29 July 2011
The 2009/10 Household Spending Survey report presents information about the spending habits of Jersey households.
The latest report shows that:
- in 2009/10 average total household expenditure in Jersey was £724 per week
- spending was greatest on housing, fuel and power, at £205 per week, accounting for more than a quarter of total household expenditure
- transport and recreation and culture were the next highest spending categories (£94 and £86 per week, respectively)
- the average expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drinks was £74 per week
- the average total weekly household expenditure ranged from £331 in the lowest of the five quintiles of gross income to £1,443 in the highest
- the average total weekly expenditure of owner-occupied households (£877 per week) was more than double that of households living in social rental accommodation (£426 per week)
- the average total weekly household expenditure ranged from £315 per week for single pensioners to £1,115 per week in households containing a couple with at least one dependent child (aged 15 or under)
- after adjusting for inflation (which includes the effect of the introduction of GST), household spending in 2009/10 was, on average, at a similar level to that in 2004/5
- the average total weekly expenditure of households in Jersey was about three-fifths greater than in the UK, however this should not be considered as a measure of the relative cost of living between the 2 jurisdictions
Jersey Household Spending Survey report 2009/10 (government and administration section)
gov.je