The pie chart demonstrates mean monthly student spending in the UK in 2016, while the bar chart depicts sources of student incomes in the same year. Generally, students spent the most on rent, and many received their money from student loans.
For students’ spending, almost half of it (£385) went to paying rent. Then, about one-sixth (£124) of the expenditure was for food. Expenditure for bills (£69), traveling (£52), and socializing (£64) each accounted for about one-twelfth of the spending. The remaining (£91) went to other uses.
For the sources of student income, the majority (82%) of the students obtained their stipend from student loans. Around 70% of them also sought financial support from their family or through part-time jobs. A bit more than 40% of students got their funds from savings and bank overdrafts. The least common source of their income was from grants and funding, where only 37% of students obtained money through this method.