In December 2024, 64 percent of households in Great Britain said that they had started to spend less on non-essentials in response to their cost of living increasing.
Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Spending less on non-essentials
64%
Shopping around more
47%
Using less fuel such as gas or electricity in my home
39%
Spending less on food shopping and essentials
38%
Using my savings
27%
Cutting back on non-essential journeys in my vehicle
25%
Making energy efficiency improvements to my home
18%
Using credit more than usual, for example, credit cards, loans or overdrafts
15%
None of these
13%
Doing other things
6%
Using support from charities, including food banks
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 20, 2024). Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024." Chart. December 20, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Main Measures That People Have Taken Due to The Cost of Living Increase over The Previous Month in Great Britain as of December 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of December 2024 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/