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Clacton has the highest total number of people receiving State Pension in March 2026.

People receiving State Pension, in each month with published figures. The State Pension, paid from State Pension age. It includes the new State Pension and the older basic and additional pensions.

People receiving State Pension, total, March 2026, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under 12,557
  2. 12,557 to 15,726
  3. 15,726 to 18,896
  4. 18,896 to 22,065
  5. 22,065 to 25,234
  6. 25,234 and over
People receiving State Pension, total, March 2026, by constituency. Boundaries are simplified. London is also shown larger, in a separate box. Northern Ireland is not covered. Every value is in the table below.
More ways to look at itHow ranks change, why spending changed, and spending compared with the expected level

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Each line is one of the 632 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest total are drawn in dark lines.

TotalPer 1,000 residentsPer 1,000 people aged 66 and over1632Louth and Horncastle 108West Worcestershire 267Clacton 343North Norfolk 382Bexhill and Battle 400South Shropshire 485West Dorset 494Christchurch 518Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 556Honiton and Sidmouth 563

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, State Pension: yearly spending at the rate in February 2023 and in March 2026. The chart splits the change into three parts: the number of people in the age group, the share of them claiming, and the average payment. Cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

£104.6bnFebruary 2023+£2.1bnPopulation+£5.0bnShare claiming+£28.8bnPayment size£140.6bnMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£104.6bn
Population+£2.1bn
Share claiming+£5.0bn
Payment size+£28.8bn
March 2026£140.6bn
The share claiming is the number of people claiming per person aged 66 and over. Yearly spending here is the number claiming, times the average weekly payment, times 52. It is not the amount paid out over the year. Population after mid-2024 stays at the mid-2024 figure, so later growth shows in the share claiming.

Compared with similar areas

Is spending higher or lower than expected?

Spending on pensioner benefits per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25. We compare it with the level we would expect from each area's share of children and of people aged 66 and over, how deprived it is compared with the rest of its nation, and the typical pay of people who live there. Cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

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Expected level = £15,304 − £852 × share aged 0 to 15 − £3,208 × share aged 66 and over − £44 × deprivation decile − £206 × ln(median pay) + £186 × Wales + £65 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 625 constituencies. R² = 0.39. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

People receiving State Pension, March 2026. Rank is for total, and 1 is the highest. Areas with fewer than 1,000 people in the age group have no rank. The first 50 of 632 rows are shown.

People receiving State Pension for every constituency, March 2026
RankNotes
1Clacton31,506305.81,010.7
2West Dorset30,492316.51,000.6
3Louth and Horncastle30,427308.71,028.8
4Christchurch29,826337.8997.8
5North Norfolk29,806342.91,009.1
6South Shropshire29,056301.41,001.6
7Honiton and Sidmouth28,825307.7990.4
8Bognor Regis and Littlehampton28,729263.4991.8
9West Worcestershire28,700280.01,016.5
10Bexhill and Battle28,542309.31,008.3
11Torridge and Tavistock28,502291.91,027.8
12Chichester28,416259.71,012.3
13Suffolk Coastal28,412298.11,003.5
14Arundel and South Downs28,399286.41,006.8
15Boston and Skegness28,371241.11,016.0
16New Forest West28,111330.61,002.3
17Bridlington and The Wolds28,032294.21,008.3
18North Northumberland27,974298.21,023.4
19Fylde27,969275.81,001.3
20Thirsk and Malton27,961280.01,025.5
21Skipton and Ripon27,689276.11,026.9
22Herne Bay and Sandwich27,317266.51,006.3
23South Dorset27,193270.31,010.6
24South Devon27,107293.71,006.8
25Lewes26,750274.71,004.7
26Waveney Valley26,622291.41,010.9
27North Herefordshire26,615286.91,009.0
28South Holland and The Deepings26,607232.91,008.0
29Tiverton and Minehead26,563285.41,014.2
30North West Norfolk26,536256.7995.2
31Stratford-on-Avon26,346257.21,015.7
32Worthing West26,223255.0983.2
33North Cornwall26,214260.01,013.3
34Hexham26,209272.11,022.2
35South East Cornwall26,179281.31,005.0
36Mid Dorset and North Poole26,170267.71,034.5
37Morecambe and Lunesdale26,126261.81,022.7
38North Dorset26,092272.51,023.6
39Penrith and Solway26,051261.51,017.3
40North Devon25,992256.81,024.9
41Scarborough and Whitby25,982262.81,019.9
42Torbay25,938247.7988.9
43North Shropshire25,774249.61,029.5
44Mid and South Pembrokeshire25,652249.01,006.0
45Dumfries and Galloway25,593265.61,012.4
46Sefton Central25,497273.11,022.2
47Newark25,492231.81,009.0
47Newton Abbot25,492268.51,017.0
49Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk25,468263.51,010.2
50Broadland and Fakenham25,399261.51,009.0

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are total unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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