Example budgets

Rounded examples showing how different household situations can be laid out clearly.

Important: These public examples use rounded figures to make the point easy to understand. In real paid work, everything is calculated to the penny using actual income, bills, dates and essential costs.

Working adult + disability support

Working adult + disability support

Benefits-only individual

Benefits-only individual

Benefits-only couple

Benefits-only couple

Benefits-only family

Benefits-only family

Single parent working part-time + UC top-up

Single parent working part-time + UC top-up

Low-income working family of 4

Low-income working family of 4

Working family of 4

Working family of 4

Family holiday planning

Family holiday planning

Benefits family budgeting for holidays

Benefits family budgeting for holidays