Rankings · State Pension

People receiving State Pension, total

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 per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 people aged 66 and over

Area type

ConstituenciesLocal authorities

632 constituencies ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 12,207,279 total

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State Pension, total, March 2026, constituencies
		Region
1	ClactonHighest 10	East of England	31,506
2	West DorsetHighest 10	South West	30,492
3	Louth and HorncastleHighest 10	East Midlands	30,427
4	ChristchurchHighest 10	South West	29,826
5	North NorfolkHighest 10	East of England	29,806
6	South ShropshireHighest 10	West Midlands	29,056
7	Honiton and SidmouthHighest 10	South West	28,825
8	Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonHighest 10	South East	28,729
9	West WorcestershireHighest 10	West Midlands	28,700
10	Bexhill and BattleHighest 10	South East	28,542
11	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	28,502
12	Chichester	South East	28,416
13	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	28,412
14	Arundel and South Downs	South East	28,399
15	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	28,371
16	New Forest West	South East	28,111
17	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	28,032
18	North Northumberland	North East	27,974
19	Fylde	North West	27,969
20	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,961
21	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,689
22	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	27,317
23	South Dorset	South West	27,193
24	South Devon	South West	27,107
25	Lewes	South East	26,750
26	Waveney Valley	East of England	26,622
27	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	26,615
28	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	26,607
29	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	26,563
30	North West Norfolk	East of England	26,536
31	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	26,346
32	Worthing West	South East	26,223
33	North Cornwall	South West	26,214
34	Hexham	North East	26,209
35	South East Cornwall	South West	26,179
36	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	26,170
37	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	26,126
38	North Dorset	South West	26,092
39	Penrith and Solway	North West	26,051
40	North Devon	South West	25,992
41	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	25,982
42	Torbay	South West	25,938
43	North Shropshire	West Midlands	25,774
44	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	25,652
45	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	25,593
46	Sefton Central	North West	25,497
47	Newark	East Midlands	25,492
47	Newton Abbot	South West	25,492
49	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	25,468
50	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	25,399
51	Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	25,380
52	Maldon	East of England	25,369
53	Central Devon	South West	25,317
54	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	25,264
55	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	25,256
56	South West Norfolk	East of England	25,221
57	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	25,210
58	Yeovil	South West	25,194
59	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	25,152
60	Mid Norfolk	East of England	25,112
61	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	25,087
62	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	25,068
63	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	25,056
64	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	25,042
65	St Ives	South West	25,033
66	Clwyd East	Wales	24,889
67	Southport	North West	24,883
68	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	24,848
69	South Suffolk	East of England	24,827
70	Wirral West	North West	24,821
71	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	24,781
72	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	24,750
73	South West Devon	South West	24,739
74	Clwyd North	Wales	24,692
75	Gainsborough	East Midlands	24,670
76	Lowestoft	East of England	24,556
77	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	24,536
78	Caerfyrddin	Wales	24,513
79	Taunton and Wellington	South West	24,399
80	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	24,365
81	Eastbourne	South East	24,342
82	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	24,339
83	Weald of Kent	South East	24,324
84	Monmouthshire	Wales	24,302
85	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	24,289
86	North Somerset	South West	24,261
87	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	24,259
88	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	24,141
89	Great Yarmouth	East of England	24,135
90	Dover and Deal	South East	24,114
91	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	24,104
92	Sussex Weald	South East	24,046
93	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	24,000
94	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	23,835
95	Melksham and Devizes	South West	23,802
96	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	23,787
97	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	23,739
98	Gower	Wales	23,689
99	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	23,675
100	York Outer	Yorkshire and The Humber	23,619
101	St Austell and Newquay	South West	23,573
