Rankings · State Pension

People receiving State Pension, per 1,000 residents

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.^1-4

Rank 1 is the highest value. Some areas have no rank. This is because fewer than 1,000 people are in the age group, the source does not publish the figure, or it covers only some benefits.

Same measure, counted another way total · per 1,000 people aged 66 and over

Area type

ConstituenciesLocal authorities

632 constituencies ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 181.3 per 1,000 residents

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State Pension, per 1,000 residents, March 2026, constituencies
		Region
1	North NorfolkHighest 10	East of England	342.9
2	ChristchurchHighest 10	South West	337.8
3	New Forest WestHighest 10	South East	330.6
4	West DorsetHighest 10	South West	316.5
5	Isle of Wight EastHighest 10	South East	310.0
6	Bexhill and BattleHighest 10	South East	309.3
7	Louth and HorncastleHighest 10	East Midlands	308.7
8	Honiton and SidmouthHighest 10	South West	307.7
9	ClactonHighest 10	East of England	305.8
10	South ShropshireHighest 10	West Midlands	301.4
11	North Northumberland	North East	298.2
12	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	298.1
13	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	294.2
14	South Devon	South West	293.7
15	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	291.9
16	Waveney Valley	East of England	291.4
17	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	286.9
18	Arundel and South Downs	South East	286.4
19	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	285.4
20	South East Cornwall	South West	281.3
21	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	280.0
22	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	280.0
23	St Ives	South West	279.5
24	Wirral West	North West	278.6
25	Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	277.1
26	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	276.1
27	Fylde	North West	275.8
28	Lewes	South East	274.7
29	Sefton Central	North West	273.1
30	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	272.8
31	North Dorset	South West	272.5
32	Hexham	North East	272.1
33	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	270.7
34	South Dorset	South West	270.3
35	Newton Abbot	South West	268.5
36	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	267.7
37	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	266.6
38	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	266.5
39	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	266.5
40	Isle of Wight West	South East	265.8
41	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	265.6
42	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	265.0
43	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	264.9
44	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	263.8
45	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	263.5
46	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	263.4
47	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	262.8
48	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	262.0
49	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	261.9
50	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	261.8
51	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	261.6
52	Penrith and Solway	North West	261.5
53	Ynys Môn	Wales	260.8
54	Central Devon	South West	260.8
55	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	260.6
56	North Cornwall	South West	260.0
57	Chichester	South East	259.7
58	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	259.3
59	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	258.3
60	New Forest East	South East	257.8
61	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	257.4
62	Lowestoft	East of England	257.2
63	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	257.2
64	Caerfyrddin	Wales	257.0
65	North Devon	South West	256.8
66	North West Norfolk	East of England	256.7
67	Clwyd East	Wales	256.7
68	Monmouthshire	Wales	256.0
69	South Suffolk	East of England	255.9
70	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scotland	255.3
71	Worthing West	South East	255.0
72	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	254.7
73	North Somerset	South West	253.3
74	Sussex Weald	South East	252.8
75	Mid Norfolk	East of England	252.2
76	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	251.4
77	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	251.0
78	Melksham and Devizes	South West	249.8
79	North Shropshire	West Midlands	249.6
80	Southport	North West	249.1
81	Forest of Dean	South West	249.0
82	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	249.0
83	York Outer	Yorkshire and The Humber	249.0
84	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	248.7
85	Gainsborough	East Midlands	248.7
86	South West Devon	South West	248.2
87	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	248.0
88	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	247.9
89	Torbay	South West	247.7
90	Castle Point	East of England	247.2
91	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	245.7
92	Maldon	East of England	245.7
93	East Hampshire	South East	245.0
94	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	244.7
95	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	244.3
96	South Cotswolds	South West	244.2
97	Clwyd North	Wales	243.6
98	Weald of Kent	South East	243.1
