Children and Poverty

30% of Children in the UK live in poverty – 4.3 million children.

44% of children living in lone-parent families are in poverty.

70% of children growing up in poverty live in working families.

47% of children living in black and minority ethnic groups live in poverty (24% for white families.

4.3 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK

Source: Child Poverty Action Group 2024