102	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	23,571
103	South Cotswolds	South West	23,548
104	Forest of Dean	South West	23,539
105	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	23,514
106	New Forest East	South East	23,487
107	Lichfield	West Midlands	23,470
108	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	23,358
109	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	23,334
110	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	23,191
111	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	23,174
112	North Cotswolds	South West	23,126
113	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	23,114
114	Tatton	North West	23,086
115	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	23,074
116	Ribble Valley	North West	23,050
117	Witham	East of England	23,011
118	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	22,990
119	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	22,986
120	West Suffolk	East of England	22,962
121	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	22,958
122	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	22,953
123	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	22,933
124	East Thanet	South East	22,925
125	Salisbury	South West	22,915
126	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	22,906
127	Hastings and Rye	South East	22,902
128	Castle Point	East of England	22,894
129	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	22,885
130	Camborne and Redruth	South West	22,859
130	Havant	South East	22,859
132	Thornbury and Yate	South West	22,833
133	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	22,817
134	Macclesfield	North West	22,792
135	Stroud	South West	22,790
136	East Hampshire	South East	22,785
137	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	22,733
138	Daventry	East Midlands	22,727
139	Carlisle	North West	22,722
140	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	22,714
141	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	22,694
142	Henley and Thame	South East	22,656
143	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	22,647
144	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	22,623
145	Winchester	South East	22,590
146	Gosport	South East	22,564
147	Truro and Falmouth	South West	22,533
148	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	22,523
149	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	22,502
150	Huntingdon	East of England	22,498
151	Bishop Auckland	North East	22,493
152	Congleton	North West	22,488
153	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	22,485
154	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	22,451
155	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	22,366
156	Bridgwater	South West	22,336
157	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	22,307
158	The Wrekin	West Midlands	22,294
159	Barrow and Furness	North West	22,212
160	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	22,208
161	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	22,151
162	North East Fife	Scotland	22,139
163	Tewkesbury	South West	22,134
164	Poole	South West	22,122
165	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	22,087
166	Blyth and Ashington	North East	22,039
167	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	22,003
168	South West Wiltshire	South West	21,997
169	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	21,995
170	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	21,976
171	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	21,971
172	North West Essex	East of England	21,968
173	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	21,928
174	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	21,919
175	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	21,914
176	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	21,901
177	Braintree	East of England	21,770
178	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	21,759
179	Tynemouth	North East	21,750
180	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,736
181	South Ribble	North West	21,720
182	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	21,669
183	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	21,666
184	Hazel Grove	North West	21,627
185	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	21,615
186	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	21,610
187	North Durham	North East	21,567
188	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	21,554
189	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	21,551
190	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,542
191	Isle of Wight East	South East	21,512
192	West Lancashire	North West	21,449
193	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,422
194	Horsham	South East	21,419
195	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	21,418
196	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	21,414
197	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	21,379
198	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,356
199	South Norfolk	East of England	21,308
200	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	21,288
201	Godalming and Ash	South East	21,285
202	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	21,279
202	Farnham and Bordon	South East	21,279
204	Cheadle	North West	21,271
205	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	21,229
206	Llanelli	Wales	21,223
