This statistic shows the cost in 2019, for lone parents, of a first child in the United Kingdom (UK) from the age of 0 to 17. Figures are compared for the costs including childcare and rent/council tax and for the costs excluding childcare and rent/council tax.
The costs with childcare and rent/council tax are consistently higher than those without. The most expensive period for lone parents, including childcare and rent/council tax, is from birth to the age of 2. Excluding childcare and rent/council tax, this period comes from age 11 to age 18.
Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax
(in GBP)
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Child Poverty Action Group. (September 4, 2019). Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax (in GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/
Child Poverty Action Group. "Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax (in GBP)." Chart. September 4, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/
Child Poverty Action Group. (2019). Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax (in GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/
Child Poverty Action Group. "Weekly Cost of a Lone Parent's First Child in The Uk in 2019, including and excluding Childcare and Rent/Council Tax (in Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/
Child Poverty Action Group, Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax (in GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Weekly cost of a lone parent's first child in the UK in 2019, including and excluding childcare and rent/council tax (in GBP) [Graph], Child Poverty Action Group, September 4, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/280543/cost-of-first-child-per-week-as-lone-parent-0-to-17-uk/
