Bills and everyday costs / Household spending
£676.60 a week.
What the average UK household spends, split by what it goes on. Pick a group to see how spending changes with income.
Spending by category.
01 / Where it goesSource: ONS Family spending in the UK Checked
| Category | A week | A month | Share of spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing, fuel and power | £118.40 | £513.06 | 17.5% |
| Transport | £96.40 | £417.73 | 14.2% |
| Other expenditure items | £94.10 | £407.76 | 13.9% |
| Recreation and culture | £82.10 | £355.76 | 12.1% |
| Food and non-alcoholic drinks | £73.70 | £319.36 | 10.9% |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | £49.80 | £215.80 | 7.4% |
| Restaurants and hotels | £49.20 | £213.20 | 7.3% |
| Household goods and services | £40.60 | £175.93 | 6.0% |
| Communication | £22.40 | £97.06 | 3.3% |
| Clothing and footwear | £18.00 | £78.00 | 2.7% |
| Health | £11.90 | £51.56 | 1.8% |
| Alcohol, tobacco and narcotics | £11.30 | £48.96 | 1.7% |
| Education | £8.70 | £37.70 | 1.3% |
| Total | £676.60 | £2,931.93 | 100% |
- These are averages for the year ending March 2025, from ONS's Living Costs and Food Survey of about 5,000 households, at that year's prices. Your own spending will differ with where you live, who lives with you and what you own or rent.
- Housing includes rent, repairs, water, gas and electricity. The mortgage interest, council tax and similar bills that ONS counts separately are in "Other expenditure items". ONS doesn't publish health or education spending for each income group.
- A month is a week's spending times 52 divided by 12. To see what your own bills could come to, try moving home, check your energy deal and shopping prices.
Data sources
- ONS Family spending in the UK. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Average weekly household spending from the Living Costs and Food Survey, table 3.1 of Family spending workbook 1.