99	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	242.6
100	Salisbury	South West	242.1
101	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	241.1
102	North East Fife	Scotland	240.5
103	Great Yarmouth	East of England	240.1
104	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	240.1
105	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	239.9
106	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	239.8
107	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	239.7
108	Gower	Wales	239.1
109	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	238.8
110	North Cotswolds	South West	238.2
111	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	238.1
112	Bishop Auckland	North East	237.5
113	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	237.4
114	South West Norfolk	East of England	236.2
115	Yeovil	South West	235.9
116	Havant	South East	234.8
117	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	234.8
118	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	234.5
119	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	233.7
120	Eastbourne	South East	233.5
121	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	233.3
122	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	232.9
123	Congleton	North West	232.7
124	Lichfield	West Midlands	232.4
125	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	231.9
126	Newark	East Midlands	231.8
127	Gosport	South East	231.6
128	St Austell and Newquay	South West	231.1
129	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	231.0
130	Macclesfield	North West	230.8
131	Truro and Falmouth	South West	229.7
132	Stroud	South West	229.3
133	Henley and Thame	South East	229.1
134	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	229.1
135	Dover and Deal	South East	228.2
136	Tatton	North West	228.2
137	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	227.9
138	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	227.8
139	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	227.6
140	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	227.6
141	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	227.5
142	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	227.4
143	Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	226.9
144	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	226.1
145	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	226.1
146	High Peak	East Midlands	226.1
147	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	225.6
148	Barrow and Furness	North West	225.4
149	Camborne and Redruth	South West	223.8
150	Tynemouth	North East	223.7
151	Hazel Grove	North West	223.6
152	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	223.5
153	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	223.4
154	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	223.3
155	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	223.2
156	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	223.0
157	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	222.7
158	Poole	South West	222.6
159	Llanelli	Wales	222.4
160	Thornbury and Yate	South West	222.0
161	South West Wiltshire	South West	222.0
162	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	221.8
163	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	221.7
164	South Ribble	North West	221.3
165	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	221.1
166	North Durham	North East	221.1
167	Redcar	North East	220.8
168	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	220.8
169	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	219.8
170	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	219.6
171	Tewkesbury	South West	219.5
172	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	219.2
173	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	219.2
174	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	219.0
175	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	218.7
176	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	218.7
177	South Shields	North East	218.6
178	Frome and East Somerset	South West	218.5
179	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	218.2
180	Hastings and Rye	South East	217.7
181	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	217.5
182	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	217.3
183	South Norfolk	East of England	216.6
184	Taunton and Wellington	South West	216.4
185	Dorking and Horley	South East	216.4
186	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	216.3
187	Stockton West	North East	215.9
188	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	215.8
189	East Thanet	South East	215.8
190	Bridgwater	South West	215.6
191	Cheadle	North West	215.3
192	Blaydon and Consett	North East	214.6
193	Chesterfield	East Midlands	213.8
194	Amber Valley	East Midlands	213.3
195	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	212.8
196	Stafford	West Midlands	212.5
197	Ribble Valley	North West	212.3
198	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	212.0
199	Carlisle	North West	211.9
200	Witham	East of England	211.6
201	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scotland	211.5
202	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	211.2
203	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	210.8
204	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	210.6
205	Wallasey	North West	210.5
