Gross disposable household income

HH & NPISH (S.14 + S.15): Disposable income, gross (B.6g): Uses/Resources: Current price: £m: NSA

£ 355,286 m

2018 Q3

Release date:

21 December 2018

Next release:

29 March 2019

Regional gross disposable household income, UK: 1997 to 2016

What's in the bulletin?

• In 2016, England was the only country of the UK with a gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head above the UK average, but the strongest growth compared with 2015 was in Scotland, at 1.2%.
• Of the NUTS1 regions in 2016, London had the highest GDHI per head where, on average, each person had £27,151 available to spend or save; the North East had the lowest at £15,595 and this compares with a UK average of £19,432.
• Between 2015 and 2016, GDHI per head of population increased in all NUTS1 regions except the North East and North West, which fell by 0.6% and 0.2% respectively; the largest percentage increase was in the East of England at 1.3%.