UNITED KINGDOM, December 14, 2014 (Daily Mail): The lifestyle of a typical Middle Class Briton has been laid bare in wide-ranging research published yesterday. Analysts discovered a social group living in semi-detached suburbia and worrying about how to pay the mortgage. And while many of the findings reinforce the stereotype of a middle-class family, some of the research is perhaps more surprising. The survey found that long-established Hindu and Sikh families now have an above average likelihood of being classed Middle Class Britons.
The research was carried out by analysts at Experian, who examined nationwide data ranging from income and housing type to favorite internet sites and shopping habits. It identified more than 400 social and economic factors to define Middle Class Britain and has produced a detailed picture of the country’s largest social group, accounting for 13.1 million people, or one in five of the population.