How much do you live on per week after housing and bills are paid?

[Unitedstatesofwhatever1]

I generally have £100 per week, that is to cover all transport (bus pass 21 a week) food, toiletries, any extras like haircut, going out, presents etc. No children.
Not sure if that's considered a lot or little, interested to see what others have.

Ours is a family of 4 so our money left weekly wouldn't compare. I think the question is do you manage ok with £100 per week or do you struggle? It doesn't sound a lot to cover all of your weekly expenses including food etc. And I suppose it doesn't leave you anything for saving/nights out?

That doesn't sound a lot. I've been there. I think the Rowantree foundation will have more accurate statistics for you to compare with than a mumsnet sample. I think mumsnet can have outliers.

When I was single and living alone (about 2 years ago now) 100pw was my weekly budget so I'd say you're about spot on- depending on your spending habits and lifestyle. I wasn't strict with my budgeting and would often go over (mostly on food ha!) but £150 pw would usually cover it

@Unitedstatesofwhatever1

If your bus pass means no other transport costs and you can cook frugally, it's doable but not a lot left for anything extra. Short term i could manage on that, and to be honest that's all I have from my salary but my dp pays for the lions share of joint expenses like meals out so I'm lucky, I also recently paid off the mortgage which means I save my share for retirement funds

It's not a lot if you are spending on bus fares and food £100 per week.

It's all relative though on how old you are? Are you a student? Could you flat share and so on.

I remember being single and young it's not easy. I did a lot of over time to fund a girls holiday and clothes.

If that's the amount you have then why does it matter whether people think it's a little or a lot?

What are you going to do with the information? I know this question comes up most weeks and I don't get it, if you are able to earn more surely you'd do that anyway, you don't need to know what random people have to decide and if you can't why depress youself?

Is what you have enough to meet the needs that you feel you need to fulfil to give you a happy life? If so then it doesn’t matter what anybody else has. I couldn’t be happy with it, but that’s because my lifestyle is different to yours.

That’s near on nothing if that has to cover food and transport.
food and transport come out as a bill mentally for me and isn’t free money

About £400pw for food etc after all bills paid (2 adults)

Probably about £250 though it does vary.
Approximately £120 food. £20 petrol. £20 teen pocket money. £20 teen lunch money.

Takeaway £50, if doing an activity a day out it could be more. £15 coffee or breakfast out. Also random purchases flr the house or clothes maybe needed or birthday's or nights out could easily add another £80.