Am I wealthy?
I have no savings really, so I already knew the answer was no. I wanted to find out how everyone else was doing though, so after trawling the ONS site for a couple of hours, I found this data set.
I think I’ve put it into a graph correctly, so if you want to see how wealthy you are compared to people in your age bracket in London, enjoy:
I was surprised by how high the wealth of the top 10% is. I’ve read that this is likely to be underestimated, I guess because the more money you have, the wiser the investment in a clever accountant to hide it.
It doesn’t look like the top decile is skewed as much as you might assume (from this article):
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