"Figure 10: Households whose head is aged 64 years and over received more in benefits than they paid in taxes on average in the financial year ending 2018","" "Effects of taxes and benefits by age of head of household, UK, financial year ending 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The household reference person is the householder who: owns the household accommodation; is legally responsible for the rent of the accommodation; has the household accommodation as an emolument or perquisite; or has the household accommodation by virtue of some relationship to the owner who is not a member of the household. If there are joint householders, the household reference person will be the one with the higher income. If the income is the same, then the eldest householder is taken. 2. A previous version of this chart included a series ""All cash benefits"". This has now been removed. " "Unit","£ and age" "","" "","State Pension and Pension Credit","Other Cash Benefits","Other Benefits in Kind","Total Direct and Indirect Taxes","Education","National Health Service","Net Position" "under 25","0","2908","382","-10272","2335","2957","-1691" "","","","","","","","" "25-29","40","4245","406","-13767","2415","3311","-3349" "","","","","","","","" "30-34","16","4001","355","-16893","3764","3795","-4963" "","","","","","","","" "35-39","74","4058","386","-21091","5954","3881","-6738" "","","","","","","","" "40-44","69","4149","312","-19042","6618","3686","-4209" "","","","","","","","" "45-49","90","4570","266","-21117","5982","4501","-5708" "","","","","","","","" "50-54","383","2768","273","-21497","3135","4523","-10416" "","","","","","","","" "55-59","315","2482","137","-17543","943","3849","-9817" "","","","","","","","" "60-64","1122","2049","179","-15310","330","3553","-8077" "","","","","","","","" "65-69","10257","1638","202","-11606","205","5664","6360" "","","","","","","","" "70-74","11295","1681","196","-10821","382","5832","8564" "","","","","","","","" "75-79","10712","1979","174","-6991","44","7190","13109" "","","","","","","","" "over 79","10206","1833","174","-6051","280","8647","15090" "","","","","","","",""