Family Spending, 2010
The latest National Statistics on family spending produced by the Office for National Statistics were released 30 November 2010 on according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on family spending include data for the whole of the UK and regions within the UK. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 14 January 2010.
The key results for Wales for 2007-2009 are as follows:
- Wales had the second lowest average household expenditure per week out of the devolved countries and English regions (£396), ahead of the North East (£387). However, average household size differs in each region. Average expenditure per person in Wales was higher than in the North East (£173 and £164 respectively) and just below that for Yorkshire and the Humber (£176) (table A35).
- Wales also had the third lowest average weekly household disposable income out of the devolved countries and English regions (£488), again ahead of the North East as well as Yorkshire and the Humber (both £471) (table A44). However, again due to differences in household size, the figure for weekly disposable income per person in Wales was also higher than that for the West Midlands, the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, the North East and Northern Ireland.
Further information
Office for National Statistics website: Family Spending
Contact
Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next update
December 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)