264Hyndburn
Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£3.02£3.03£2.86£5.07£5.09£4.81Hyndburn
Income Supportper resident, 2024-25£4.44£4.46£4.21£4.61£4.63£4.37Hyndburn
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£5.96£5.98£5.65£6.84£6.87£6.49Hyndburn
State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026167.9170.9Hyndburn
Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 202624.324.7Hyndburn
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202631.430.6Burnley
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202695.097.3Hyndburn
Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026183.4175.5Burnley
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202625.623.1Burnley

Total

Burnley is higher on 21 of 22 measures, and Hyndburn on 1. 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

Burnley Hyndburn

  1. All benefitstotal, 2024-25

    All benefits, total: Burnley £503.6m, Hyndburn £439.1mHyndburn: £439.1mBurnley: £503.6mHyndburn: £441.0mBurnley: £505.7mHyndburn: £416.5mBurnley: £477.7m

    £503.6m£505.7m£477.7mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£439.1m£441.0m£416.5m

  2. Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, total: Burnley £216.5m, Hyndburn £191.7mHyndburn: £191.7mBurnley: £216.5mHyndburn: £192.6mBurnley: £217.4mHyndburn: £181.9mBurnley: £205.3m

    £216.5m£217.4m£205.3mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£191.7m£192.6m£181.9m

  3. Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, total: Burnley £181.3m, Hyndburn £151.6mHyndburn: £151.6mBurnley: £181.3mHyndburn: £152.3mBurnley: £182.1mHyndburn: £143.8mBurnley: £172.0m

    £181.3m£182.1m£172.0mBurnley is higher£151.6m£152.3m£143.8m

  4. State Pensiontotal, 2024-25

    State Pension, total: Burnley £190.7m, Hyndburn £170.1mHyndburn: £170.1mBurnley: £190.7mHyndburn: £170.8mBurnley: £191.5mHyndburn: £161.3mBurnley: £180.9m

    £190.7m£191.5m£180.9mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£170.1m£170.8m£161.3m

  5. Pension Credittotal, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, total: Burnley £10.4m, Hyndburn £8.5mHyndburn: £8.5mBurnley: £10.4mHyndburn: £8.5mBurnley: £10.5mHyndburn: £8.0mBurnley: £9.9m

    £10.4m£10.5m£9.9mBurnley is higher£8.5m£8.5m£8.0m

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

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Burnley £14.8m, Hyndburn £12.6mHyndburn: £12.6mBurnley: £14.8mHyndburn: £12.7mBurnley: £14.9mHyndburn: £12.0mBurnley: £14.0m

    £14.8m£14.9m£14.0mBurnley is higher£12.6m£12.7m£12.0m

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

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, total: Burnley £0.60m, Hyndburn £0.53mHyndburn: £0.53mBurnley: £0.60mHyndburn: £0.53mBurnley: £0.60mHyndburn: £0.50mBurnley: £0.57m

    £0.60m£0.60m£0.57mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£0.53m£0.53m£0.50m

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Burnley £61.1m, Hyndburn £54.7mHyndburn: £54.7mBurnley: £61.1mHyndburn: £54.9mBurnley: £61.4mHyndburn: £51.9mBurnley: £58.0m

    £61.1m£61.4m£58.0mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£54.7m£54.9m£51.9m

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

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, total: Burnley £18.5m, Hyndburn £16.3mHyndburn: £16.3mBurnley: £18.5mHyndburn: £16.4mBurnley: £18.6mHyndburn: £15.5mBurnley: £17.6m

    £18.5m£18.6m£17.6mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£16.3m£16.4m£15.5m

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

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Burnley £11.0m, Hyndburn £8.6mHyndburn: £8.6mBurnley: £11.0mHyndburn: £8.7mBurnley: £11.0mHyndburn: £8.2mBurnley: £10.4m

    £11.0m£11.0m£10.4mBurnley is higher£8.6m£8.7m£8.2m

  11. Universal Credittotal, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, total: Burnley £144.5m, Hyndburn £118.3mHyndburn: £118.3mBurnley: £144.5mHyndburn: £118.8mBurnley: £145.2mHyndburn: £112.2mBurnley: £137.1m

    £144.5m£145.2m£137.1mBurnley is higher£118.3m£118.8m£112.2m

  12. Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, total: Burnley £25.5m, Hyndburn £24.1mHyndburn: £24.1mBurnley: £25.5mHyndburn: £24.2mBurnley: £25.6mHyndburn: £22.9mBurnley: £24.2m

    £25.5m£25.6m£24.2mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£24.1m£24.2m£22.9m

  13. Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, total: Burnley £25.1m, Hyndburn £23.9mHyndburn: £23.9mBurnley: £25.1mHyndburn: £24.0mBurnley: £25.2mHyndburn: £22.7mBurnley: £23.8m