207	Canterbury	South East	21,191
208	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,168
209	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	21,158
210	Hamble Valley	South East	21,156
211	Redcar	North East	21,115
212	Bolsover	East Midlands	21,110
213	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	21,064
214	Dorking and Horley	South East	21,062
215	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,044
216	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	21,007
217	Gedling	East Midlands	20,987
218	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	20,935
219	Lothian East	Scotland	20,883
220	Mansfield	East Midlands	20,872
221	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	20,870
222	Stafford	West Midlands	20,863
223	Makerfield	North West	20,862
224	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scotland	20,856
225	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	20,820
226	Tamworth	West Midlands	20,806
227	High Peak	East Midlands	20,790
228	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	20,785
229	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	20,774
230	Chesham and Amersham	South East	20,748
231	Weston-super-Mare	South West	20,728
232	North East Hampshire	South East	20,710
233	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	20,705
234	Sevenoaks	South East	20,701
235	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	20,691
236	Wallasey	North West	20,680
237	North Bedfordshire	East of England	20,646
238	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	20,640
239	Stockton West	North East	20,627
240	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	20,620
241	Tonbridge	South East	20,608
242	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,572
243	Frome and East Somerset	South West	20,555
244	Edinburgh West	Scotland	20,513
245	St Helens North	North West	20,487
246	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,479
247	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	20,476
247	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	20,476
249	Chesterfield	East Midlands	20,468
250	Chester North and Neston	North West	20,457
251	Beaconsfield	South East	20,454
252	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,441
253	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,375
254	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	20,340
255	Chorley	North West	20,311
256	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	20,309
257	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,305
257	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	20,305
259	Blackpool South	North West	20,298
260	Reigate	South East	20,296
261	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	20,267
262	Broxtowe	East Midlands	20,265
263	Tunbridge Wells	South East	20,259
264	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	20,245
265	Kettering	East Midlands	20,209
266	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,178
267	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	20,176
268	Bridgend	Wales	20,175
269	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	20,163
270	Blaydon and Consett	North East	20,162
271	Plymouth Moor View	South West	20,108
272	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,095
273	Epsom and Ewell	South East	20,071
274	Witney	South East	20,070
275	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,064
276	Wrexham	Wales	20,061
277	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	20,056
278	Banbury	South East	20,027
279	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	20,007
280	East Surrey	South East	19,988
281	Bolton North East	North West	19,974
282	Chippenham	South West	19,969
283	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	19,961
284	Wigan	North West	19,940
285	East Wiltshire	South West	19,935
286	Amber Valley	East Midlands	19,889
287	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	19,883
288	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,852
289	Mid Sussex	South East	19,849
290	Bury North	North West	19,845
291	Leigh and Atherton	North West	19,836
292	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,834
292	Redditch	West Midlands	19,834
294	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	19,818
295	Rugby	West Midlands	19,814
296	Darlington	North East	19,810
297	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	19,787
298	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	19,785
299	Sunderland Central	North East	19,775
300	South Shields	North East	19,768
301	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	19,709
302	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	19,702
303	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	19,678
304	Hertsmere	East of England	19,644
305	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	19,639
306	Norwich North	East of England	19,631
307	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,627
308	Caerphilly	Wales	19,583
309	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	19,557
310	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	19,542
311	Aberdeen North	Scotland	19,521
312	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	19,490
313	City of Durham	North East	19,478
313	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	19,478
315	Liverpool Garston	North West	19,475
316	Broxbourne	East of England	19,448
