On average, the income of seventeen year olds in the United Kingdom was higher than that children in any other age group. Between March 2024 and February 2025, children aged six had a weekly income of 4.99 British pounds, while those aged 17 had an income of 23.97 per week. Those figures include the weekly regular pocket money provided to children by parents, as well as income from chores and jobs, and other sources of money.

Children and money worldwide The average amount of pocket money of Japanese children did not exactly follow the correlation observed in this statistic about the United Kingdom. In Japan, kids had more money before they reach the age to enroll in elementary school than during their elementary school studies. There are several ways through which children can save money themselves or with the help of their parents. The most common financial instruments for children between eight and 14 years old in the United States were savings accounts and piggy banks. Child poverty Child poverty is a problem affecting a significant share of the population even in developed economies. For example, 14.4 percent of all children in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2024. Meanwhile, Romania, Montenegro, and Bulgaria were, in 2022, some of the countries with the most children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Central and Eastern Europe. The probability of children finding themselves in these situations can vary within a country depending on their socioeconomic and ethnic background, the region where they live, or whether they are being raised by a single parent or not.

Whether it’s teaching the importance of good money management, learning about savings, or a way of rewarding a child for good behavior, pocket money is a big issue for parents and children alike in the United Kingdom. In 2023, the average child in the UK received five British pounds a week in pocket money, nearly the same as last year.
Top chores to earn extra As children grow and age, the importance of hard work becomes an important life lesson for a lot of parents. There is a clear correlation between a child’s age and the amount they receive in pocket money. If kids are smart, they will choose their chores wisely. As of 2021, washing the car saw the average child earn almost three British pounds.

Kids in the capital get more In Greater London, the average child received approximately 8.2 British pounds per week in 2018, over 425 GBP per year. Children in the South East and East of England faired off the worst, with an average of two pounds a week less than London in 2018. Meanwhile, savings accounts and piggy banks were some of the most popular financial instruments owned by children in the U.S. in 2022 were savings accounts and piggy banks.

This statistic shows the weekly amounts of money spent on digital media and latest technologies by children in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. Children downloaded an average of five music tracks a week (value of 4.95 British pounds) as well as computer games (2.3 British pounds). Including mobile phone bills that amount to approximately 2.77 British pounds, items purchased outweighed the average weekly amount of pocket money, prompting children to look for additional sources of financing.

This statistic presents information on the pocket money offered to boys and girls for performing household chores in the United Kingdom, as of July 2014. On average, more girls "earn" pocket money than boys for performing household chores: 45 percent of girls earned pocket money for tidying the bedroom and 39 percent of boys received money for the same chore.

This statistic shows the averaged annual increase of children pocket money in the United Kingdom in 2015. The largest share of 34 percent of parents increased their children pocket money by one to two British pounds per year. Another 18 percent increased the pocket money by three to four British pounds annually on average.

Nationally representative survey of UK adults (18+) on planned Christmas shopping spend, participation, budgeting behaviours and demographic insights for 2025.

Nationally representative survey of UK adults (18+) on planned Halloween 2025 spend, overall participation, and breakdowns by generation and region.

According to a recent study, average spending per head during the Christmas period in 2025 is expected to vary between 732 British pounds in North East to 993 British pounds in London in the United Kingdom (UK).

In 2023, about three in ten online shoppers in the United Kingdom (UK) spent 50 to 100 British pounds on Amazon.co.uk on average every month. 26 percent of surveyed UK consumers spent over 200 British pounds, on average.

The average spend per visit by residents of the United Kingdom in North America has fluctuated over the period from 2011 to 2019. The average amount of money spent per visit to North America reached around *** thousand British pounds in 2019.

This statistic presents the results of a town centre survey, showing a breakdown of customers' average shopping spend in Great Britain between 2012 and 2013, by type of location. On average shoppers spent most in out of town shopping centres (58.74 British pounds), followed by online (56.51 British pounds).

