Household income. Where are you?

68% and 61% when including housing costs. Surprised i am nearer the top when i am a single parent family and certainly don't feel well off.

94 %. Comfortable but not rich.

@Scirocco My SUV got me safely to work through a red weather warning where smaller cars couldn't get through, so I think I'll keep it and consider it a net social benefit as it meant our unit had a consultant available to stop people dying.

Owning an ugly SUV just in case a once-in-25-year storm happens is a bizarre rationale for owning such a vehicle.

First, if a tree falls on your ugly SUV, you likely wouldn't survive anyway.

Second, I have no idea what you mean when you say "smaller cars couldn't get through." If a road is blocked, it is blocked. It is not as smaller cars are unable to drive on the same roads that ugly SUVs drive on.

Third, I am slightly concerned that a consultant would not have the foresight and common sense to book nearby accomodation, or stay overnight in the hospital to avoid travelling during the storm, which is what I would have done if I had been required to work during the storm.

36% which seems decent but both teens have complex special needs and there are a lot of extra costs for that so we do really struggle (but are too well off for UC).

I recently gave up work so I'm surprised that we got such a high percentage on one wage. We do feel well off. Both from poorer backgrounds, haven't given in to lifestyle creep (although our grocery budget is far higher than I'd like), and we are quite frugal.

The only thing to take home from that calculator is that getting rid of the children will make us rich.

Yeah, that's a stupid calculator. For one it asks about council tax amount when not all of the UK uses the council tax system. So how can it measure "UK income distribution" when the calulator doesn't apply to all of the UK.

@littleluncheon It's so weird though isn't it? Having large outgoings doesn't mean your income is less 😂

Indeed. Which shows that there isn't really a positive correlation between intelligence and income.

My kids won't be going to uni unless they can live at home (in a bedroom shared with a sibling) and work part time.

I hope your children do well at university if they go. If they need more space for studying, universities have libraries with lots of space and computers. Ear plugs are a god send for studying too.

My SUV got me safely to work through a red weather warning where smaller cars couldn't get through, so I think I'll keep it and consider it a net social benefit as it meant our unit had a consultant available to stop people dying.

I am better off than 92%.

Sunfle adult household and no kids. Live in the north east.

There must be some very rich people in the UK screwing with this scale.

I'm doing better than 62% of people apparently.
I'm broke. Mid 30s. Single income. All bills are on me.

How on earth do the rest get by?

Glad you pay so much attention. You might learn something.

90% very surprised at that, whilst I’m comfortable I’m not
as comfortable as I would like to be

92%

That makes sense for essential things, like any bills related to medical treatment for example.

But if it comes to housing, for example, why do you think your lifestyle needs are different than anyone elses? For example, why should it not be taken into consideration that one person may be spending all of their money on a luxury home, whereas someone else may be living in a small 2 bedroom house that is falling apart?

How can it be said that the person living in the 2 bedroom house does not have the same "lifestyle and needs" as the person living in the luxury home? Are we thinking that they don't need a better home because they are less of a person?

I would think that if someone is spending a lot of money on a luxury home, then it would be absolutely wrong to try to claim that that person is financially struggling. They have made a choice to pay that money for that home. If they want more disposable income, then they should choose to live more modestly like everyone else.

It's so weird though isn't it?
Having large outgoings doesn't mean your income is less 😂
It just means you spend your money on lots of nice expensive things!
If you had an average income you just wouldn't have a big mortgage on a house in an expensive area, you wouldn't financially support adult children at university.
My kids won't be going to uni unless they can live at home (in a bedroom shared with a sibling) and work part time.

97% here. I'm not a lady who lunches but I a mother that frequents the coffee shop.

55%. But I don't really understand what it's calculating, if I take out the DC it puts us at 85%. I don't believe almost 50% of the population are better off than us just because we have children

We are retired. Much of our income comes from savings, so his doesn’t work for us as we only take what we need each month.

96%

Doesn't account for housing costs and the fact I need to commute a long distance and stay in hotels all week though...

You have a higher after housing cost income than around 5% of the population

Explains why I always feel skint!

Either 91% or 67% - depends on declaring that we are supporting 2 children at university/apprenticeship. Suppose at 91% we can afford to do that

@littleluncheon Why would paying for expensive things make you less well off?

It's mumsnet-math. They incorrectly believe they are struggling because they have no money left after buying a bunch of things that they wouldn't otherwise have if they weren't on high salaries to begin with.

"I have no money left at the end of the month after paying for my ugly SUV, my subscriptions, my 2nd holiday this year, my expensive home, and my children's private education."

88% though we certainly don’t feel or live high end by any stretch. We do have a cheap mortgage and only 1 child so maybe that affects it