Is mumsnet aimed at rich families ?

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I’ve seen quite a lot of threads on here where families seem to have a huge amount of disposable income .
Im a single parent without a huge amount and wondering if I am in the minority on here ?
I’ve noticed there seems to be more people with lower incomes on netmums ? Am I generalising or have others noticed this also

I think it is aimed at parents still as if you look at the surveys or competitions they're mostly to do with having children.

I think some people exaggerate how much wealth they have so I take it all with a pinch of salt

This.

Not really... I earn £150k and live in a £1.1m house with little mortgage left.... but that’s barely middle class in North London let alone rich.

There is definitely a very different demographic to the Facebook parenting groups...

@ Oakenbeach

Ha ha very funny 😂

But Goldenbear there are endless talk topics that have nothing at all to do with parenting- style and beauty, DIY, gardening, politics, etc etc

Not really... I earn £150k and live in a £1.1m house with little mortgage left.... but that’s barely middle class in North London let alone rich

1% of working people earn over £150K per year, and around 4% earn over £100K. Very few people in the scheme of things. The vast majority of people on here who claim they are on 6 figures (and above,) per year, are fantasists. A few people who post on here probably are on 6 figures or more, but most are not

I think I read somewhere that mumsnet has a membership of about 1.7 million posters. 4% of those = 68,000 people here on £100k+.

Add in those who are married to the 4% of the general working population (so 4% of *32.21m/2 {assuming that the majority of people on here are female and have a male partner- though I accept that the workforce probably comprises >50% males}) and you have nearly 1.3m men earning over £100,000 who could be married to a mumsnetter.

*www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/january2018

To be honest, a lot of the posts here appear to come from families on very low incomes or with not "professional" jobs.
Apart from that, the language used in many posts does not suggest a high level of education.

Some of this thread is quite amusing

I agree with a pp. I think most on MN are well educated. That has nothing to do with class or income.

Sorry, just looking at my sums and see that my 68,000 number is calculated based on assumption that all 1.7m MN members work, which we know isn’t the case.

My point is that 4% of a big group is a big number.

I must be one of the lowest earning posters on Mumsnet.. 16k.

Anyone else on the bare minimum here???

On less than 16k as have a complex disabled son so not working

I always wondered what the deal was with those saying they can't mention hobbies, wtf is that about

jc £15,600 here.

It's very outing if your husband likes model railways or darts, didn't you know Jade?

Personally I never understand how some posters who say they are on £150k plus, spend so much time on mumsnet.

Na I’m not wealthy, I have to make a chicken last 4 meals for my family of 6. Although I only do this 2 days a week as my four children are at naice private boarding school so I can hardly afford to charge my new car. Def not wealthy.

I definitely don't belong here!! Single parent, currently on benefits. I'm not educated, I left school at 16. I come from a town where the majority of people are working class (and low class like myself).

I don't like Netmums, I prefer it here because people talk a lot of sense. If I'm honest it's a comfort for me, I don't post for advice but if I ever do a Google search for something I'm worried about I always read what Mumsnet have said about it. I look at the posters as trustworthy adults because I don't feel like one myself .

I know I'm never going to own my own home, I'm never going to be rich or have an amazing career but I've made peace with it. My grandparents were/are rich, my parents aren't rich but they're not poor, I'm poor and only I can change it (I do get financial support from my family if I need it and my parents will often buy my children new clothes so it's one less thing for me to worry about). I will be going to college later in the year and as long as I end up with a job that keeps a roof over our heads, feeds and clothes us and my children are happy then I will be happy.

Under £12,000, but DH earns more, and we don't have a mortgage as it was paid off by me when I eventually sold my London flat in negative equity after subsidising tenants for years (TBH there were building disputes too).

Me neither claire they're always bragging how much they earn but must be such a boring job that they have time to be on here all day

@jcmayj

£14,500pa but that's just from work without tax credits or child benefit. Tax credits fluctuate a lot because my hours do, have a baseline I do each week but overtime can vary from nothing, to an hour to 12 hours a week.
I find it interesting that you have such a big mix here, what does get me sometimes is you'll have one thread saying people like me claiming tc to survive are parasites posted by people who are moaning on other threads that because of their choices like big mortgages and nice cars, their £80k a year wage doesn't go far enough for what they want.
I'm struggling to have essentials and told I shouldn't expect to have them and shouldn't dare complain even though I earn the vast majority of my income, and the top ups aren't for luxuries, but essentials and there because low wages don't meet the cost of living. But they're there complaining about lack of luxuries.
But that's a whole other thread I suspect.

The way I look at it is....whatever class you may think you are, wherever you live, however much your house is worth, whatever your income is, while ever you have to get your backside from your bed to earn that money, regardless of your job or income from that job, then you're working class.
The clue is in the name....working.

I don’t earn a six figure salary. But if I did I’m sure I could quite easily manage working and spending time on MN.