    £25.1m£25.2m£23.8mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£23.9m£24.0m£22.7m

  14. Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, total: Burnley £0.30m, Hyndburn £0.44mHyndburn: £0.44mBurnley: £0.30mHyndburn: £0.44mBurnley: £0.30mHyndburn: £0.41mBurnley: £0.28m

    £0.30m£0.30m£0.28mHyndburn is higher£0.44m£0.44m£0.41m

  15. Income Supporttotal, 2024-25

    Income Support, total: Burnley £0.44m, Hyndburn £0.40mHyndburn: £0.40mBurnley: £0.44mHyndburn: £0.40mBurnley: £0.44mHyndburn: £0.38mBurnley: £0.42m

    £0.44m£0.44m£0.42mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£0.40m£0.40m£0.38m

  16. Other benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Other benefits, total: Burnley £0.59m, Hyndburn £0.59mHyndburn: £0.59mBurnley: £0.59mHyndburn: £0.59mBurnley: £0.59mHyndburn: £0.56mBurnley: £0.56m

    £0.59m£0.59m£0.56mBurnley is higherDepends on how you count£0.59m£0.59m£0.56m

  17. State Pensiontotal, March 2026

    State Pension, total: Burnley 16,655, Hyndburn 14,680Hyndburn: 14,680Burnley: 16,655

    16,655Burnley is higherDepends on how you count14,680

  18. Pension Credittotal, March 2026

    Pension Credit, total: Burnley 2,410, Hyndburn 2,125Hyndburn: 2,125Burnley: 2,410

    2,410Burnley is higherDepends on how you count2,125

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

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Burnley 3,111, Hyndburn 2,631Hyndburn: 2,631Burnley: 3,111

    3,111Burnley is higher2,631

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

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Burnley 9,424, Hyndburn 8,357Hyndburn: 8,357Burnley: 9,424

    9,424Burnley is higherDepends on how you count8,357

  21. Universal Credittotal, May 2026

    Universal Credit, total: Burnley 18,194, Hyndburn 15,070Hyndburn: 15,070Burnley: 18,194

    18,194Burnley is higher15,070

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

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Burnley 2,535, Hyndburn 1,988Hyndburn: 1,988Burnley: 2,535

    2,535Burnley is higher1,988

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Burnley and Hyndburn, total
MeasureBurnleyHyndburnHigher
All benefitstotal, 2024-25£503.6m£505.7m£477.7m£439.1m£441.0m£416.5mBurnley
Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25£216.5m£217.4m£205.3m£191.7m£192.6m£181.9mBurnley
Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25£181.3m£182.1m£172.0m£151.6m£152.3m£143.8mBurnley
State Pensiontotal, 2024-25£190.7m£191.5m£180.9m£170.1m£170.8m£161.3mBurnley
Pension Credittotal, 2024-25£10.4m£10.5m£9.9m£8.5m£8.5m£8.0mBurnley
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£14.8m£14.9m£14.0m£12.6m£12.7m£12.0mBurnley
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal, 2024-25£0.60m£0.60m£0.57m£0.53m£0.53m£0.50mBurnley
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£61.1m£61.4m£58.0m£54.7m£54.9m£51.9mBurnley
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£18.5m£18.6m£17.6m£16.3m£16.4m£15.5mBurnley
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, 2024-25£11.0m£11.0m£10.4m£8.6m£8.7m£8.2mBurnley
Universal Credittotal, 2024-25£144.5m£145.2m£137.1m£118.3m£118.8m£112.2mBurnley
Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25£25.5m£25.6m£24.2m£24.1m£24.2m£22.9mBurnley
Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25£25.1m£25.2m£23.8m£23.9m£24.0m£22.7mBurnley
Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25£0.30m£0.30m£0.28m£0.44m£0.44m£0.41mHyndburn
Income Supporttotal, 2024-25£0.44m£0.44m£0.42m£0.40m£0.40m£0.38mBurnley
Other benefitstotal, 2024-25£0.59m£0.59m£0.56m£0.59m£0.59m£0.56mBurnley
State Pensiontotal, March 202616,65514,680Burnley
Pension Credittotal, March 20262,4102,125Burnley
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, March 20263,1112,631Burnley
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, July 20269,4248,357Burnley
Universal Credittotal, May 202618,19415,070Burnley
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, March 20262,5351,988Burnley

Sources

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

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  3. 3Department for Work and Pensions. Stat-Xplore benefit caseloads and awards. Published 6 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  4. 4Social Security Scotland. Adult Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026. Published 14 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  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.
  6. 6Social Security Scotland. Pension Age Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026. Published 14 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  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.
  10. 10Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by 2024 parliamentary constituency (Nomis NM_2014_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  11. 11National Records of Scotland. Population estimates for other geographies, mid-2011 to mid-2024. Published 31 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.