How much to live on

Albermarle

SouthCoastBoy said:

£3.90 for a pint is very reasonable these days, more like 5 or 6 around where I live

Not if you go in Wetherspoons.
Even in the more expensive parts of the UK , a typical 'non premium ' Pint is about £2.50/£3 and they usually have a couple even cheaper.

Saver73

I paid £1.20 for two pints earlier!  Albermarle said:

SouthCoastBoy said:

£3.90 for a pint is very reasonable these days, more like 5 or 6 around where I live

Not if you go in Wetherspoons.
Even in the more expensive parts of the UK , a typical 'non premium ' Pint is about £2.50/£3 and they usually have a couple even cheaper.

Bravepants

They don't generally show sports in the 'Spoons near where I live. It's probably because they think that, coupled with the cheap beer, it could be trouble.

Organgrinder

I've posted this elsewhere, but it's really surprising how much people have to live on when compared to others.

Roughly speaking for pensioners couples we see (gross incomes).

Median - £35k
10th percentile £12k
90th percentile £60k

Single people
Median £20k or so
10th percentile £10k
90th percentile £32k

These are gross incomes before housing costs. 

SouthCoastBoy

Organgrinder said:

I've posted this elsewhere, but it's really surprising how much people have to live on when compared to others.

Roughly speaking for pensioners couples we see (gross incomes).

Median - £35k
10th percentile £12k
90th percentile £60k

Single people
Median £20k or so
10th percentile £10k
90th percentile £32k

These are gross incomes before housing costs. 

Not sure what is meant by this comment. Have more or less to live on than expected? 

Everybody has different lifestyles and therefore different income reqts, personally I just concentrate on my reqts.

Organgrinder

SouthCoastBoy said:

Organgrinder said:

I've posted this elsewhere, but it's really surprising how much people have to live on when compared to others.

Roughly speaking for pensioners couples we see (gross incomes).

Median - £35k
10th percentile £12k
90th percentile £60k

Single people
Median £20k or so
10th percentile £10k
90th percentile £32k

These are gross incomes before housing costs. 

Not sure what is meant by this comment. Have more or less to live on than expected? 

Everybody has different lifestyles and therefore different income reqts, personally I just concentrate on my reqts.

Just showing some info which is probably more realistic in terms of incomes than the PLSA ones for example.

AlanP_2

Organgrinder said:

I've posted this elsewhere, but it's really surprising how much people have to live on when compared to others.

Roughly speaking for pensioners couples we see (gross incomes).

Median - £35k
10th percentile £12k
90th percentile £60k

Single people
Median £20k or so
10th percentile £10k
90th percentile £32k

These are gross incomes before housing costs. 

From the "we see" comment I guess this is based on the circle of pensioners you know and have asked?

How large was this survey?

Organgrinder

It comes from government data freely available.

Sarahspangles

AlanP_2 said:

From the "we see" comment I guess this is based on the circle of pensioners you know and have asked?

How large was this survey?

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pensioners-incomes-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023/pensioners-incomes-financial-years-ending-1995-to-2023

Bravepants

AlanP_2 said:

Organgrinder said:

I've posted this elsewhere, but it's really surprising how much people have to live on when compared to others.

Roughly speaking for pensioners couples we see (gross incomes).

Median - £35k
10th percentile £12k
90th percentile £60k

Single people
Median £20k or so
10th percentile £10k
90th percentile £32k

These are gross incomes before housing costs. 

From the "we see" comment I guess this is based on the circle of pensioners you know and have asked?

How large was this survey?

We see that the sky is blue and the sun is yellow...no group of persons was surveyed to conclude this.