206	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	210.3
207	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	210.1
208	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and The Humber	209.1
209	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	208.9
210	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	208.5
211	Chester North and Neston	North West	208.4
212	Godalming and Ash	South East	208.3
213	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	208.2
214	Bridgend	Wales	208.2
215	Daventry	East Midlands	208.1
216	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	208.1
217	Blyth and Ashington	North East	208.0
218	Tonbridge	South East	207.9
219	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	207.7
220	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	207.7
221	Winchester	South East	207.1
222	Broxtowe	East Midlands	206.9
223	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	206.8
224	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	206.4
225	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	206.2
226	Weston-super-Mare	South West	206.0
227	West Lancashire	North West	206.0
228	Beaconsfield	South East	206.0
229	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	205.9
230	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	205.7
231	Lothian East	Scotland	205.6
232	Torfaen	Wales	205.4
233	Liverpool Garston	North West	205.3
234	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	204.8
235	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	204.5
236	Sevenoaks	South East	204.5
237	Edinburgh West	Scotland	204.4
238	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	204.2
239	Chesham and Amersham	South East	204.2
240	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	203.8
241	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	203.5
242	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	203.4
243	Gedling	East Midlands	203.4
244	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	203.3
245	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	203.0
246	Farnham and Bordon	South East	202.5
247	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	202.3
248	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	202.3
249	Caerphilly	Wales	202.0
250	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	201.8
251	Stourbridge	West Midlands	201.2
252	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	201.2
253	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	201.1
254	Bolsover	East Midlands	200.8
255	Tamworth	West Midlands	200.7
256	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	200.6
257	Braintree	East of England	200.6
258	Easington	North East	200.4
259	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	200.2
260	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	200.2
261	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	200.1
262	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	200.0
263	St Helens North	North West	199.6
264	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	199.3
265	North West Essex	East of England	199.2
266	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	199.1
267	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	East of England	198.9
268	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	198.8
269	Redditch	West Midlands	198.6
270	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	198.1
271	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	198.1
272	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	198.0
273	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	197.9
274	Makerfield	North West	197.8
275	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	197.8
276	North East Hampshire	South East	197.6
277	Plymouth Moor View	South West	197.5
278	Chippenham	South West	197.4
279	Wrexham	Wales	197.3
280	Horsham	South East	197.0
281	Huntingdon	East of England	196.7
282	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	196.5
283	The Wrekin	West Midlands	196.2
284	Eastleigh	South East	195.8
285	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	195.7
286	Darlington	North East	195.6
287	Hamble Valley	South East	195.5
288	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	195.5
289	East Surrey	South East	195.2
290	Mansfield	East Midlands	195.1
291	Chorley	North West	195.1
292	Warrington North	North West	194.5
293	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	194.5
294	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	194.5
295	Hartlepool	North East	193.9
296	Erewash	East Midlands	193.6
297	Ashfield	East Midlands	193.4
298	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	193.0
299	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	193.0
300	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	192.8
301	Norwich North	East of England	192.6
302	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	192.5
303	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	192.5
304	Canterbury	South East	192.4
305	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	191.9
306	Rutherglen	Scotland	191.4
307	Mid Sussex	South East	191.3
308	Witney	South East	190.9
309	North Bedfordshire	East of England	190.8
310	East Wiltshire	South West	190.8
311	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	190.6
312	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	190.1
313	Widnes and Halewood	North West	189.9
314	Falkirk	Scotland	189.6