316	Didcot and Wantage	South East	19,448
318	Bolton West	North West	19,414
319	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	19,405
320	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,389
321	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,376
322	Torfaen	Wales	19,328
323	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,302
324	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	19,294
325	Easington	North East	19,274
326	Birkenhead	North West	19,253
327	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	East of England	19,249
328	Chipping Barnet	London	19,245
329	Isle of Wight West	South East	19,208
330	Maidenhead	South East	19,197
331	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	19,183
332	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	19,181
333	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	19,170
334	North West Hampshire	South East	19,163
335	Harrow East	London	19,144
336	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	19,140
337	Pontypridd	Wales	19,135
338	Warrington South	North West	19,102
339	Burnley	North West	19,093
340	Stourbridge	West Midlands	19,073
341	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	19,060
342	Surrey Heath	South East	19,051
343	Hartlepool	North East	19,034
344	Newbury	South East	19,005
345	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	18,993
346	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	18,982
347	Eastleigh	South East	18,949
348	Gloucester	South West	18,943
349	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	18,938
350	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	18,932
351	Cheltenham	South West	18,920
352	Ashfield	East Midlands	18,884
353	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	18,876
354	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	18,829
355	Epping Forest	East of England	18,778
356	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	18,763
357	Warrington North	North West	18,751
358	Erewash	East Midlands	18,723
359	Orpington	London	18,703
360	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	18,690
361	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,681
362	Bournemouth East	South West	18,663
363	Bournemouth West	South West	18,637
364	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	18,613
365	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,601
366	Worcester	West Midlands	18,582
367	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	18,579
368	Wokingham	South East	18,557
369	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	18,535
370	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	18,531
371	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	18,522
372	Falkirk	Scotland	18,479
373	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	18,435
374	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,425
375	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	18,412
376	Maidstone and Malling	South East	18,393
376	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,393
378	Rutherglen	Scotland	18,391
379	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	18,385
380	Midlothian	Scotland	18,382
381	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,364
382	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	18,356
383	Cardiff North	Wales	18,323
384	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	18,311
385	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	18,259
386	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	18,232
386	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,232
388	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	18,226
389	Halesowen	West Midlands	18,197
390	Finchley and Golders Green	London	18,175
391	Worsley and Eccles	North West	18,163
392	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	18,155
393	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	18,152
394	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	18,147
395	Swansea West	Wales	18,127
396	Ipswich	East of England	18,066
397	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	18,064
398	Spelthorne	South East	18,055
399	Ynys Môn	Wales	18,019
400	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	18,008
401	Peterborough	East of England	17,973
402	Stockton North	North East	17,966
403	Harlow	East of England	17,932
404	Widnes and Halewood	North West	17,928
405	Gravesham	South East	17,919
406	Ashford	South East	17,912
407	Windsor	South East	17,894
408	Milton Keynes North	South East	17,879
409	Chelmsford	East of England	17,868
410	Livingston	Scotland	17,858
411	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	17,832
412	Hitchin	East of England	17,818
413	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	17,811
414	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	17,805
415	Newport East	Wales	17,802
416	Nuneaton	West Midlands	17,765
417	Mid Cheshire	North West	17,758
418	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,757
419	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,738
420	Aldershot	South East	17,731
421	Esher and Walton	South East	17,725
422	Lincoln	East Midlands	17,709
423	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	17,685
424	Southgate and Wood Green	London	17,684
425	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	17,662
426	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	17,613
427	Bootle	North West	17,601
