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We are listed as ib poverty but tbh I worked for years before being on benefits for the past year. Ad such I suspect I have more "luxuries" than others in my position.

Mine says super rich regardless of what salary I put in.

So, I think it's lying

I'm on 89% on my lone income but if I were to add in DPs ........

Yes re outgoings. If only 8% are poorer than us why have we currently builders and cleaners here( admittedly cleaners are a one off due to me being incapacitated but if we were that poor it wouldn't be an option)

Apparently we are better off than 83% of people and are classed as well off. I just spent my last tenner though, I'm doing something wrong!

Putting in the two full time DCs we are squeezed middle, although I have to say I'd have thought we were confortable but apparently not. If we add the SCs into the mix then we look much worse off.

10% lower than us and below poverty apparently.

7% are poorer than us. However, we're happy which is the main thing

Well if I say I have 5 dc over 14 I am below the poverty line-however they are all adults so if I say I have no children I am 'squeezed middle' with 58% worse off!

Our income is from pensions only.

better off than 93% which is surprising tbh

Absolutely it must depend on outgoings and almost always on where you live, mainly because of housing costs - in some parts of the UK you can rent a house/ flat for 400 pounds a month which would cost you 1200 in other parts of the UK... Same thing obviously applies to mortgages. On top of that of course you have the fact some people are rent/ mortgage free for one reason or another, which could make an absolutely staggering difference to their disposable income.

I'm at 30%, I'm SAHM, we have no debts apart from our mortgage and are comfortable, have savings yet it says we are on the edge of poverty, I don't feel like it!

First I didn't read the 'post-tax' part, and though WTF!?

Then I put it in properly and we are better off than 90%.

46% - squeezed middle, which makes me because I did this last year and we were much, much lower. Things are looking up.

9% have a lower income than me. Hmm, time to sell a kidney?

2old - are you including all your income (eg tax credits, CB etc)?

92% of people are poorer than us, which is a surprise.

97% worse off than us, which seems right. We are very, very lucky and do not begrudge a penny we pay in taxes.

6% are worse off than us. I'm actually quite surprised by this, we live carefully month to month but are all warm and fed. I guess it's how you spend what you have that makes a difference.

Playing with it a bit, it seems to be measuring anything over about 75k post tax as "super rich" - so about £100kish pre tax.

We're at the 99% which doesn't surprise me, I think I've seen similar things before.

Top 5% which I had guessed. However, I don't feel that rich! We have a big mortgage and reasonable disposable income. One old car and we both work full time. Certainly couldn't contemplate eg private education. Oh well, not complaining.

92% apparently.

Top 15% and totally, utterly skint. Which is depressing!

An explanation of the data used is here for anyone interested