Likelihood of smoking four times higher in England’s most deprived areas than least deprived

14 March 2018
By Philip Leake

People living in the most deprived areas of England were more than four times more likely to smoke in 2016 than those living in the least deprived areas.

What’s in the Basket of Goods? 70 years of shopping history

13 March 2018
By ONS Digital

For seven decades the Office for National Statistics has been using a notional ‘Basket of Goods and Services’ to help measure the rising and falling cost of products and services over time, known as consumer price inflation.

How do the post-World War baby boom generations compare?

6 March 2018
By ONS Digital

The post-World War 2 baby boom generation turned 70 in 2016. They were the first to benefit from 20th century developments such as ‘cradle to grave welfare’.

What do children in the UK spend their money on?

15 February 2018
By ONS Digital

This is a picture which illustrates an article on the spending habits of children from 2015 to 2017.

Children aged 15 years spent more than three times that of a seven-year-old, new data have revealed. Spending data for the financial years 2015 to 2017 show that, on average, 15-year-olds spent £25.00

Men enjoy five hours more leisure time per week than women

9 January 2018
By ONS Digital

Men in the UK enjoy nearly five more hours of leisure time per week than women, ONS analysis reveals. In 2015, men took, on average, 43 hours of leisure time per week, whereas women took around 38 hours of leisure time.

Young people spend a third of their leisure time on devices

19 December 2017
By ONS Digital

Young people spent more than a third of their overall leisure time – around 14 hours per week – using a device in 2015, new analysis shows. Men aged 25 and under use devices such as mobile phones, tablets, e-readers and laptops the most. Device use occupied 35% of their leisure time, whereas for women […]

What is my life expectancy? And how might it change?

1 December 2017
By Rob Fry

A man aged 65 years in the UK can now expect to live, on average, to 85.6 and a woman of the same age to 87.8, new figures reveal. A boy born today could expect to live to 89.5, whilst a girl could expect to live to 92.1.

Migration since the Brexit vote: what’s changed in six charts

30 November 2017
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We now have migration statistics for the first full year since the UK voted to leave the EU. These figures refer to people arriving or leaving the UK for 12 months or more. Here’s what we know so far.

London had the smallest gender pay gap 20 years ago, but now it has the largest

27 November 2017
By ONS Digital

The pay gap between men and women working in London has barely changed in over two decades, new ONS analysis shows. While in 1997 the capital had the narrowest gender pay gap, there has been little improvement since then. Other regions in the UK have seen more movement towards pay equality over time. Women working […]

How does deprivation vary by leading cause of death?

1 November 2017
By ONS Digital

The more deprived areas in both England and Wales experienced a higher number of deaths from leading causes such as heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer than less deprived areas, according to new analysis.