HOW MUCH DOES THE AVERAGE FAMILY SPEND?

UK HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE FIGURES

Average weekly household expenditure in the UK was £572.60 in the financial year ending 2019; the highest weekly spend since the financial year ending 2005, after adjusting for inflation.

 
Transport was the category with the highest average weekly spend of £80.80, equivalent to 14% of households’ average total weekly household expenditure.
 
Households with heads aged 50 to 74 years spent almost a quarter of their housing expenditure costs on alterations and improvements.
 
Average weekly household spending was the highest in London and the South East (over £650), whilst spending in the North East was the lowest, approximately £200 less.
 
Households with heads aged under 30 years and those in Northern Ireland spent the most on takeaway meals eaten at home, £7.80 and £8.60 respectively.
 
Households’ average weekly spend on alcoholic drinks away from the home was less in the financial year ending 2018 (£8.00) compared with 10 years ago (£10.90), after adjusting for inflation.
 
Households in London spent the most on alcoholic drinks away from home, spending an average of £9.30 a week.
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