The New Normal Update

The New Normal Briton has two children and thinks of himself as working or lower middle class. He goes on a foreign holiday at least once a year, earns around £25,428 a year, though probably has no savings, spends £45 a week on groceries and owns a house worth an average £204,359. He also owns at least three tvs and commutes for half an hour a day. His favourite home-cooked dish is spaghetti bolognese. He is 39 and he has a 37-in waist – having a higher BMI (body mass index) than in the previous decade – and lives with his partner, who is 37 and also works. If they feel part of any religion at all – and in 2010, 51% of people are atheist or agnostic – they will be Christian. They have sex eight times a month.

By Josh Sims