Official Statistics

Rural expenditure statistics

Household expenditure and household disposable income in rural and urban areas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 24 May 2011
• Last updated: 30 June 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Details

Breakdown of how households in rural and urban areas spend their disposable income.

Metadata

Indicators:

• expenditure by area of spend

Data Source: Office for National Statistics Living costs and food survey

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

• Defra Family Food rural and urban datasets

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Published 24 May 2011
Last updated 30 June 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 June 2021

   Published today. latest statistics on household expenditure in rural areas.

2. 29 August 2019

   Published today, latest statistics on household expenditure in rural areas.

3. 26 April 2018

   Published today, latest rural statistics on household expenditure and disposable income

4. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

5. 29 January 2015

   Latest statistics on rural expenditure published today.

6. 8 May 2013

   2010 Household expenditure in rural and urban areas.

7. 24 May 2011

   First published.