Table 2.

Proportion of households receiving means-tested benefits in each data zone quintile of income deprivation

Income deprivation quintiles	Proportion of data zone population receiving means-tested benefitsa	Income deprivation rankb	Total data zones in each quintile	Total households in each quintile
1 (least deprived)	0–5 %	5203–6502	1300	454916
2	5–9 %	3903–5202	1300	512592
3	9–14 %	2602–3902	1301	516418
4	14–22 %	1302–2601	1300	509263
5 (most deprived)	22–65 %	1–1301	1301	526884

^adue to anonymity agreements, proportion of households receiving means-tested benefits is rounded to the nearest whole percentage for publication

^bunrounded rates were used to calculate the income domain rank