The bar chart compares how much money did British households have spend on five different demands: utility bills, transport, renting home, entertainment purposes and groceries from a 20-years period, from 1990 to 2010.
Overall, British families spent most of their income on renting a house, while entertainment and utility bills are the less common choice over a whole period. Additionally, there was an increase in the average monthly expenditure by households in Britain in all categories.
Looking into the details, the average monthly expenditure of British households most spent on house renting , accounting for around 450 pounds in 1990. This figure had continued rising significantly by the next two decades, before soaring to peak at 600 pounds in 2010, becoming the highest figure among all categories listed. Following a similar pattern, utility bills and transportation payments started at around 90 and 180 pounds in the beginning of the period, respectively. Since then, the figures for bills witnessed a considerable increase, to nearly 150 pounds in the final year. Also, the expenditures on transportation followed an upward trend by 2010, registering a staggering 250 pounds.
Moreover, the spending on groceries reported a small change over the surveyed period. Starting at more than 300 pounds in 2010, its figure climbed marginally to around 330 in the next decade, before fluctuating at the same amount of money in the last two years of the period. In contrast, the expenditures for entertainment purposes unchanged in the first two years, 1990 and 2000, at nearly 110 pounds. SInce then, its figure had declined slightly, to 100 pounds by 2010, making it the least common choice by British households among all categories.