Release
Wealth in Great Britain Round 6: 2016 to 2018
Release date:
5 December 2019 9:30am
Summary
Main results from the sixth round of the Wealth and Assets survey covering the period April 2016 to March 2018.
Data
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Financial wealth: wealth in Great Britain
The values of any financial assets held including both formal investments, such as bank or building society current or saving accounts, investment vehicles such as Individual Savings Accounts, endowments, stocks and shares, and informal savings.
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Pension wealth: wealth in Great Britain
The value of any pension pots already accrued that are not state basic retirement or state earning related. This includes occupational pensions, personal pensions, retained rights in previous pensions and pensions in payment.
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Wealth in Great Britain: quality indicators
Standard error information for total mean, median and change of total wealth and its components.
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Household debt: wealth in Great Britain
Households that have liquidity problems and solvency problems only
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Property wealth: wealth in Great Britain
Respondents' self-valuation of any property owned, both their main residence plus any other land or property owned in the UK or abroad.
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Physical wealth: wealth in Great Britain
The (self-evaluated) value of household contents, possessions and valuables owned, such as antiques, artworks, collections and any vehicles owned by individuals (including the value of any personalised number plates).
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Total Wealth: Wealth in Great Britain
Total wealth is the sum of the four components of wealth and is therefore net of all liabilities.
About the data
Accredited Official Statistics
These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
- are presented clearly and accessibly
- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