428	Loughborough	East Midlands	17,586
429	Northampton North	East Midlands	17,576
430	Edinburgh South	Scotland	17,574
431	Aberdeen South	Scotland	17,566
432	Aylesbury	South East	17,540
433	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,539
434	Bath	South West	17,513
435	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	17,512
436	Romford	London	17,509
437	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	17,437
438	Twickenham	London	17,410
439	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	17,405
440	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	17,400
441	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	17,375
442	Northampton South	East Midlands	17,347
443	Bristol North West	South West	17,338
444	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,336
445	Croydon South	London	17,319
446	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	17,315
447	Cardiff West	Wales	17,288
448	Liverpool West Derby	North West	17,242
449	Coventry North West	West Midlands	17,241
450	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	17,230
451	Basingstoke	South East	17,202
452	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	17,195
452	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	17,195
454	Bedford	East of England	17,186
455	Beckenham and Penge	London	17,171
456	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	17,139
457	Telford	West Midlands	17,127
458	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	17,107
459	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	17,100
460	Bury South	North West	17,072
461	Swindon North	South West	17,055
462	Derby North	East Midlands	17,051
463	Dudley	West Midlands	17,045
464	Woking	South East	17,025
465	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	17,023
466	Richmond Park	London	16,998
467	Liverpool Walton	North West	16,975
467	Swindon South	South West	16,975
469	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	16,940
470	Rochester and Strood	South East	16,936
471	Norwich South	East of England	16,935
472	Croydon East	London	16,787
473	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	16,714
474	Hyndburn	North West	16,643
475	Portsmouth North	South East	16,640
476	Guildford	South East	16,606
477	Knowsley	North West	16,592
478	Dundee Central	Scotland	16,562
479	Stretford and Urmston	North West	16,553
480	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	16,510
481	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	16,494
482	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	16,447
483	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	16,423
484	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	16,422
485	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	16,404
486	Stevenage	East of England	16,392
487	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	16,370
488	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	16,306
489	West Bromwich	West Midlands	16,262
490	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	16,153
491	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	16,142
492	Brent West	London	16,136
493	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	16,122
494	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	16,085
495	Colchester	East of England	16,066
496	St Albans	East of England	16,058
497	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	15,959
498	Crawley	South East	15,892
499	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	15,880
500	Coventry South	West Midlands	15,827
501	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,791
502	Stockport	North West	15,787
503	Sutton and Cheam	London	15,784
504	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	15,780
505	Ealing North	London	15,767
505	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	15,767
507	Southampton Itchen	South East	15,763
508	Wimbledon	London	15,753
509	Enfield North	London	15,743
510	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,726
511	Exeter	South West	15,689
512	Coventry East	West Midlands	15,664
513	Leicester East	East Midlands	15,570
514	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	15,518
515	Kingston and Surbiton	London	15,481
516	Luton North	East of England	15,463
517	Hove and Portslade	South East	15,451
518	Kensington and Bayswater	London	15,427
519	Cardiff East	Wales	15,424
520	Bracknell	South East	15,410
521	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	15,371
522	Rochdale	North West	15,312
523	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	15,309
524	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	15,308
525	Derby South	East Midlands	15,294
526	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,271
527	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,187
528	Brent East	London	15,185
529	Earley and Woodley	South East	15,147
530	Brentford and Isleworth	London	15,103
531	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,059
532	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	15,007
533	Ealing Southall	London	14,965
534	Wycombe	South East	14,959
535	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	14,957
536	Ilford North	London	14,940
537	Hendon	London	14,925
538	Bristol North East	South West	14,884
539	Preston	North West	14,865
540	Hampstead and Highgate	London	14,853
541	Milton Keynes Central	South East	14,772
542	Carshalton and Wallington	London	14,756
