Lifestyle data for enhanced demographic analysis

LCF (Living Costs and Food Survey)

Published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Living Costs and Food* (LCF) survey provides detailed information on weekly household expenditure across Great Britain on a range of product categories from menswear, alcohol and recreation to home improvements and baked goods. It is an invaluable source of socio-economic data as well as providing primary information for the Retail Prices Index.

• Used in RPI
• GB wide
• Combines Family Expenditure and National Food surveys
• Socio-economic data
• Weekly household spend
• Range of spending categories

This survey helps you understand your customer habits better. Get in touch to find out how.

See a list of the main LCF variables here.

*Formerly known as the EFS (Expenditure and Food Survey), the LCF (Living Cost and Food Survey) brings together the Family Expenditure and National Food Surveys

BPS (British Population Survey)

The British Population Survey (BPS) provides comprehensive, up-to-date and affordable data about the people of Great Britain from family circumstances, household mix, everyday expenditure, income, education, employment, media consumption and internet usage.

• Comprehensive
• Up to date
• GB wide
• Household mix and income
• Economic status and social grade
• Media and internet usage
• Education and employment

Data is updated every month by personal face-to-face interviews (over 80,000 individuals per year for the BPS). This means large yet accurate sample sizes fully representative of the adult population – the holy grail of any data analyst!

Using Lifestyle Data

Add Lifestyle data to your analysis to better understand your customers' behaviours and characteristics. Combining BPS, LCF and P² People & Places demographics datasets adds depth to your analysis and indicates best routes to market, financial status and spending habits across many different products.

• Do you want to analyse weekly household expenditure on specific grocery items?
• Do you want a thematic hot/cold map detailing the postcode sectors that have a higher propensity to spend on healthy eating, for example?
• Do your customers personal expenditure choices affect your bottom line?
• Does your route to market hit the correct people?
• Are your newspaper adverts read by your customers?

Income and Expenditure Profiles

Disposable income data generated from the Living Costs and Food Survey allows patterns of spend and wealth to be identified.

Primary and secondary household incomes are combined to give a gross disposable household income. This data can be presented on postal or administrative geography to suit your requirements.

Primary household income includes gross salaries received, property income received, interest and dividends on investments and how much property income is paid out.

Secondary household income includes social benefts received, financial gifts received, taxes paid out and pension and social security contributions.

Weekly household spend at postcode sector