"Figure 1: Housing has the largest share of expenditure for both retired and non-retired households","" "Household Costs Indices, average expenditure share, UK, 2005 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Expenditure shares may not sum to 1,000 due to rounding. 2. Weights for each category of spending are averaged across the period of 2005 to 2018. " "Unit","Parts per thousand" "","" "","Non-retired","Retired" "4. Housing Water Electricity Gas And Other Fuels","231","239" "1. Food And Non-Alcoholic Beverages","112","162" "9. Recreation & Culture","117","121" "7. Transport","129","95" "12. Miscellaneous Goods And Services","100","92" "11. Restaurants And Hotels","110","83" "5. Furniture Household Equipment And Maintenance","48","64" "3. Clothing And Footwear","55","42" "2. Alcoholic Beverages And Tobacco","45","42" "8. Communication","29","32" "6. Health","16","29" "10. Education","8","1"