"Households in the South East and South West could fund their overspending for longer than those in the North East of England","" "Percentage of households with spending greater than income, and whether or not they can sustain overspend for a year, Great Britain, April 2018 to March 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Region","Income greater than spending","Spending greater than income, can sustain for more than a year","Spending greater than income, can sustain for less than a year" "North East","61","17","22" "South East","57","26","17" "London","69","14","17" "East Midlands","63","20","17" "South West","60","24","16" "Scotland","66","18","16" "Wales","64","21","15" "Yorkshire and the Humber","70","15","15" "North West","71","15","14" "East of England","62","24","14" "West Midlands","72","14","14" "","","","" "All households","65","19","16"