The article presents the results of estimates of the subsistence minimum (ME) as well as social minimum baskets (MS) in 2022. Both indicators are important for assessing the well-being of households.The subsistence minimum (ME) sets the model for meeting needs at the minimum level below which there is a biological threat to life. The social minimum (MS), in turn, represents the model cost of living for households that are beginning to be threatened by the sphere of deprivation. Between these two extremes, the sphere of deprivation spreads, in different facets.At the regional level, the value of the subsistence minimum in 2022 for a family with two children was highest in the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship (+5.3 p.p. in relation to the national average) and lowest in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship (-5.5 p.p.). With high inflation (14.4% for Poland), the values of the subsistence minimum in 2022 increased from 13.3 p.p. (Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship) to 18.5 p.p. (Pomeranian Voivodeship). The spreads between the extreme values in the voivodeships oscillate similarly to the previous one (10.8 p.p.). For one-person households, however, the spreads were higher (16.2 p.p. at working age and 17.2 p.p. at retirement age).Across city categories of towns, there was little variation in ME values. In the largest agglomerations with more than 500,000 inhabitants, the ME value for a family with two children was 3.9 p.p. higher, and in cities with 50,000 to 100,000 people, ME values were only 1.3 p.p. lower.In the period under study, the lowest values of the social minimum were observed in the Lubelskie voivodeship (-3.8 p.p.) and the highest - in the Dolnośląskie voivodeship (+4.3 p.p.). The spread between regions with extreme values was 8 p.p. (compared to 7 p.p. in 2021 and 8.2 p.p. in 2020). The scale of the spread could be considered small, especially when the level of variation in real household expenditure (the results of the latest CSO survey concern 2021) was more than five times higher. In the cross-section of city classes, the differences in the value of the social minimum were not large. Its amount in the largest agglomerations was higher than the average by only 2.8 p.p. (in 2021, it was 3.4 p.p.). The lowest value of the social minimum occurred in cities with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants: it was lower than the average by only 1.6 p.p.