315	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	189.5
316	Newbury	South East	189.4
317	Bolton West	North West	189.2
318	Sunderland Central	North East	188.7
319	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	188.5
320	City of Durham	North East	188.4
321	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	188.3
322	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	188.1
323	Bury North	North West	188.1
324	Orpington	London	188.0
325	Halesowen	West Midlands	187.4
326	Cardiff North	Wales	187.0
327	Banbury	South East	186.8
328	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	186.2
329	Surrey Heath	South East	185.9
330	West Suffolk	East of England	185.8
331	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	185.6
332	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	185.5
333	Tunbridge Wells	South East	185.0
334	Midlothian	Scotland	184.3
335	Cheltenham	South West	184.3
336	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	184.0
337	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	183.7
338	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	183.7
339	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	183.4
340	Wigan	North West	182.7
341	Pontypridd	Wales	182.5
342	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	182.5
343	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	182.4
344	Hertsmere	East of England	182.1
345	Epsom and Ewell	South East	181.1
346	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	180.9
347	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	180.9
348	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	180.8
349	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	180.6
350	Blackpool South	North West	180.3
351	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	180.2
352	Warrington South	North West	180.2
353	Mid Cheshire	North West	179.8
354	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	179.4
355	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	179.3
356	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	179.3
357	Epping Forest	East of England	179.3
358	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	179.0
359	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	178.9
360	Reigate	South East	178.6
361	Wokingham	South East	178.6
362	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	178.5
363	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	178.4
364	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	176.9
365	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	176.5
366	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	176.4
367	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	175.9
368	Kettering	East Midlands	175.7
369	Birkenhead	North West	175.4
370	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	175.2
371	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	175.1
372	Broxbourne	East of England	174.7
373	Worcester	West Midlands	174.2
374	Maidenhead	South East	173.9
375	Edinburgh South	Scotland	173.6
376	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	173.2
377	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	172.4
378	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	172.4
379	Bournemouth East	South West	171.9
380	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	171.8
381	Leigh and Atherton	North West	171.7
382	Milton Keynes North	South East	171.5
383	Stockton North	North East	171.3
384	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	171.1
385	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	171.1
386	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	171.0
387	Aberdeen North	Scotland	170.7
388	Liverpool West Derby	North West	170.5
389	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	170.4
390	Loughborough	East Midlands	170.4
391	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	170.2
392	North West Hampshire	South East	170.1
393	Hitchin	East of England	169.6
394	Hyndburn	North West	169.4
395	Rugby	West Midlands	169.4
396	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	169.0
397	Bootle	North West	168.8
398	Spelthorne	South East	168.6
399	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	168.6
400	Nuneaton	West Midlands	168.5
401	Didcot and Wantage	South East	168.1
402	Livingston	Scotland	168.0
403	Esher and Walton	South East	167.8
404	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	167.8
405	Bolton North East	North West	167.7
406	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	167.6
407	Knowsley	North West	167.5
408	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	167.3
409	Burnley	North West	166.2
410	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	166.2
411	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	166.1
412	Bournemouth West	South West	166.0
413	Chipping Barnet	London	165.7
414	Liverpool Walton	North West	165.7
415	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	165.6
416	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	165.4
417	Bath	South West	164.4
418	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	164.2
419	Croydon South	London	163.6
420	Worsley and Eccles	North West	163.5
421	Dudley	West Midlands	162.8
422	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	162.8
423	Gravesham	South East	161.9
424	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	161.3
425	Woking	South East	161.1
426	Cardiff West	Wales	160.9
