The Family Resources Survey is an annual report that provides facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK.
The latest release shows that nearly one in four (24%) of the total population are classified as disabled. That represents an increase of 3.9 million people over the past decade.
There has been an increase of four percentage points for disabled children (11%), seven percentage points for disabled adults (23%), and two percentage points for state pension-age disabled adults (45%) since 2012 to 2013 (Graph 1).
This increase has been across both males and females, with 26% of females (8.8 million) and 22% of males (7.2 million) now classed as disabled.
You can read more about the report and its findings on the Activity Alliance website.
