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Kensington and Bayswater has the highest income tax paid by residents per resident in 2023-24.

Income tax paid by people who live in the area, estimated by HMRC from a sample survey. This is income tax only. Shown in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Income tax paid by residents, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency

Per resident, low to high

  1. Under £3,262
  2. £3,262 to £5,129
  3. £5,129 to £6,996
  4. £6,996 to £8,863
  5. £8,863 to £10,730
  6. £10,730 and over
Income tax paid by residents, per resident, 2023-24, 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

Total or per person

Does the order change when you count per person?

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

TotalPer resident1632Kensington and Bayswater 1Cities of London and Westminster 2Hampstead and Highgate 3Chelsea and Fulham 4Richmond Park 5Battersea 6Wimbledon 7Islington South and Finsbury 8Hammersmith and Chiswick 9Esher and Walton 10

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.

Benefit
£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?

Benefit spending per resident, 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 = −£880 + £1,417 × share aged 0 to 15 + £9,950 × share aged 66 and over − £207 × deprivation decile + £391 × ln(median pay) + £506 × Wales + £250 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 625 constituencies. R² = 0.84. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

Income tax paid by residents, 2023-24. Rank is for per resident, 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.

Income tax paid by residents for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Kensington and Bayswater£4.7bn£34,843Survey estimate
2Cities of London and Westminster£4.3bn£33,172Survey estimate
3Hampstead and Highgate£3.7bn£31,423Survey estimate
4Chelsea and Fulham£3.1bn£25,749Survey estimate
5Richmond Park£2.1bn£19,117Survey estimate
6Battersea£1.9bn£16,523Survey estimate
7Wimbledon£1.8bn£15,957Survey estimate
8Islington South and Finsbury£1.7bn£14,155Survey estimate
9Hammersmith and Chiswick£1.7bn£14,117Survey estimate
10Esher and Walton£1.5bn£13,876Survey estimate
11Harpenden and Berkhamsted£1.3bn£13,543Survey estimate
12Tooting£1.4bn£12,906Survey estimate
13Putney£1.4bn£12,745Survey estimate
14Holborn and St Pancras£1.4bn£12,506Survey estimate
15Runnymede and Weybridge£1.4bn£12,450Survey estimate
16Twickenham£1.3bn£11,758Survey estimate
17Chesham and Amersham£1.2bn£11,394Survey estimate
18Finchley and Golders Green£1.4bn£11,125Survey estimate
19Clapham and Brixton Hill£1.1bn£10,663Survey estimate
20Sevenoaks£1.1bn£10,646Survey estimate
21Bermondsey and Old Southwark£1.2bn£10,538Survey estimate
22Hornsey and Friern Barnet£1.0bn£10,255Survey estimate
23Godalming and Ash£1.0bn£9,929Survey estimate
24Beaconsfield£956.0m£9,726Survey estimate
25St Albans£982.0m£9,720Survey estimate
26Dulwich and West Norwood£1.0bn£9,531Survey estimate
27Henley and Thame£918.0m£9,389Survey estimate
28Queen's Park and Maida Vale£1.2bn£9,269Survey estimate
29Poplar and Limehouse£1.4bn£9,223Survey estimate
30Islington North£1.0bn£9,215Survey estimate
31Ealing Central and Acton£1.3bn£9,209Survey estimate
32Guildford£960.0m£9,112Survey estimate
33Greenwich and Woolwich£1.1bn£9,074Survey estimate
34Tatton£898.0m£8,962Survey estimate
35Maidenhead£972.0m£8,957Survey estimate
36Windsor£999.0m£8,788Survey estimate
37Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner£855.0m£8,507Survey estimate
38Wokingham£857.0m£8,383Survey estimate
39South West Hertfordshire£838.0m£8,339Survey estimate
40East Surrey£844.0m£8,299Survey estimate
41Mid Buckinghamshire£834.0m£8,188Survey estimate
42Reigate£912.0m£8,153Survey estimate
43Brentwood and Ongar£807.0m£8,099Survey estimate
44Woking£842.0m£8,015Survey estimate
45South Cambridgeshire£865.0m£7,993Survey estimate
46Altrincham and Sale West£809.0m£7,954Survey estimate
47North East Hampshire£825.0m£7,952Survey estimate
48Chipping Barnet£906.0m£7,929Survey estimate
49Farnham and Bordon£821.0m£7,921Survey estimate
50Hackney South and Shoreditch£916.0m£7,880Survey estimate

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per resident unless a column says otherwise. Sources: HM Revenue and Customs, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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