543	Ealing Central and Acton	London	14,713
544	Mitcham and Morden	London	14,676
545	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	14,667
546	Dagenham and Rainham	London	14,623
547	Glasgow North East	Scotland	14,618
548	Harrow West	London	14,538
549	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	14,532
550	Glasgow West	Scotland	14,479
551	Glasgow South	Scotland	14,341
552	Cities of London and Westminster	London	14,282
553	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	14,260
554	Dartford	South East	14,228
555	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	14,217
556	Smethwick	West Midlands	14,211
557	Blackburn	North West	14,199
558	Feltham and Heston	London	14,158
559	Bristol South	South West	14,110
560	Watford	East of England	14,016
561	Gorton and Denton	North West	13,999
562	Southampton Test	South East	13,981
563	Glasgow East	Scotland	13,944
564	Portsmouth South	South East	13,937
565	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	13,844
566	Chelsea and Fulham	London	13,836
567	Leicester West	East Midlands	13,832
568	Glasgow South West	Scotland	13,795
569	Streatham and Croydon North	London	13,730
570	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	13,699
571	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	13,682
572	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	13,648
573	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	13,571
574	Erith and Thamesmead	London	13,487
575	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	13,444
576	Thurrock	East of England	13,326
577	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	13,292
578	Bristol East	South West	13,283
579	Nottingham South	East Midlands	13,208
580	Lewisham East	London	13,108
581	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	13,106
582	Oxford East	South East	13,081
583	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	13,070
584	Leyton and Wanstead	London	13,025
585	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	12,933
586	Slough	South East	12,853
587	Cambridge	East of England	12,772
588	Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	12,758
589	Liverpool Riverside	North West	12,715
590	Reading Central	South East	12,705
591	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	12,258
592	Tottenham	London	12,256
593	Hayes and Harlington	London	12,244
594	Brighton Pavilion	South East	12,212
595	Salford	North West	12,045
596	Glasgow North	Scotland	11,964
597	Ilford South	London	11,951
598	Leicester South	East Midlands	11,866
599	Croydon West	London	11,771
600	Holborn and St Pancras	London	11,473
601	Putney	London	11,470
602	Nottingham East	East Midlands	11,364
603	Islington South and Finsbury	London	11,181
604	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	11,149
605	Islington North	London	10,711
606	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	10,625
607	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	10,563
608	Manchester Withington	North West	10,513
609	Manchester Central	North West	10,504
610	Walthamstow	London	10,378
611	East Ham	London	10,173
612	Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	10,165
613	Tooting	London	10,108
614	West Ham and Beckton	London	9,998
615	Barking	London	9,822
616	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	9,739
617	Lewisham North	London	9,685
618	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	9,539
619	Peckham	London	9,399
620	Battersea	London	9,368
621	Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	9,276
622	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	9,233
623	Stratford and BowLowest 10	London	8,643
624	Clapham and Brixton HillLowest 10	London	8,541
625	Bristol CentralLowest 10	South West	8,249
626	Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLowest 10	London	8,222
627	Leeds Central and HeadingleyLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,138
628	Bethnal Green and StepneyLowest 10	London	7,828
629	Sheffield CentralLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,776
630	Poplar and LimehouseLowest 10	London	7,041
631	Na h-Eileanan an IarLowest 10	Scotland	6,619
632	Manchester RusholmeLowest 10	North West	6,565

350 local authorities ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 12,207,279 total

Nation350 shownSee it on the map

State Pension, total, March 2026, local authorities
		Nation
1	North YorkshireHighest 10	England	159,912
2	CornwallHighest 10	England	145,869
3	BirminghamHighest 10	England	143,940
4	SomersetHighest 10	England	143,662
5	LeedsHighest 10	England	126,341
6	WiltshireHighest 10	England	115,293
7	DorsetHighest 10	England	114,452
8	County DurhamHighest 10	England	113,067
9	BuckinghamshireHighest 10	England	104,980
10	SheffieldHighest 10	England	92,834
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	92,635
12	Cheshire East	England	90,596
13	Glasgow City	Scotland	86,420
14	Northumberland	England	85,625
15	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	84,757
16	Shropshire	England	83,703
17	Bradford	England	83,135
18	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	80,416
19	Fife	Scotland	79,291
20	Cheshire West and Chester	England	77,132
21	Kirklees	England	77,098
22	Liverpool	England	76,178
23	West Northamptonshire	England	74,183
24	Wirral	England	71,038
25	East Suffolk	England	69,141
26	Wakefield	England	67,325
27	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	66,614
