UK household income and expenditure

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Household expenditure (£ per week)
Food and non-alcoholic drinks: £46.89
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcotics: £11.12
Clothing and footwear: £23.24
Housing (excluding mortgage interest payments and council tax, which for some reason are included in "other expenditure" below): £47.56
Household goods and services: £30.26
Health: £5.87
Transport: £62.03
Communication (including mobile phone equipment and services): £11.75
Recreation and culture: £58.48
Education: £7.22
Restaurants and hotels: £37.88
Miscellaneous goods and services: £36.01
Other expenditure: £77.59
Total expenditure: £455.89


Number of taxpayers by annual income
£5,225 - £7,500: 2.5m
£7,500 - £10,000: 3.6m
£10k - £15k: 6.4m
£15k - £20k: 4.9m
£20k - £30k: 6.7m
£30k - £50k: 5.2m
£50k - £100k: 1.8m
£100k - : 0.6m


Household ownership of durable goods (2006)
At least one car: 76%
Including: only one car: 44%
Two cars: 26%
Three or more cars: 6%
Central heating: 95%
Washing machine: 96%
Freezer: 97%
Dishwasher: 38%
Landline: 91%
Mobile phone: 80%
Home computer: 67%
DVD player or VCR: 83%
Digital TV service: 71%
Internet connection: 59%


Household savings
No savings: 35%
Less than £1,500: 21%
£1,500 - £10,000: 23%
£10,000 - £20,000: 8%
£20,000 - : 13%

Source: Whitaker's Almanack for 2009, based on various reports for the Office for National Statistics

Comments

[findabair.livejournal.com]

Huh. This is interesting - and surprising!

For instance - 72% of Norwegian households own a dishwasher according to Statistics Norway (www.ssb.no - I had to check, since 38% sounded very low to me :), and I would be very surprised if the percentage of households with central heating isn't far lower than 95%.