Living costs in London is 20% lower than elsewhere in UK.
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Living costs London and UK
Living costs in London is 20% lower.
Living costs in London is 20% lower than elsewhere in UK.
People in rural areas in England need to take home up to 20% more than those in urban areas to reach an acceptable living standard, according to a report.
Someone in London needs £14,400 a year to get by, compared with £18,600 for a village dweller.
It means a villager must earn about 50% above the minimum wage of £5.93 an hour to reach a minimum living standard.
The more remote the area, the greater the extra costs. To afford a minimum standard of living in UK a single person needs to earn at least:
- £15,600 a year in a rural town;
- £17,900 a year in a village;
- £18,600 in a hamlet or the remote countryside.
Country life in UK has it's bewitchment, but -
- A car is a significant additional living cost for rural households because public transport is inadequate.
- Many rural dwellers face higher energy bills because they are not always connected to mains gas, so must use other fuels.
- In a hamlet, a family of four needs £72.20 more per week than a similar urban family.
Income (per year) required to meet living costs in UK, based on April 2010 prices:
| Urban | Rural town | Village | Hamlet | |
| Single adult, no children | £14,436 | £15,644 | £17,863 | £18,577 |
| Couple, two children | £29,727 | £37,841 | £40,073 | £42,277 |
| Lone parent, one child | £12,454 | £17,773 | £19,431 | £19,980 |
Street in Brent, London UK
The challenges in one area differ to those in another. For example, in a tourism-based economy like Cornwall, the seasonality of employment is a major problem, while in the Shetlands, access to transport is the biggest issue, and London lacks the both.
Full-time male employees earned £26,000 and women £22,000 in average in UK. 10 per cent of full-time employees earned more than £50,500 per year, while 10 per cent earned less than £14,000.
An Albanian guy washing walls of bus stops earns about 12,500 p/a. Public eating places in London pay the national minimum wage £5.93 per hour assuming that you just devour endlessly at work. Other odd jobs are paid around £8..9 per hour. Proper entry level jobs make £11..12..13 per hour.
London's three million households spent an average of £551 a week in 2010 compared with £576 in 2009.
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