427	Portsmouth North	South East	160.7
428	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	160.7
429	Swansea West	Wales	160.7
430	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	160.4
431	Twickenham	London	160.2
432	Chelmsford	East of England	160.1
433	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	160.1
434	Stevenage	East of England	160.0
435	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	159.9
436	Ashford	South East	159.0
437	Maidstone and Malling	South East	158.7
438	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	158.1
439	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	157.7
440	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	157.5
441	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	157.5
442	Beckenham and Penge	London	157.3
443	Harrow East	London	157.3
444	St Albans	East of England	157.2
445	Ipswich	East of England	156.9
446	Dundee Central	Scotland	156.9
447	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	156.8
448	Stretford and Urmston	North West	156.4
449	Derby North	East Midlands	156.2
450	Windsor	South East	156.0
451	Norwich South	East of England	155.7
452	Guildford	South East	155.6
453	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	155.0
454	Gloucester	South West	154.7
455	Rochester and Strood	South East	154.7
456	Telford	West Midlands	154.5
457	Bury South	North West	154.4
458	Coventry North West	West Midlands	154.4
459	Harlow	East of England	154.3
460	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	154.2
461	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	154.2
462	Glasgow South	Scotland	154.1
463	Bristol North West	South West	153.8
464	Romford	London	153.4
465	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	153.4
466	Swindon North	South West	153.3
467	Newport East	Wales	152.2
468	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	152.1
469	Richmond Park	London	151.5
470	Northampton South	East Midlands	151.2
471	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	151.2
472	Aylesbury	South East	150.8
473	Bedford	East of England	150.7
474	Aberdeen South	Scotland	150.1
475	Croydon East	London	149.9
476	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	149.9
477	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	149.9
478	Basingstoke	South East	149.5
479	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	149.3
480	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	149.3
481	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	148.9
482	Hove and Portslade	South East	148.4
483	Lincoln	East Midlands	148.3
484	Exeter	South West	148.0
485	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	147.6
486	Sutton and Cheam	London	147.3
487	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	146.6
488	Bracknell	South East	146.2
489	Stockport	North West	145.6
490	Bristol North East	South West	145.0
491	Swindon South	South West	144.2
492	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	143.3
493	Aldershot	South East	142.4
494	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	142.0
495	West Bromwich	West Midlands	141.8
496	Glasgow West	Scotland	141.8
497	Rochdale	North West	141.8
498	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	141.4
499	Wimbledon	London	141.4
500	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	140.1
501	Finchley and Golders Green	London	139.8
502	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	139.4
503	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	139.1
504	Southgate and Wood Green	London	138.5
505	Southampton Itchen	South East	138.3
506	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	137.5
507	Carshalton and Wallington	London	137.4
508	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	136.2
509	Earley and Woodley	South East	136.2
510	Glasgow South West	Scotland	135.9
511	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	135.8
512	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	135.5
513	Peterborough	East of England	135.5
514	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	135.2
515	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	135.0
516	Cardiff East	Wales	134.3
517	Colchester	East of England	133.9
518	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	133.5
519	Wycombe	South East	133.2
520	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	132.3
521	Glasgow East	Scotland	132.2
522	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	131.7
523	Northampton North	East Midlands	131.4
524	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	130.8
525	Bristol South	South West	130.7
526	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	130.6
527	Kingston and Surbiton	London	130.2
528	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	130.0
529	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	129.7
530	Luton North	East of England	129.3
531	Crawley	South East	128.2
532	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	128.0
533	Glasgow North East	Scotland	127.0
534	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	127.0
535	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	126.2
536	Hampstead and Highgate	London	126.2
537	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	126.2
538	Portsmouth South	South East	125.8
539	Coventry East	West Midlands	125.0
540	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	123.6
541	Enfield North	London	123.5
