Jersey Household spending 2014/15
Produced by
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
27 May 2016
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The 2014 and 2015 Household Spending Survey report presents information about the spending habits of Jersey households.
The latest report shows that:
- in 2014 and 2015 average total household expenditure in Jersey was £761 per week
- spending was greatest on housing, fuel and power, at £216 per week, accounting for more than a quarter of total household expenditure
- transport and food and non-alcoholic drinks were the next highest spending categories (£93 and £86 per week, respectively)
- average total weekly household expenditure ranged from £351 in the lowest of the five quintiles of gross income to £1,474 in the highest
- by tenure, households living in social rental accommodation spent the least (£418 per week) and owner-occupier households with a mortgage spent the most (£1,187 per week)
- by household structure, average household expenditure ranged from £373 per week for single pensioners to £1,090 per week for couple households with at least one dependent child
- after adjusting for inflation, household spending in 2014 and 2015 was 9% lower than in 2009 and 2010
- average total weekly expenditure of households in Jersey was 43% greater than in the UK