How many people claim PIP where you live in Wales
In some Welsh neighbourhoods 30% of people receive PIP
We can reveal the number of people receiving PIP (personal independence payments) in each neighbourhood in Wales. There were more than 3.7m people in receipt of PIP across England and Wales in April 2025, according to the latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
But those people aren't evenly distributed across the country with some areas home to more people in need of the benefit. A number of small areas of Wales – known officially as middle layer super output areas – have some of the highest proportion of working-age people in need of PIP.
One example is Rhyl North, where there were 1,666 people in receipt of PIP within that neighbourhood alone as of April 2025, according to the DWP's figures. An estimated 5,566 people aged between 16 and 64 were living in the area at this time.
That means around 30% of working-age people in the area were in receipt of PIP as of this spring, which is the joint-seventh-highest proportion of any neighbourhood in England and Wales.
In Neath Town, meanwhile, a total of 1,084 people were in receipt of PIP in April. That works out as 27% of the local working-age population.
Sandfields in Neath Port Talbot had 1,560 people in receipt of PIP, which also works out as an estimated 27% of the working-age population, as does the 1,413 people of Hirwaun and Rhigos in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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According to the Welsh Government PIP can help with extra living costs if you have both a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability and difficulty doing certain everyday tasks or getting around because of your condition.
How much PIP you get depends on how difficult you find everyday activities and getting around.
Those receiving PIP for assistance with daily activities receive £73.90 per week if on the lower rate or £110.40 if entitled to the higher rate.
Those receiving PIP for assistance with mobility can receive £29.20 per week if on the lower rate or £77.05 if entitled to the higher rate. PIP is tax-free.
You can get PIP if you're 16 or over with a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability, you have difficulty doing certain everyday tasks or getting around, and you expect these difficulties to last for at least 12 months from when they started.
You must also be under state pension age if you've not received PIP before.
The percentage of working-age people receiving PIP in each neighbourhood are only estimates due to discrepancies between the neighbourhood boundaries used by the DWP and Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The DWP uses out-of-date 2011 neighbourhood boundaries for its benefits data whereas the ONS uses 2021 boundaries for its population figures. That means a conversion has had to be applied to the boundaries meaning the proportion may not be accurate and should just be taken as an estimate.
You can see the figures for your neighbourhood by using the postcode search on our interactive map here:
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