542	Southampton Test	South East	122.6
543	Derby South	East Midlands	122.0
544	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	121.9
545	Leicester East	East Midlands	121.7
546	Dartford	South East	121.5
547	Watford	East of England	121.4
548	Ilford North	London	120.3
549	Coventry South	West Midlands	119.9
550	Blackburn	North West	119.4
551	Preston	North West	119.3
552	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	118.9
553	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	118.9
554	Smethwick	West Midlands	118.6
555	Nottingham South	East Midlands	117.9
556	Gorton and Denton	North West	117.5
557	Ealing North	London	117.3
558	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	116.9
559	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	116.8
560	Kensington and Bayswater	London	116.5
561	Mitcham and Morden	London	116.3
562	Bristol East	South West	116.2
563	Brighton Pavilion	South East	116.1
564	Dagenham and Rainham	London	114.4
565	Brentford and Isleworth	London	114.1
566	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	114.1
567	Harrow West	London	113.8
568	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	113.7
569	Streatham and Croydon North	London	113.7
570	Manchester Withington	North West	113.3
571	Ealing Southall	London	113.2
572	Chelsea and Fulham	London	113.2
573	Leyton and Wanstead	London	111.6
574	Brent West	London	111.4
575	Lewisham East	London	111.2
576	Brent East	London	110.7
577	Cities of London and Westminster	London	108.8
578	Oxford East	South East	108.8
579	Milton Keynes Central	South East	108.1
580	Hendon	London	107.1
581	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	107.0
582	Thurrock	East of England	106.8
583	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	105.9
584	Ealing Central and Acton	London	105.8
585	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	105.7
586	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	104.8
587	Glasgow North	Scotland	103.9
588	Reading Central	South East	103.6
589	Holborn and St Pancras	London	102.6
590	Leicester West	East Midlands	102.0
591	Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	101.8
592	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	101.8
593	Putney	London	100.9
594	Feltham and Heston	London	100.8
595	Cambridge	East of England	100.3
596	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	97.8
597	Erith and Thamesmead	London	96.6
598	Liverpool Riverside	North West	96.6
599	Islington North	London	96.5
600	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	96.5
601	Leicester South	East Midlands	95.1
602	Tooting	London	93.4
603	Islington South and Finsbury	London	92.1
604	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	92.0
605	Nottingham East	East Midlands	90.4
606	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	90.0
607	Croydon West	London	89.2
608	Tottenham	London	88.5
609	Slough	South East	88.4
610	Salford	North West	86.8
611	Hayes and Harlington	London	86.7
612	Ilford South	London	86.4
613	Peckham	London	84.0
614	Walthamstow	London	83.2
615	Lewisham North	London	82.6
616	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	82.4
617	Bristol Central	South West	81.5
618	Battersea	London	80.9
619	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	78.3
620	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.1
621	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	77.1
622	Manchester Central	North West	75.6
623	East HamLowest 10	London	74.6
624	Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLowest 10	London	74.3
625	Leeds Central and HeadingleyLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	70.3
626	BarkingLowest 10	London	68.9
627	West Ham and BecktonLowest 10	London	67.6
628	Stratford and BowLowest 10	London	62.6
629	Bethnal Green and StepneyLowest 10	London	58.1
630	Birmingham LadywoodLowest 10	West Midlands	55.6
631	Manchester RusholmeLowest 10	North West	54.3
632	Poplar and LimehouseLowest 10	London	47.1

350 local authorities ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 181.3 per 1,000 residents

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State Pension, per 1,000 residents, March 2026, local authorities
		Nation
1	North NorfolkHighest 10	England	333.1
2	RotherHighest 10	England	311.9
3	East LindseyHighest 10	England	305.1
4	DorsetHighest 10	England	294.0
5	New ForestHighest 10	England	293.5
6	TorridgeHighest 10	England	290.4
7	Isle of WightHighest 10	England	288.1
8	East DevonHighest 10	England	286.7
9	Derbyshire DalesHighest 10	England	284.5
10	TendringHighest 10	England	283.6
11	West Devon	England	282.9
12	South Hams	England	278.3
13	East Suffolk	England	277.0
14	Fylde	England	276.7
15	Powys	Wales	275.2
16	Arun	England	274.3
17	Malvern Hills	England	274.2
18	Wyre	England	271.0
19	Conwy	Wales	270.9
20	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	270.0
21	Teignbridge	England	269.0
22	Cotswold	England	264.5
23	Chichester	England	264.2
24	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	262.3
25	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	261.7
26	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	261.6
27	South Ayrshire	Scotland	261.5
28	Wealden	England	261.3
29	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	260.7
30	Scottish Borders	Scotland	259.7
31	Northumberland	England	259.0
32	Herefordshire, County of	England	258.0
33	Torbay	England	257.7
