UK household expenditure breakdown 2021, by decile

In 2020/21 the lowest income decile households in the United Kingdom spent approximately 21.4 percent of their weekly household expenditure on food and drink, with a further 27 percent going to housing costs. By comparison, households in the top income decile spent a combined total of 26.5 percent on food, drink and housing costs.

Average weekly household expenditure breakdown in the United Kingdom in 2020/21, by income decile and category

Characteristic	Food & Drink	Housing	Other goods and services	Transport	Recreation
Bottom decile	21.4%	27%	34.8%	7.2%	9.6%
2nd decile	20.3%	24%	35%	8.3%	12.4%
3rd decile	18.9%	22.9%	37.1%	10.3%	10.8%
4th decile	19%	22.3%	37.7%	10.2%	10.8%
5th decile	18.1%	19.4%	38.1%	12.3%	12.1%
6th decile	17.7%	18.5%	37.5%	12.6%	13.7%
7th decile	17.8%	17.6%	38.3%	12.5%	13.8%
8th decile	17%	15.8%	38.4%	14.4%	14.4%
9th decile	16.6%	14.7%	39.2%	15.9%	13.6%
Top decile	14.4%	12.1%	44.9%	13.5%	15.1%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Supplementary notes

Other goods and services includes the following spending categories:

Clothing & footwear
Household goods & services
Health
Communication
Education
Miscellaneous goods & services
Other expenditure items

Recreation includes the following spending categories:

Recreation & culture
Restaurants & hotels

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