"Figure 14: Housing is the largest share of expenditure for both low- and high-income households ","" "Household Cost Indices, average expenditure share, UK, 2005 to 2019 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Expenditure shares may not sum to 1000 due to rounding. 2. Weights for each category of spending are averaged across the period of 2005 to 2018. 3. Low-income households are those within the second income decile, and high-income households are those within the ninth income decile. " "Unit","Parts per thousand" "","" "","Low-income households","High-income households" "Housing Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels","261","196" "Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages","161","91" "Restaurants and Hotels","107","130" "Miscellaneous Goods and Services","91","109" "Transport","87","149" "Education","83","126" "Alcoholic Beverages and Tabacco","56","35" "Furniture Household Equipment and Maintenance","51","52" "Clothing and Footwear","48","54" "Communication","35","25" "Health","18","21" "Recreation and Culture","3","11"