34	North Devon	England	257.3
35	Lewes	England	256.8
36	Ceredigion	Wales	256.8
37	Pembrokeshire	Wales	256.6
38	Babergh	England	256.2
39	Monmouthshire	Wales	255.5
40	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	255.3
41	Westmorland and Furness	England	254.0
42	Maldon	England	253.7
43	Rutland	England	252.7
44	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	252.4
45	North Yorkshire	England	252.3
46	Shropshire	England	252.3
47	Cornwall	England	250.5
48	West Lindsey	England	249.4
49	Broadland	England	249.2
50	Castle Point	England	248.6
51	South Staffordshire	England	247.5
52	Fareham	England	246.9
53	Forest of Dean	England	246.8
54	Mid Suffolk	England	246.8
55	Wychavon	England	245.5
56	Folkestone and Hythe	England	245.4
57	Angus	Scotland	245.1
58	Stratford-on-Avon	England	244.3
59	Somerset	England	244.3
60	Wyre Forest	England	243.4
61	Orkney Islands	Scotland	242.5
62	Breckland	England	242.5
63	Denbighshire	Wales	241.1
64	Mid Devon	England	241.0
65	Ribble Valley	England	240.6
66	Carmarthenshire	Wales	240.3
67	Great Yarmouth	England	239.8
68	Havant	England	239.7
69	North East Derbyshire	England	239.4
70	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	239.1
71	South Norfolk	England	238.1
72	Melton	England	235.0
73	Dover	England	234.9
74	North Ayrshire	Scotland	234.7
75	Eastbourne	England	233.4
76	Mole Valley	England	233.3
77	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	233.1
78	Adur	England	232.3
79	North Somerset	England	232.1
80	Highland	Scotland	232.1
81	Thanet	England	232.0
82	East Hampshire	England	231.7
83	Cumberland	England	231.6
84	Redcar and Cleveland	England	231.3
85	Stroud	England	230.8
86	South Kesteven	England	230.7
87	South Holland	England	230.6
88	Lichfield	England	229.9
89	North Kesteven	England	229.9
90	Horsham	England	228.4
91	Sefton	England	227.4
92	Rochford	England	226.6
93	High Peak	England	226.2
94	Moray	Scotland	223.0
95	Stafford	England	222.5
96	Gwynedd	Wales	222.1
97	Newark and Sherwood	England	221.9
98	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	221.8
99	Bromsgrove	England	221.7
100	Fenland	England	221.5
101	Amber Valley	England	221.3
102	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	220.4
103	Wiltshire	England	220.0
104	North Lincolnshire	England	218.4
105	Isles of Scilly	England	217.4
106	Worthing	England	216.7
107	Wirral	England	216.4
108	Gosport	England	216.4
109	Flintshire	Wales	215.9
110	Tewkesbury	England	215.6
111	Cheshire East	England	215.5
112	Harborough	England	215.4
113	West Lancashire	England	215.2
114	North Warwickshire	England	215.0
115	Bassetlaw	England	213.6
116	South Ribble	England	213.5
117	Chesterfield	England	213.0
118	East Ayrshire	Scotland	212.2
119	Canterbury	England	212.0
120	Shetland Islands	Scotland	211.8
121	Fife	Scotland	211.5
122	Gedling	England	210.7
123	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	210.6
124	County Durham	England	210.6
125	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	210.3
126	Broxtowe	England	210.1
127	Test Valley	England	210.1
128	West Oxfordshire	England	210.0
129	Sevenoaks	England	209.7
130	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	209.3
131	Waverley	England	209.2
132	Rushcliffe	England	208.7
133	Inverclyde	Scotland	208.7
134	Uttlesford	England	208.1
135	South Tyneside	England	208.1
136	East Lothian	Scotland	208.0
137	Cheshire West and Chester	England	207.9
138	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	207.7
139	North East Lincolnshire	England	207.7
140	North Tyneside	England	205.7
141	Torfaen	Wales	205.5
142	Bridgend	Wales	205.4
143	Erewash	England	205.1
144	Tandridge	England	204.8
145	Solihull	England	204.0
146	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	203.8
147	Caerphilly	Wales	203.2
148	Lancaster	England	202.8
149	East Cambridgeshire	England	202.8
150	Darlington	England	201.7
151	Winchester	England	201.6
152	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	201.2
153	South Oxfordshire	England	201.1
154	Sunderland	England	201.1
155	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	201.0
156	Chorley	England	200.8
157	Hastings	England	200.1
158	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	200.0
159	West Suffolk	England	200.0
160	Boston	England	200.0
161	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	199.9
162	Stirling	Scotland	199.8
163	Blackpool	England	199.5
164	Mid Sussex	England	199.5
165	Huntingdonshire	England	198.1
166	Wrexham	Wales	197.9
167	Blaby	England	197.6
168	Hart	England	197.2
169	Bolsover	England	197.1
170	Braintree	England	196.8
171	St. Helens	England	196.3
172	Gateshead	England	195.9
173	West Berkshire	England	195.7
174	North West Leicestershire	England	195.4
175	Swansea	Wales	194.8
176	Hartlepool	England	194.5
177	Barnsley	England	194.2
178	Stockport	England	194.2
179	Brentwood	England	194.0
180	Oadby and Wigston	England	193.1
181	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	193.1
182	Dudley	England	193.0
183	Epping Forest	England	192.7
184	Ashfield	England	192.2
185	Calderdale	England	191.7
186	Eastleigh	England	191.0
187	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	191.0
188	Falkirk	Scotland	190.9
189	Mansfield	England	190.7
190	North Hertfordshire	England	190.5
191	Vale of White Horse	England	190.4
192	Cannock Chase	England	190.3
193	Tamworth	England	190.1
194	Warrington	England	190.0
195	Tunbridge Wells	England	190.0
