The distribution of wealth

Proportion of total wealth held in each decile (2018-20)

Data sources and notes
Note

The wealth distribution was calculated across deciles in the latest Wave available (also known as rounds) and region. The data for this round was collected across 2018, 2019 and 2020. Total net wealth is an estimate of the value of wealth held by all private households, including net property, net financial, private pension and physical wealth.

Data source

Wealth and Assets Survey (Round 7), ONS

Chart source

London's Poverty Profile 2022

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Wealth is very unequally distributed. In London, those in the top wealth decile (i.e. the 10% of people with the highest wealth) hold 44.3% of London’s total net wealth. Those in the bottom decile (the bottom 10%) hold none of London’s total net wealth.

In the rest of England a similar divide is found, where the top decile holds 42.8% of total net wealth and the bottom holds just 0.1% of total net wealth which is barely visible on the chart.

Total net wealth is an estimate of the value of wealth held by all private households, including net property, net financial, private pension and physical wealth.

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