Family budget for London
Family budget calculator prefilled with cited London cost bands. Scale cited city living midpoints by household size with transparent planning multipliers.
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Family / Household Budget Scaler is a free SetTern planning tool. Scale cited city living midpoints by household size with transparent planning multipliers. OECD-modified equivalence on catalog midpoints — not survey microdata or visa funds. Sources are cited on the page — confirm details on the official portals linked.
Cited London cost context
These planning bands come from the SetTern city catalog for London, United Kingdom. The calculator below is prefilled from them — edit any line to match your own quote.
| Rent 1br (catalog) | $1,900/mo Source |
|---|---|
| Groceries (catalog band) | $280–$420/mo Source |
| Transport (catalog band) | $180–$250/mo Source |
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$6,840/mo
London × OECD 1.8 (base $3,800)
- Rent (1br catalog): $3,420/mo (base $1,900)
- Utilities: $315/mo (base $175)
- Groceries: $630/mo (base $350)
- Transport: $387/mo (base $215)
- Dining out: $603/mo (base $335)
- Other / residual to living mid: $1,485/mo (base $825)
Scale cited city line items (rent, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) with the OECD-modified equivalence scale.
Line items from cited city catalog (rent1br, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) × OECD scale — not household survey microdata and not visa funds proof.
OECD Income Distribution Database — equivalence scales · Numbeo Cost of Living Index 2025 · Methodology
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Verified official sources
- SetTern methodologysettern.io — How we cite costs, visas, and tool limits — not legal advice.
- SetTern editorial policysettern.io — E-E-A-T, fact verification, and update cadence.
- SetTern cost comparisonsettern.io — City living midpoints scaled by household factors.
Common questions
- Is Family / Household Budget Scaler legal or immigration advice?
- No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.
- How is household size applied?
- Transparent planning multipliers on the cited city midpoint (shown in the result).
- Is this surveyed family spend data?
- No — it scales catalog midpoints so you can compare hubs for a household of N.