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

 

Source: ONS; Beauclair; EPC Certificate, HMRC (PAYE), Centre for Cities’ calculation. The categories above account for 86.8 per cent of the ONS inflation basket and its inflation rate (as of May) is relatively similar to the whole basket.

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

 

Source: Beauclair; ONS.

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

 

Source: ONS, EPC Certificate, Centre for Cities’ calculations. Methodology: Weighted average of annual cost by the distribution of dwelling per band (2019 data). Costs are updated using the “Electricity, gas and other fuels” inflation component (ONS).