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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 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Per resident, low to high

Under £3,535
£3,535 to £5,558
£5,558 to £7,582
£7,582 to £9,605
£9,605 to £11,628
£11,628 and over

Income tax paid by residents, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency. Equal-size areas: every constituency is one hexagon of the same size, so small city seats show as clearly as large rural ones. Hexagon layout by Open Innovations. 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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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.

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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

What changed: State Pension
February 2023	£119.8bn
Population	+£2.3bn
Share claiming	+£5.4bn
Payment size	+£16.3bn
March 2026	£143.9bn

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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

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
Rank				Notes
1	Kensington and Bayswater	£5.1bn	£37,760	Survey estimate
2	Cities of London and Westminster	£4.7bn	£35,950	Survey estimate
3	Hampstead and Highgate	£4.0bn	£34,054	Survey estimate
4	Chelsea and Fulham	£3.4bn	£27,905	Survey estimate
5	Richmond Park	£2.3bn	£20,717	Survey estimate
6	Battersea	£2.0bn	£17,907	Survey estimate
7	Wimbledon	£1.9bn	£17,293	Survey estimate
8	Islington South and Finsbury	£1.9bn	£15,340	Survey estimate
9	Hammersmith and Chiswick	£1.8bn	£15,299	Survey estimate
10	Esher and Walton	£1.6bn	£15,037	Survey estimate
11	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	£1.4bn	£14,677	Survey estimate
12	Tooting	£1.5bn	£13,987	Survey estimate
13	Putney	£1.6bn	£13,812	Survey estimate
14	Holborn and St Pancras	£1.5bn	£13,553	Survey estimate
15	Runnymede and Weybridge	£1.5bn	£13,493	Survey estimate
16	Twickenham	£1.4bn	£12,743	Survey estimate
17	Chesham and Amersham	£1.2bn	£12,348	Survey estimate
18	Finchley and Golders Green	£1.5bn	£12,056	Survey estimate
19	Clapham and Brixton Hill	£1.2bn	£11,556	Survey estimate
20	Sevenoaks	£1.2bn	£11,537	Survey estimate
21	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	£1.3bn	£11,420	Survey estimate
22	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	£1.1bn	£11,113	Survey estimate
23	Godalming and Ash	£1.1bn	£10,760	Survey estimate
24	Beaconsfield	£1.0bn	£10,540	Survey estimate
25	St Albans	£1.1bn	£10,534	Survey estimate
26	Dulwich and West Norwood	£1.1bn	£10,329	Survey estimate
27	Henley and Thame	£994.9m	£10,175	Survey estimate
28	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	£1.2bn	£10,045	Survey estimate
29	Poplar and Limehouse	£1.5bn	£9,995	Survey estimate
30	Islington North	£1.1bn	£9,986	Survey estimate
31	Ealing Central and Acton	£1.4bn	£9,980	Survey estimate
32	Guildford	£1.0bn	£9,875	Survey estimate
33	Greenwich and Woolwich	£1.2bn	£9,833	Survey estimate
34	Tatton	£973.2m	£9,712	Survey estimate
35	Maidenhead	£1.1bn	£9,707	Survey estimate
36	Windsor	£1.1bn	£9,523	Survey estimate
37	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	£926.6m	£9,219	Survey estimate
38	Wokingham	£928.8m	£9,085	Survey estimate
39	South West Hertfordshire	£908.2m	£9,037	Survey estimate
40	East Surrey	£914.7m	£8,994	Survey estimate
41	Mid Buckinghamshire	£903.8m	£8,873	Survey estimate
42	Reigate	£988.4m	£8,836	Survey estimate
43	Brentwood and Ongar	£874.6m	£8,777	Survey estimate
44	Woking	£912.5m	£8,686	Survey estimate
45	South Cambridgeshire	£937.4m	£8,662	Survey estimate
46	Altrincham and Sale West	£876.7m	£8,620	Survey estimate
47	North East Hampshire	£894.1m	£8,617	Survey estimate
48	Chipping Barnet	£981.9m	£8,592	Survey estimate
49	Farnham and Bordon	£889.7m	£8,585	Survey estimate
50	Hackney South and Shoreditch	£992.7m	£8,539	Survey 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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