Benefits and low income
A civil parish in Dorset — Puncknowle, E04003587. Every figure below describes that area, except where it is labelled as a comparison, or as a figure for a neighbourhood or a wider area.
DWP benefits
| Measure | Figure | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance Allowance — entitled | No more than 79 | Mar-26 |
| Carer's Allowance — entitled | No more than 27 | Mar-26 |
| Carer's Allowance — in payment | No more than 17 | Mar-26 |
| Children in low-income families — after housing costs | No more than 38 | 2024/25 |
| Children in low-income families — relative low income | No more than 30 | 2024/25 |
| Claimant count | No more than 15 | August 2026 |
| Employment and Support Allowance — caseload | No more than 16 | Mar-26 |
| Housing Benefit — claimants | No more than 23 | 202603 (Mar-26) |
| Pension Credit — claimants | No more than 33 | Mar-26 |
| Personal Independence Payment — cases with entitlement | No more than 75 | Jul-26 |
| State Pension — claimants | No more than 791 | Mar-26 |
| Universal Credit — people on UC | No more than 97 | May 2026 |
Attendance Allowance — entitled, Carer's Allowance — entitled, Carer's Allowance — in payment, Children in low-income families — after housing costs, Children in low-income families — relative low income, Claimant count, Employment and Support Allowance — caseload, Housing Benefit — claimants, Pension Credit — claimants, Personal Independence Payment — cases with entitlement, State Pension — claimants and Universal Credit — people on UC were not measured for Puncknowle on their own. They come from statistical areas the civil parish shares with neighbouring places, and the published data does not say how to divide them, so what is shown is the whole of those areas rather than this place's share of them.
- Source
- DWP Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions
- Period
- Mar-26
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
DWP rounds small-area counts to the nearest 5. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its people are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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- Source
- DWP Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions
- Period
- 2024/25
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
DWP rounds small-area counts to the nearest 5. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its people are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University
- Period
- August 2026
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
Nomis publishes the rate against current ONS population estimates, not the 2021 Census base, so it will not reproduce from Census figures. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its claimants are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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- Source
- DWP Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions (hb_new)
- Period
- 202603 (Mar-26)
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
DWP rounds small-area counts to the nearest 5. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its people are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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- Source
- DWP Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions (PIP_Monthly_new)
- Period
- Jul-26
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
DWP rounds small-area counts to the nearest 5. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its people are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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- Source
- DWP Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions (UC_Monthly)
- Period
- May 2026
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
DWP rounds small-area counts to the nearest 5. An LSOA straddling two parishes cannot be attributed to either, so its people are outside the measured figure and inside the upper bound instead.
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Fuel poverty
| Measure | Figure | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Households in fuel poverty | No more than 107 | 2024 |
Households in fuel poverty was not measured for Puncknowle on its own. It comes from statistical areas the civil parish shares with neighbouring places, and the published data does not say how to divide them, so what is shown is the whole of those areas rather than this place's share of them.
- Source
- Sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Period
- 2024
- Area
- civil parish — measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level, and no such area lies wholly inside this one
Estimates of fuel poverty at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) should be treated with caution. The estimates should only be used to look at general trends and identify areas of particularly high or low fuel poverty. They should not be used to identify trends over time within an LSOA, or to compare LSOAs with similar fuel poverty levels due to very small sample sizes and consequent instability in estimates at this level. (DESNZ)
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