196	South Cambridgeshire	England	189.6
197	Rotherham	England	188.9
198	Doncaster	England	188.7
199	Cheltenham	England	188.7
200	Surrey Heath	England	188.7
201	Redditch	England	188.4
202	Tonbridge and Malling	England	188.0
203	Bath and North East Somerset	England	187.9
204	Stockton-on-Tees	England	187.6
205	Halton	England	186.9
206	York	England	186.8
207	Chelmsford	England	186.5
208	Charnwood	England	186.3
209	Southend-on-Sea	England	186.0
210	Swale	England	185.7
211	Ashford	England	185.4
212	East Staffordshire	England	184.8
213	Rossendale	England	184.4
214	Midlothian	Scotland	184.3
215	Wigan	England	183.6
216	Wakefield	England	183.5
217	East Hertfordshire	England	183.1
218	Renfrewshire	Scotland	183.1
219	Buckinghamshire	England	181.5
220	South Derbyshire	England	181.0
221	Plymouth	England	180.9
222	Warwick	England	180.8
223	South Gloucestershire	England	180.3
224	Maidstone	England	178.1
225	Three Rivers	England	177.9
226	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	177.7
227	Bury	England	176.3
228	Central Bedfordshire	England	176.3
229	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	175.7
230	Hertsmere	England	175.6
231	North Northamptonshire	England	175.3
232	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	174.9
233	Worcester	England	174.4
234	Elmbridge	England	174.0
235	Pendle	England	173.8
236	Dundee City	Scotland	173.3
237	Kirklees	England	173.0
238	Bromley	England	172.8
239	Epsom and Ewell	England	172.4
240	West Lothian	Scotland	172.2
241	Colchester	England	172.2
242	Reigate and Banstead	England	172.1
243	Broxbourne	England	171.8
244	Telford and Wrekin	England	171.6
245	Knowsley	England	171.3
246	Hyndburn	England	170.9
247	Dacorum	England	170.4
248	Trafford	England	170.3
249	Spelthorne	England	169.6
250	Basingstoke and Deane	England	169.1
251	Cherwell	England	168.9
252	St Albans	England	168.8
253	Rugby	England	168.4
254	West Northamptonshire	England	168.1
255	Burnley	England	167.9
256	Tameside	England	167.7
257	Basildon	England	166.5
258	Guildford	England	165.9
259	Wokingham	England	165.7
260	Stoke-on-Trent	England	163.6
261	Havering	England	162.8
262	Gloucester	England	162.4
263	Ipswich	England	162.4
264	Walsall	England	162.1
265	Gravesham	England	161.8
266	Runnymede	England	161.5
267	Bedford	England	161.3
268	Newport	Wales	161.0
269	Woking	England	160.6
270	Richmond upon Thames	England	160.4
271	Aberdeen City	Scotland	160.3
272	Sheffield	England	160.0
273	Medway	England	159.6
274	Bolton	England	159.3
275	Middlesbrough	England	158.8
276	Rochdale	England	157.6
277	Bexley	England	156.8
278	Exeter	England	155.6
279	Swindon	England	155.0
280	Welwyn Hatfield	England	153.6
281	Bracknell Forest	England	153.2
282	Derby	England	152.6
283	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	151.1
284	Oldham	England	150.7
285	Stevenage	England	150.3
286	Liverpool	England	149.9
287	Leeds	England	149.9
288	Wolverhampton	England	149.0
289	Bradford	England	148.5
290	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	148.3
291	Norwich	England	144.0
292	Portsmouth	England	143.6
293	Harrow	England	143.0
294	Sutton	England	142.9
295	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	141.5
296	Lincoln	England	141.3
297	Cardiff	Wales	140.5
298	Harlow	England	139.2
299	Brighton and Hove	England	138.0
300	Kingston upon Thames	England	136.9
301	Enfield	England	136.5
302	Preston	England	136.1
303	Milton Keynes	England	135.5
304	Barnet	England	135.3
305	Peterborough	England	135.0
306	Blackburn with Darwen	England	134.8
307	Glasgow City	Scotland	132.9
308	Coventry	England	132.2
309	Sandwell	England	132.0
310	Rushmoor	England	131.7
311	Croydon	England	131.1
312	Thurrock	England	129.8
313	Southampton	England	129.0
314	Crawley	England	128.4
315	Dartford	England	127.6
316	Kensington and Chelsea	England	124.1
317	Merton	England	122.2
318	Birmingham	England	121.7
319	Bristol, City of	England	121.6
320	Hillingdon	England	121.1
321	Salford	England	120.3
322	Watford	England	120.2
323	Redbridge	England	114.8
324	Nottingham	England	112.7
325	Ealing	England	112.6
326	Brent	England	111.3
327	Camden	England	111.2
328	Reading	England	110.0
329	Hounslow	England	109.3
330	Oxford	England	108.0
331	Haringey	England	107.3
332	Leicester	England	106.7
333	Luton	England	106.3
334	Westminster	England	104.1
335	Cambridge	England	103.5
336	Waltham Forest	England	103.3
337	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	100.0
338	Lewisham	England	99.4
339	Greenwich	England	98.9
340	Islington	England	93.5
341	LambethLowest 10	England	91.2
342	WandsworthLowest 10	England	91.1
343	SloughLowest 10	England	89.1
344	ManchesterLowest 10	England	87.9
345	SouthwarkLowest 10	England	86.3
346	City of LondonLowest 10	England	83.8
347	HackneyLowest 10	England	82.3
348	Barking and DagenhamLowest 10	England	78.0
349	NewhamLowest 10	England	67.9
350	Tower HamletsLowest 10	England	53.3

Limits and sources

Rates per 1,000 people use the mid-2024 population estimates, the latest for every area.

State Pension age is 66. It rises to 67 between 2026 and 2028. Counts from benefit records can be higher than population estimates.

1Department 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.
2Office 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.
3Office 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.
4National 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.