Avergage household spending

[Brown and Boris]

From the BBC web site from ONS. Looks like we spend more on going out, eating out and beer than we do on food at home.


Transport 61.70
Recreation and culture 57.40
Housing, fuel and power 51.80
Food and non-alcoholic drinks 48.10
Restaurants and hotels 37.20
Miscellaneous goods and services 35.30
Household goods and services 30.70
Clothing and footwear 22.00
Communication 11.90
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcoti 11.20
Education 6.80
Health 5.70
Total COICOP expenditure 379.80
Other expenditure items Total expenditure 79.30 Total = 459.20

Edited by Brown and Boris on Monday 15th December 09:44

[thehawk]

Sounds like an average Friday night out for me.

[s3fella]

Is that per week or month?

That is no average household, maybe the average person per the nonsense poll undertaken in the trafford centre on a Weds afternoon!

If I only spent that little on housing I could afford all the beer and dining out......!!

[thehawk]

Must be the weekly spend of the average person on benefits.

[mat205125]

s3fella said:

Is that per week or month?

That is no average household, maybe the average person per the nonsense poll undertaken in the trafford centre on a Weds afternoon!

If I only spent that little on housing I could afford all the beer and dining out......!!

If that is per month, then that is next to nothing ....

£11.20 on beers and fags? What pubs are these people drinking in? £11.20 wouldn't see enough change for a second pint if you bought 20 tabs on the way to the pub!

[Simpo Two]

So the Office for National Statistics didn't bother to state the time period over which their figures were relevant...?

Anyway, enjoy it while it lasts - this time next year we'll all be gnawing raw potatoes like Russian dissidents in Siberia.

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 15th December 10:51

[Mr POD]

Brown and Boris said:

From the BBC web site from ONS. Looks like we spend more on going out, eating out and beer than we do on food at home.


Transport 61.70
Recreation and culture 57.40
Housing, fuel and power 51.80
Food and non-alcoholic drinks 48.10
Restaurants and hotels 37.20
Miscellaneous goods and services 35.30
Household goods and services 30.70
Clothing and footwear 22.00
Communication 11.90
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcoti 11.20
Education 6.80
Health 5.70
Total COICOP expenditure 379.80
Other expenditure items Total expenditure 79.30 Total = 459.20

Edited by Brown and Boris on Monday 15th December 09:44

Well the total is pretty much correct for a week, but the breakdown is wrong. Very wrong.

[V8mate]

I reckon it's daily expenditure...(ish)


Transport 61.70 Daily First Class rail ticket to London; road tax and insurance
Recreation and culture 57.40 Four overseas holidasy per year
Housing, fuel and power 51.80 Mortgage and utilities
Food and non-alcoholic drinks 48.10 Shopping for at home plus a decent lunch each day
Restaurants and hotels 37.20 One overnight stay once a week in London
Miscellaneous goods and services 35.30 (The things you don't tell you missus about?)
Household goods and services 30.70 No idea what this is.
Clothing and footwear 22.00 What it says.
Communication 11.90 Home phone, mobile, kids' mobiles, broadband, Sky/cable etc
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcoti 11.20 What it says.
Education 6.80 Books and magazines
Health 5.70 Couple of packs of paracetamol
Total COICOP expenditure 379.80
Other expenditure items Total expenditure 79.30 Total = 459.20

Edited by V8mate on Monday 15th December 10:59

[s3fella]

I reckon those figures are total rubbish!
I wish my mortage and bills were only £50 a day never mind a week!! ! !

[emicen]

Brown and Boris said:

From the BBC web site from ONS. Looks like we spend more on going out, eating out and beer than we do on food at home.


Transport 61.70 [that nearly covers my diesel, now add depreciation, road tax, insurance, servicing & consumables...]
Recreation and culture 57.40 [wtf if that when its at home?!]
Housing, fuel and power 51.80 [yeah, right. £100k mortgage on 5% is £96 a week interest only. Add gas & electricity and thats easily double their number]
Food and non-alcoholic drinks 48.10 [possible, but highly unlikely]
Restaurants and hotels 37.20 [2 takeaways for a family of 3 there I reckon] Miscellaneous goods and services 35.30
Household goods and services 30.70
Clothing and footwear 22.00
Communication 11.90
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcoti 11.20
Education 6.80
Health 5.70
Total COICOP expenditure 379.80
Other expenditure items Total expenditure 79.30 Total = 459.20

Got bored half way through but seems unlikely to me.

[oyster]

Brown and Boris said:

From the BBC web site from ONS. Looks like we spend more on going out, eating out and beer than we do on food at home.


Transport 61.70
Recreation and culture 57.40
Housing, fuel and power 51.80
Food and non-alcoholic drinks 48.10
Restaurants and hotels 37.20
Miscellaneous goods and services 35.30
Household goods and services 30.70
Clothing and footwear 22.00
Communication 11.90
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcoti 11.20
Education 6.80
Health 5.70
Total COICOP expenditure 379.80
Other expenditure items Total expenditure 79.30 Total = 459.20

Edited by Brown and Boris on Monday 15th December 09:44

Yes the total spend seems about right but the breakdown is horribly averaged out.
Even those on benefits pay £50 a week for renting a crappy flat. I can only imagine that the retired and those with mortgages paid off are skewing the housing cost number.

I mean how on earth can more be spent on transport than on housing?