Family spending in the UK: financial year ending March 2016
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An insight into the spending habits of UK households, broken down by household characteristics and types of spending.
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Average weekly household spending remained level at £528.90 in the financial year ending 2016, coinciding with a slowdown in consumer confidence.
Low-income households continued to spend a higher proportion of their expenditure on food and energy when compared with households with a higher income.
UK households spent more than £45.00 a week on restaurants and hotels for the first time in five years.
Average weekly spending on alcohol, tobacco and narcotics fell below £12.00 for the first time.
Over half of money spent on communication was spent on a mobile phone-related cost.
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Figures in this bulletin are averaged across all UK households, unless stated otherwise.
This bulletin uses the mean when referring to averages. Therefore, total average weekly household expenditure is equal to the total weekly expenditu...
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