Debt In The UK – An Infographic

January 3, 2013

Debt

Every 5 minutes someone is made bankrupt or insolvent.

105,000 people a year.

Half the population of Kensington & Chelsea.

 

Last year average household debt (including mortgages) was

£53,786.

Enough to heat and power the same house for 45 years.

 

Every hour 4 properties are repossessed.

35,000 a year.

Half the population of the UK’s largest town, Northampton.

 

Every day last year the interest payment on personal debt was

£165,000,000

Half as much is spent running the NHS every day.

 

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