The charts provide information on household income and spending on clothes and food for an average family in the UK in two different periods: 2010 and 2013.
Overall, total household income declined significantly over the period, whereas the amount spent on food and clothes increased moderately. Of particular note is that families shifted their spending away from at, fish, and clothes towards fruits and vegetables as well as dairy products.
In 2010, the typical family earned 29,000 pounds, but this figure dropped to 25,000 pounds in 2013. Despite this dip, the amount of money allocated to food and clothes exhibited moderate growth from 14,000 in 2010 to 15,000 pounds in 2013.
As for the breakdown of spending, the most noticeable change was observed in fruits and vegetables, with spending rising from 20% to a staggering 35% in 2013. Conversely, the share spent on meat and fish dropped to 15%, up from 25% in 2010. Expenditure on dairy products rose moderately to 20%, while the amount allocated to clothes experienced a ten-percentage-point drop to 12%. Meanwhile, spending on other food and drinks remained unchanged at 18%.