28	North Northamptonshire	England	65,805
29	Sefton	England	64,886
30	Cumberland	England	64,839
31	Dudley	England	63,913
32	Wigan	England	63,211
33	Doncaster	England	60,443
34	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	60,102
35	Bristol, City of	England	60,077
36	Stockport	England	58,683
37	Westmorland and Furness	England	58,367
38	Bromley	England	57,829
39	Sunderland	England	57,665
40	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	55,758
41	Central Bedfordshire	England	55,708
42	South Gloucestershire	England	55,138
43	Highland	Scotland	55,132
44	Barnet	England	54,943
45	Cardiff	Wales	53,692
46	Croydon	England	53,573
47	Rotherham	England	52,200
48	North Somerset	England	52,149
49	Manchester	England	51,750
50	New Forest	England	51,603
51	Herefordshire, County of	England	49,545
52	Bolton	England	49,201
53	Plymouth	England	49,195
54	Barnsley	England	48,812
55	Swansea	Wales	48,804
56	Coventry	England	48,731
57	Walsall	England	47,772
58	Arun	England	46,826
59	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	46,689
60	Sandwell	England	46,621
61	Medway	England	46,562
62	Carmarthenshire	Wales	45,740
63	East Devon	England	45,297
64	Enfield	England	45,235
65	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	45,132
66	Havering	England	45,096
67	Solihull	England	44,930
68	Tendring	England	44,356
69	East Lindsey	England	44,339
70	Stoke-on-Trent	England	44,177
71	North Tyneside	England	44,034
72	Ealing	England	43,655
73	Wealden	England	43,586
74	Wolverhampton	England	41,798
75	Derby	England	41,755
76	Milton Keynes	England	41,452
77	Leicester	England	41,266
78	Trafford	England	40,814
79	Warrington	England	40,785
80	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	40,747
81	Isle of Wight	England	40,718
82	Calderdale	England	40,214
83	Bexley	England	40,191
84	Tameside	England	40,058
85	Hillingdon	England	39,698
86	Brent	England	39,573
87	Gateshead	England	39,453
88	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	39,424
89	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	39,407
90	Brighton and Hove	England	39,325
91	York	England	38,890
92	Harrow	England	38,744
93	Stockton-on-Tees	England	38,642
94	Oldham	England	37,774
95	Huntingdonshire	England	37,711
96	Swindon	England	37,706
97	Bath and North East Somerset	England	37,677
98	West Suffolk	England	37,636
99	North Lincolnshire	England	37,444
100	Nottingham	England	37,259
101	Teignbridge	England	37,195
102	Powys	Wales	37,117
103	Aberdeen City	Scotland	37,088
104	Redbridge	England	37,066
105	Rochdale	England	37,012
106	St. Helens	England	36,989
107	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	36,943
108	Torbay	England	36,039
109	Caerphilly	Wales	35,811
110	Stratford-on-Avon	England	35,709
111	Breckland	England	35,588
112	South Norfolk	England	35,336
113	Salford	England	35,309
114	Chelmsford	England	35,127
115	Charnwood	England	35,079
116	Bury	England	34,941
117	Renfrewshire	Scotland	34,526
118	Horsham	England	34,509
119	North Norfolk	England	34,449
120	Canterbury	England	34,426
121	Colchester	England	34,395
122	Broadland	England	34,367
123	Southend-on-Sea	England	34,326
124	Chichester	England	34,139
125	Wychavon	England	33,925
126	South Kesteven	England	33,922
127	Maidstone	England	33,700
128	Flintshire	Wales	33,657
129	Telford and Wrekin	England	33,656
130	Southampton	England	33,626
131	North East Lincolnshire	England	33,181
132	Thanet	England	32,982
133	Hounslow	England	32,799
134	South Cambridgeshire	England	32,717
135	Basingstoke and Deane	England	32,627
136	West Berkshire	England	32,270
137	Pembrokeshire	Wales	32,241
138	Braintree	England	32,233
139	Mid Sussex	England	32,145
140	Redcar and Cleveland	England	32,100
141	Basildon	England	32,094
142	Wyre	England	32,079
143	West Lothian	Scotland	32,064
144	Richmond upon Thames	England	31,602
145	Stafford	England	31,504
146	Bedford	England	31,443
147	South Oxfordshire	England	31,441
148	North Ayrshire	Scotland	31,408
149	South Tyneside	England	31,369
150	Wokingham	England	31,055
151	Conwy	Wales	31,001
152	Wandsworth	England	30,951
153	Portsmouth	England	30,580
154	Sutton	England	30,541
155	Falkirk	Scotland	30,519
156	Scottish Borders	Scotland	30,439
157	Havant	England	30,394
158	Peterborough	England	30,266
159	Bridgend	Wales	30,205
160	East Hampshire	England	30,086
161	Lewisham	England	30,064
162	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	30,043
163	Rother	England	29,925
164	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	29,819
165	Greenwich	England	29,786
166	Lancaster	England	29,478
167	Swale	England	29,476
168	South Ayrshire	Scotland	29,360
169	Waltham Forest	England	29,307
170	Lambeth	England	29,085
171	Stroud	England	28,967
172	Cherwell	England	28,833
173	Amber Valley	England	28,825
174	Haringey	England	28,821
175	East Hertfordshire	England	28,701
176	Blackpool	England	28,606
177	Fareham	England	28,449
178	Vale of White Horse	England	28,446
179	Test Valley	England	28,393
180	Newark and Sherwood	England	28,367
181	South Staffordshire	England	28,262
182	Waverley	England	28,191
183	Angus	Scotland	28,173
184	Dover	England	28,143
185	North Kesteven	England	28,128
186	Warwick	England	28,121
187	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	27,898
188	Knowsley	England	27,706
189	Folkestone and Hythe	England	27,464
190	Dacorum	England	27,452
191	Southwark	England	27,354
192	Mid Suffolk	England	27,338
