2021 MESL Core Expenditure Budgets

The weekly core costs of a Minimum Essential Standard of Living in 2020 are illustrated above, the full range of MESL budgets for all household types and compositions are also available to download below.

Further Data

MESL core budgets (excluding housing, childcare & effect of secondary benefits) for further Household Types are available to download:

• Two Parent Household Types
• One Parent Household Types
• Working Age Adult (with no children) Household Types
• Pensioner Household Types