Food and drink: Weekly household expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017, by age

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Nils-Gerrit Wunsch,

Sep 28, 2020

The statistic shows the average weekly household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/18, by age of household reference person. Respondents with a household reference person aged 30 to 49, spent an average of 66.7 British pounds a week on food and drink.

Average weekly household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/18, by age of household reference person* (in GBP)

Characteristic	Average weekly household expenditure in GBP
Less than 30	48.2
30 to 49	66.7
50 to 64	66.5
65 to 74	57.5
75 or over	46.4
All households	60.6

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Release date

January 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017/18

Number of respondents

5,040 households

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

* The household reference person is defined in the source as the householder who
Owns the household accommodation, or
Is legally responsible for the rent of the accommodation, or
Has the household accommodation as an emolument or perquisite, or
Has the household accommodation by virtue of some relationship to the owner who is not a member of the household.

If there are joint householders the household reference person is the one with the higher income. If the income is the same, then the eldest householder is taken.

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