This statistic shows the average monthly income of youths aged 15 to 21 years old in Great Britain in 2014, by education level. According to the survey, respondents attending college have access to *** British pounds a month on average, through income streams such as pocket money and part time work.

The statistic illustrates the average weekly expenditure per household on cash gifts and donations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018. It can be seen that households spent an average of *** British pounds per week on money and presents given to those outside the household in 2018, an increase of two British pounds per week from 2017. Furthermore, households stated that they spent less (on average * British pounds) per week on maintenance allowance expenditure at that time.

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In the 2024 holiday season, the average Christmas spending on gifts in the United Kingdom (UK) was forecast to be slightly higher compared to the previous year, although this wasn't the case for all categories. In 2024, UK consumers were expected to spend the most money on toys, at around ** British pounds on a per capita basis.

The monthly value of credit and debit transactions made in the United Kingdom (UK) fluctuated significantly between January 2014 to August 2025. Just after the global Covid-19 pandemic, UK consumers appear to have made significant efforts to spend less money. However, since early 2021, this trend has reversed, showing an increase of about ***British pounds on average, despite some fluctuations. The same pattern was observed in the total number of credit and debit transactions made in the UK during the same period.

This statistic displays the average amount of money people are expected to spend on Valentine's Day in selected countries in Europe in 2017. People in the United Kingdom (UK) are expected to spend an average of ***** British pounds on Valentine's Day in 2017, more than half the amount of those in Spain where the expected spend per person is ****** pounds.

In 2019, survey respondents in Italy stated that they spent an annual average of ***** British pounds on health and fitness products and services. Italian respondents led their counterparts from France and Germany in expenditures. The biggest part of the spending was made up by supplements followed by gym memberships. Italians spent the most on personal trainers and gym memberships. Supplement spending Italian consumers spent the most on high protein food and snacks, while French consumers had the highest overall per-capita spending in Europe. Protein shakes and organic supplements were the leading categories for spending in France. Danish used more money on vegan supplements compared to all categories that were led by either French or Italian consumers. UK market Compared to its continental neighbors, the health and fitness enthusiasts in the United Kingdom spent almost *** pounds less than Italian consumers and almost *** pounds less than French consumers. Spending on supplements was also lower than in * other European countries. London, Wales and the West Midlands saw the highest per capita spending on supplements. While some spent hundreds on supplements over half of the UK population never consumes any protein bars. A dedicated few even eat protein bars every day.

In 2024/25, transport spending in London was 1,195 British pounds per capita, compared with 670 pounds per capita for the UK as a whole. Most regions of the UK had below average levels of transport spending per head, and was lowest in the East Midlands at 376 pounds per head.

The United Kingdom spent approximately 7.41 billion British pounds on its prison system in 2024/25, an increase when compared to the previous year. Between 2011/12 and 2019/20, the UK consistently spent less than it did in 2010/11, mainly due to the austerity policies pursued by the coalition Government of the time. Throughout this time period, expenditure on prisons was lowest in 2014/15 at 3.83 billion pounds and highest in the most recent financial year. Prisoners and prison costs The prisoner population of the United Kingdom was around 97,800 in 2024. Although this was quite a high figure in historical terms, the incarceration rate in England and Wales, and Scotland has fallen slightly since 2008, although it has increased slightly in Northern Ireland. There is, however, evidence that the government is struggling to cope with the size of the prison population. The number of spare prison places in England and Wales fell to a low of just 768 in September 2023. The average cost of a prison place has also increased, rising from 35,182 pounds in 2015/16, to 56,987 in 2023/24. Steep rise in prison violence in the mid-2010s In 2018, there were almost 33,000 assault incidents in England and Wales, with the annual number of assaults increasing rapidly from 2013 onwards. There has also been a rise in self-harm incidents at prisons, with over 79,000 occurring in 2024, compared with only 19,000 twenty-years earlier. The peak for the number of deaths in prison custody was in 2021, when there were 371, or around 4,7 deaths per 1,000 prisoners. Of these deaths, 89 of those in 2021 were recorded as suicides, with the most suicides occurring in 2016, at 124.