193	Winchester	England	27,302
194	Wrexham	Wales	27,296
195	Reigate and Banstead	England	27,288
196	Eastleigh	England	27,246
197	Newport	Wales	26,949
198	Merton	England	26,891
199	Gwynedd	Wales	26,806
200	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	26,686
201	Bassetlaw	England	26,645
202	Epping Forest	England	26,431
203	Rushcliffe	England	26,319
204	Lewes	England	26,279
205	West Lancashire	England	26,268
206	Ashford	England	26,104
207	North Hertfordshire	England	26,062
208	North Devon	England	25,992
209	Dundee City	Scotland	25,872
210	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	25,870
211	Newham	England	25,758
212	East Ayrshire	Scotland	25,747
213	Sevenoaks	England	25,717
214	Tonbridge and Malling	England	25,703
215	Lichfield	England	25,687
216	South Hams	England	25,617
217	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	25,564
218	North East Derbyshire	England	25,510
219	St Albans	England	25,446
220	West Oxfordshire	England	25,369
221	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	25,323
222	Luton	England	25,302
223	Gedling	England	25,284
224	Wyre Forest	England	25,210
225	Guildford	England	25,159
226	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	25,148
227	Ashfield	England	24,839
228	Babergh	England	24,827
229	Elmbridge	England	24,710
230	South Ribble	England	24,703
231	West Lindsey	England	24,670
232	Worthing	England	24,595
233	Middlesbrough	England	24,560
234	Halton	England	24,528
235	Camden	England	24,516
236	Eastbourne	England	24,342
237	Monmouthshire	Wales	24,302
238	Cotswold	England	24,259
239	Chorley	England	24,210
240	Great Yarmouth	England	24,135
241	East Staffordshire	England	24,041
242	Broxtowe	England	23,981
243	East Lothian	Scotland	23,954
244	Kingston upon Thames	England	23,672
245	Fylde	England	23,647
246	Denbighshire	Wales	23,592
247	Thurrock	England	23,539
248	Fenland	England	23,358
249	Erewash	England	23,344
250	South Holland	England	22,979
251	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	22,973
252	Cheltenham	England	22,920
253	Malvern Hills	England	22,830
254	Ipswich	England	22,742
255	Tunbridge Wells	England	22,687
256	Darlington	England	22,620
257	Chesterfield	England	22,532
258	Harborough	England	22,531
259	Bromsgrove	England	22,485
260	Westminster	England	22,454
261	Castle Point	England	22,405
262	Gloucester	England	22,391
263	Forest of Dean	England	22,176
264	Hackney	England	22,098
265	Preston	England	21,990
266	Tewkesbury	England	21,931
267	North West Leicestershire	England	21,860
268	Blackburn with Darwen	England	21,790
269	Exeter	England	21,634
270	Mansfield	England	21,599
271	Blaby	England	21,313
272	South Derbyshire	England	21,202
273	Norwich	England	21,189
274	Moray	Scotland	21,164
275	Islington	England	21,156
276	High Peak	England	20,790
277	Mole Valley	England	20,659
277	Rugby	England	20,659
279	Mid Devon	England	20,512
280	Derbyshire Dales	England	20,414
281	Hart	England	20,317
282	Rochford	England	20,289
283	Torridge	England	20,247
284	Reading	England	20,103
285	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	20,007
286	Bracknell Forest	England	19,988
287	Cannock Chase	England	19,787
288	Uttlesford	England	19,764
289	Torfaen	Wales	19,328
290	Hertsmere	England	19,319
291	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	19,087
292	Hartlepool	England	19,034
293	Stirling	Scotland	18,905
294	Welwyn Hatfield	England	18,904
295	East Cambridgeshire	England	18,897
296	Ceredigion	Wales	18,676
297	Worcester	England	18,582
298	Tandridge	England	18,445
299	Midlothian	Scotland	18,382
300	Barking and Dagenham	England	18,317
301	Kensington and Chelsea	England	18,275
302	Hastings	England	18,217
303	Oxford	England	18,130
304	Spelthorne	England	18,055
305	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	18,019
306	Tower Hamlets	England	17,930
307	Gravesham	England	17,919
308	Gosport	England	17,899
309	Surrey Heath	England	17,788
310	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	17,753
311	Maldon	England	17,516
312	Broxbourne	England	17,506
313	Pendle	England	17,321
314	Woking	England	17,025
315	Three Rivers	England	17,005
316	Burnley	England	16,655
317	West Devon	England	16,650
318	Redditch	England	16,528
319	Bolsover	England	16,491
320	Inverclyde	Scotland	16,430
321	Dartford	England	15,901
322	Crawley	England	15,892
323	Ribble Valley	England	15,824
324	Cambridge	England	15,692
325	Tamworth	England	15,376
326	Brentwood	England	15,321
327	Adur	England	15,037
328	Runnymede	England	14,908
329	Slough	England	14,864
330	Lincoln	England	14,826
331	Hyndburn	England	14,680
332	Boston	England	14,454
333	North Warwickshire	England	14,416
334	Epsom and Ewell	England	14,343
335	Rushmoor	England	13,884
336	Stevenage	England	13,710
337	Harlow	England	13,659
338	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	13,612
339	Rossendale	England	13,429
340	Watford	England	12,839
341	MeltonLowest 10	England	12,673
342	Oadby and WigstonLowest 10	England	11,838
343	Merthyr TydfilLowest 10	Wales	11,213
344	ClackmannanshireLowest 10	Scotland	10,594
345	RutlandLowest 10	England	10,458
346	Na h-Eileanan SiarLowest 10	Scotland	6,619
347	Orkney IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	5,335
348	Shetland IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	4,828
349	City of LondonLowest 10	England	1,299
350	Isles of ScillyLowest 10	England	518

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.