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After all of your bills... how much do you have left over?

dilemma10
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Just a general nosy question really. I've always wondered what the 'average' amount of money people have left over, after bills, is... and what do you do with it? What is a good ratio in terms of proportion of income used for bills?
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About £180 after all Credit cards are paid offWhat's yours is mine and what's mine is mine..0
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What do you call bills? Do you count the weekly food shop as a bill?0
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Would be helpful to state weekly or monthly too, £180 a week would be a smiley face for most.0
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£300, after everything (monthly).0
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Around £1000 a month but we are overpaying the mortgage and trying to up our emergency fund as well as saving for some home improvements and holidays so a chunk of that is already allocated so I don't really class it as leftover, after set transfers at the end of the month just before payday I transfer everything except £50 to savings.0
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As a household I think around £2500 a month. Me personally maybe £400.00. Mine goes on holidays mainly. Hubby would either stick in savings, use on his hobby or again holidays etc.Forty and fabulous, well that's what my cards say....0
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After essentials, about £500/week, after entertainment, paying for hols & generally buying stuff - sod all.0
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£1800 a month. Split between overpaying mortgage, savings and holiday fund.0
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No idea really. I just spend on essentials ( and a few treats
) getting the best prices I can.:money:
Everything else goes to various accounts and stays there until we want to pay for a holiday or something expensive for our home.
It's an impossible question to answer as what you spend and what's left over depends on income.0
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