The Breadline Britain Score provides an estimate of the percentage of the 'poor' households in an area.

The Breadline Britain Score was constructed as a result of a survey carried out for London Weekend Television in 1990. The survey attempted to define normative poverty (people's perceptions of poverty) in terms of a poverty threshhold. Six variables are included: unemployment, lack of owner occupied accommodation and lack of car ownership, as well as three 'at risk' variables: limiting long term illness, lone parent households, and low social class. The Breadline Score is obtained by summing the individually weighted variables.

Map of Breadline Britain Scores.

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