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Clacton has the highest benefit spending per resident in 2023-24.

All the benefits on this site: pensioner, disability, carer, working-age and housing benefits paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). In Scotland, it includes the Social Security Scotland benefits that replace some of them. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Benefit spending, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency

Selected Earley and Woodley: £2,834 per resident, 2023-24, 625th of 631 constituencies.

Per resident, low to high

  1. Under £3,404
  2. £3,404 to £3,832
  3. £3,832 to £4,260
  4. £4,260 to £4,688
  5. £4,688 to £5,116
  6. £5,116 and over
  • Estimated value
Benefit spending, 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

Total or per person

Does the order change when you count per person?

Each line is one of the 631 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest per resident are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer resident1631Clacton 1Aberafan Maesteg 2Isle of Wight East 3Clwyd North 4Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 5North Ayrshire and Arran 6Blackpool South 7Liverpool Walton 8Easington 9North Norfolk 10Earley and Woodley 625

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Earley and Woodley, 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.

Benefit
£151.1mFebruary 2023+£3.3mPopulation+£8.2mShare claiming+£18.4mPayment size£181.0mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£151.1m
Population+£3.3m
Share claiming+£8.2m
Payment size+£18.4m
March 2026£181.0m
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.

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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

Benefit spending, 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.

Benefit spending for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Clacton£660.2m£6,492
2Aberafan Maesteg£548.8m£5,950
3Isle of Wight East£408.9m£5,892
4Clwyd North£589.1m£5,851
5Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£557.1m£5,846
6North Ayrshire and Arran£526.8m£5,801Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
7Blackpool South£641.9m£5,757
8Liverpool Walton£585.9m£5,714
9Easington£541.2m£5,676
10North Norfolk£490.1m£5,629
11Louth and Horncastle£552.8m£5,611
12East Thanet£586.3m£5,582
13Birkenhead£600.5m£5,565
14Christchurch£487.3m£5,532
15Hartlepool£529.7m£5,521
16West Dunbartonshire£506.0m£5,519Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
17Bootle£567.3m£5,506
18Blackpool North and Fleetwood£532.9m£5,497
19Torbay£573.8m£5,491
20Great Yarmouth£548.9m£5,477
21Bexhill and Battle£500.1m£5,475
22Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock£493.3m£5,474Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
23Rhondda and Ogmore£551.0m£5,464
24Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£546.4m£5,459
25South Shields£489.8m£5,456
26Lowestoft£518.6m£5,453
27Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West£490.0m£5,448Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28Knowsley£528.5m£5,438
29Dumfries and Galloway£522.9m£5,436Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
30Wallasey£526.8m£5,410
31Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£676.7m£5,400
32Redcar£509.2m£5,377
33Liverpool West Derby£536.7m£5,373
34Bridlington and The Wolds£505.4m£5,361
35Bishop Auckland£500.2m£5,336
36Brent East£722.7m£5,326
37Glenrothes and Mid Fife£494.6m£5,321Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38Hastings and Rye£558.9m£5,317
39Llanelli£506.0m£5,313
40Boston and Skegness£623.8m£5,305
41Queen's Park and Maida Vale£657.0m£5,295
42New Forest West£448.1m£5,294
43Folkestone and Hythe£491.1m£5,280
44Torfaen£492.5m£5,266
45Eastbourne£545.9m£5,256
46Central Ayrshire£469.6m£5,242Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47Washington and Gateshead South£501.2m£5,239
48Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£564.4m£5,234
49Houghton and Sunderland South£544.8m£5,231
50South Dorset£516.4m£5,215

League table of every constituency for the latest period

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

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