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One in 10 children across Trafford living in ‘absolute’ poverty
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One in every 10 children in Trafford are living in poverty and a further 6,000 are living on the borderline.
The latest figures from a Trafford council health and well-being board report state 5,051 children under the age of 16 are living in ‘absolute’ low income households – defined as households that have less than 60pc of the current median household income to live on after housing costs.
A further 6,230 live in ‘relative’ low income homes.
Across Greater Manchester there are 123,529 children living in ‘absolute’ poverty and 151,064 in ‘relative’ poverty.
In total across England, there are 1,685,298 children in ‘absolute’ low income homes and 2,065,267 in ‘relative’ low income homes.
For Trafford, it means 10pc of the borough’s children are living in absolute poverty and 12.3pc are on the borderline.
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But the picture is very different in different areas of the borough.
According to the same report, Trafford’s child poverty rate soars to 44pc in one small area of the borough; despite Trafford being the most well-off area of Greater Manchester.
The document said: “Trafford is the least deprived authority in Greater Manchester – only 5.7pc of small areas in Trafford rank in the 10pc most deprived in England; however, children who live in these areas tend to fare worst on a range
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