Just heard a report about this on the radio. Interesting and DH and I are not typical in many ways.
Main points
Average weekly household expenditure in the UK was £572.60 in the financial year ending 2018; 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.
The whole thing: www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2018/previous/v1
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?
How do you acknowledge Easter.