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Consumer Lifestyles in the United Kingdom

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  • 55 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 227096
Consumer Lifestyles provides valuable insights into the key attitudes and current perspectives of consumers, and how these influence their purchasing and consumption behaviours. It quantifies consumer behaviours, preferences and motivations, aligning them with broader trends.

The Consumer Lifestyles in the United Kingdom report analyses factors influencing national consumer expenditure. Consumer lifestyles reports include coverage of: population, urban development, home ownership, household profiles, labour, income, consumer and family expenditure, health, education, eating habits, drinking habits, shopping habits, personal grooming, clothing, leisure habits, savings and investments, media, communication, transport and travel and tourism. Use this report to understand the factors influencing a nation's lifestyle choices.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
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  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

  • Consumer landscape in the UK 2025
  • Personal traits and values
  • UK consumers look for ways to simplify their life
  • Consumers say that expressing their identity openly with friends and family comes naturally
  • Older generations prefer engaging in virtual reality rather than in the physical world
  • Millennials expect their life will be better in future
  • Personal traits and values survey highlights
  • Home life and leisure time
  • Older generations explore digital platforms for meeting potential partners
  • Respondents desire maximising the benefits while minimising the cost when travelling
  • Home life and leisure time survey highlights
  • Eating and dietary habits
  • Gen Z consumers are on diets trying to lose weight
  • Millennials most likely to claim not having time to cook as major barrier to cooking
  • Younger generations often snack during the day in between meals
  • Gen Z closely read nutrition labels
  • Consumers in the UK are ready to pay more for products with superior taste
  • Eating and dietary habits survey highlights
  • Working life
  • Gen X want to work for a company that prioritises employee health and safety
  • Consumers in the UK want to have a job that allows for a strong work-life balance
  • Gen X seek job security
  • Consumers expect to work from home in the future
  • Working life survey highlights
  • Health and wellness
  • Consumers in the UK participate in walking or hiking
  • Meditation most popular stress-reduction activity among all generations
  • UK consumers consider free range to be the most influential product feature
  • Gen Z frequently visit health-related or medical sites
  • Health and wellness survey highlights
  • Shopping and spending
  • Consumers love finding discounts
  • Baby Boomers willing to buy fewer, but higher-quality items
  • Gen Z consumers seek niche brands that are hard-to-find or unique
  • All generations say they try to repair items instead of purchasing new ones
  • UK consumers often sell used or second-hand items
  • Older generations often acquire products using a social media platform
  • Consumers in the UK highly trust friends and family recommendations
  • UK consumer s set to increase spending on groceries the most
  • Millennials sometimes rely on credit cards or account overdrafts to cover everyday expenses
  • Shopping and spending survey highlights