Average costs of living for a single person?

Nut97

Just looking for some guidance on the average cost for a single person in a 1 bedroom flat (apart from rent / council tax), always lived in houseshares with friends. I've had a quick google and just seem to come up with figures from 2006-2007.
So just looking for figures from personal experiences :money:

flutterbyuk25

I live on my own in a 2 bed flat and pay the following per month:

Electric £55 (all electric flat)
Water £15 (although we have our own pumping station here so it seems rather cheap)
Internet/Phone £20
TV Licence £12ish

HTH and good luck

x

millym

Similar to above:

gas and elec £55 pm
water £25 pm
talktalk phone/internet £20 pm (very cheap)
insurance £10 pm
tv licence £12 pm
food etc from £120 but could be a lot more without careful budgeting...
don't have sky/virgin but think it costs about another £30 pm? and up.

Figures from last year when I was living alone, but only food budget has changed since then lol.

bristol_pilot

Similar, but I pay £75 pm gas&electric and £40 pm water. TBH living alone is much more expensive than a houseshare in my experience - mainly due to rent/ctax though.

Nut97

Thanks for the replys it is giving me a far better idea of my monthly costs to go along side rent, council tax, car insurance/mot/repairs and petrol prices

Nut97

Forgot to say any more people want to leave comments please feel free to

Running_Horse

Not so much practical as a jolly good chat:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2608523

This discussion from the asylum is quite interesting.

ovy_2

Mines as follows:

Flat costs:

Electric - £61 (this is alot, i'm waiting till sept to lower this)
Water - £7
council tax - £51 (half discount rate)
Broadband - £16.99
Telephone - £10
Sky - £11.50
Tv liecence - £145ish per year.
Flat Maintainance/ground rent - £60/£2

Then.......

Car insurance - £42
Tax - £100 odd a year
mot - £30 odd a year
Car maintainance - £30 (saves forking out for new tyres or brakes!)
Petrol - £30
Mobile - £35
Food - £50
Partying - £100+ :beer:

Hope this helps.

Alan2020

Single, living in rented accommodation and this is my personal accounts for January to July end 2010 (not all expenses by the way )

Money out of selected accounts goes to
Expenses:Bank Service Charge £12.00
Expenses:Car:Fuel £203.72
Expenses:Charity £2.00
Expenses:Clothes £136.49
Expenses:Dining £165.89
Expenses:Entertainment £17.00
Expenses:Entertainment:Music/Movies £7.70
Expenses:Gifts £420.00
Expenses:Groceries £2,012.96
Expenses:Hair £86.00
Expenses:Hobbies £161.00
Expenses:Insurance:Auto Insurance £714.90
Expenses:Medical Expenses:Dentist £16.50
Expenses:Miscellaneous £548.00
Expenses:Phone £188.17
Expenses:Public Transportation £223.40
Expenses:Rent £4,830.00
Expenses:Supplies £59.92
Expenses:Taxes:Council Tax £691.00
Expenses:Taxes:VED £205.00
Expenses:Utilities:Internet £15.00
Unspecified £300.00
Money Out £11,016.98

newcook

I rent a 1 bed flat. I currently pay:

£435 rent
£70-80 per quarter for electric (goes up by about £10 in winter – my bills are not that high because I am tight!!)
£10pm water (water meter)
£55 council tax (is lower because I forgot you don’t have to pay for 2 months so I over paid by 2 months last year and this year)