evidence: In FYE 2021, there were 83,000 children aged under 16 in low income families in Northern Ireland in Relative low income and 62,000 in Absolute. Newry, Mourne and Down was the local authority in Northern Ireland with the highest proportion of children aged under 16 in low income families for both Relative and Absolute measures at 24% and 19% respectively. [...] Across Northern Ireland, the proportion of children aged under 16 in low income families varies from 15% to 24% for Relative low income families and from 11% to 19% for Absolute in FYE 2021.