05Appendices
Table 3: Correspondence between spend data and CPI components and respective inflation rate and weighting
Consumption basket | ONS categories | Inflation rate (%) | Weight (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Housing | Actual rentals for housing | 2.9 | 10 |
Energy | Electricity, gas and other fuels | 69.6 | 2.9-6.2 |
Consumer Services | Regular maintenance and repair of the dwelling; miscellaneous goods and services | 3.1 | 83.8-87.1 |
Entertainment | Recreational and cultural services | 6.1 | |
Fashion | Clothing and footwear | 8.3 | |
Food & Drink | Catering services | 7.5 | |
General Retail | Audio-visual equipment and related products; other major durables for recreation and culture | 2.0 | |
Grocery | Food and non-alcoholic beverages; alcoholic beverages and tobacco | 6.0 | |
Health & Beauty | Health; Personal care | 2.9 | |
Household | Furniture, household equipment and maintenance; other recreational items, gardens & pets | 10.3 | |
Travel & Accommodation | Accommodation services; package holiday | 10.1 | |
Vehicles | Operational of personal transport equipment; purchase of vehicles | 15.3 |
Table 4: Inflation weights by component, excluding housing and energy
Consumption component | Minimum contribution (%) | Maximum contribution (%) |
---|---|---|
Consumer Services | 1.4 | 3.4 |
Entertainment | 2.2 | 5.5 |
Fashion | 6.5 | 10.4 |
Food & Drink | 5.2 | 9.2 |
General Retail | 8.0 | 11.1 |
Grocery | 25.8 | 30.6 |
Health & Beauty | 3.0 | 6.6 |
Household | 5.2 | 8.7 |
Travel & Accommodation | 2.1 | 5.2 |
Vehicles | 9.9 | 15.4 |
Sum (Other goods and services) | 83.7 | 87.1 |
Energy | 2.9 | 6.3 |
Housing | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Table 5: Average domestic energy costs per year as a share of net wages (2021), top and bottom
City | Ten highest annual costs 2021 (%) | City | Ten lowest annual costs 2021 (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burnley | 6.2 | 49 | Slough | 3.9 |
2 | Blackpool | 5.8 | 50 | Crawley | 3.8 |
3 | Bradford | 5.7 | 51 | Swindon | 3.7 |
4 | Blackburn | 5.6 | 52 | Oxford | 3.6 |
5 | Hull | 5.4 | 53 | Basildon | 3.6 |
6 | Leicester | 5.2 | 54 | Aldershot | 3.4 |
7 | Stoke | 5.2 | 55 | Milton Keynes | 3.3 |
8 | Doncaster | 5.2 | 56 | Reading | 3.1 |
9 | Swansea | 5.2 | 57 | London | 2.9 |
10 | Birmingham | 5.1 | 58 | Cambridge | 2.9 |