Students hit with credit card debt

Published:
27 August 2008
Topic:
News,Money,Credit Cards

More than one in three students have a credit card on which they owe an average of nearly £220, a survey has shown.

The Halifax said about 37% of people studying at university have a credit card, although the figure is less than half of the 80% who have a loan and well down on the 64% who have an overdraft.

Female students tend to owe more on their plastic than their male counterparts, at an average of £255.50, compared with just £173.20 among male students.

Those who are studying at universities in eastern regions have run up the highest level of credit card debt at an average of £363.70, followed by those in the South East at £360.60.

People who are at university in the South West owe the least at an average of just £125.

Credit cards are most popular among students in Scotland with 44% of people studying there having one, followed by 41% of students in London.

But at the other end of the scale only 33% of students in both Wales and the East Midlands have a credit card.

Copyright © PA Business 2008

Related Links

Rate This Article

Click on a star to rate this article.

2 ratings

Email a Friend

Let a friend know about this news item with an email containing a link to this page, and a customised message.

 *
 *
 *
 *

 

 *

This helps us prevent automated programs from using and slowing down our services.

Rating

Rated 4.5/5 (average from 2 ratings)

Rate this now

Related News

More News...

Compare Credit Cards

Compare a range of UK credit cards

Compare Credit Cards Now

Hot Topics in our forum

More Hot Topics

Rss Feeds

Email a friend

© Moneysupermarket.com Ltd 2012