Regional gross disposable household income

Abstract

The 2007 Regional and Sub Regional Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) estimates have been released by the Office for National Statistics. GDHI is the amount of money that individuals – the household sector – have left for saving or spending after expenditure associated with income, for example, taxes and social contributions, property ownership and provisions for future pension income. Figure 1 below shows that Lincolnshire's GDHI over the last 10 years has been comparable with regional levels but lower than national levels. This is partly due to the fact that on average, wage levels in the county are lower than national levels. However increases in Lincolnshire's GDHI have been in line with national and regional growth over this period. Figure 1: GDHI change over time per head