Do you have a joint bank account with your partner?

17 June 2019

Save

• My account
• Remove

Share

Back in the day, the huge majority of (then married) couples had joint accounts. But what about now? If you're in a couple living together – which of these is CLOSEST to your situation?

Back in the day, the huge majority of (then married) couples had joint accounts. But what about now?

If you're in a couple living together – which of these is CLOSEST to your situation?

Results

I'm under 25 (492 votes)

I'm single/don't live with a partner		58 votes (12%)
Joint bank account(s) for everything		48 votes (10%)
Separate account(s), but a joint one for bills		258 votes (52%)
Separate bank account(s), but joint savings account(s)		20 votes (4%)
Totally separate finances		108 votes (22%)

I'm aged 25-34 (4583 votes)

I'm single/don't live with a partner		143 votes (3%)
Joint bank account(s) for everything		955 votes (21%)
Separate account(s), but a joint one for bills		2479 votes (54%)
Separate bank account(s), but joint savings account(s)		220 votes (5%)
Totally separate finances		786 votes (17%)

I'm aged 35-49 (7963 votes)

I'm single/don't live with a partner		175 votes (2%)
Joint bank account(s) for everything		2914 votes (37%)
Separate account(s), but a joint one for bills		3189 votes (40%)
Separate bank account(s), but joint savings account(s)		331 votes (4%)
Totally separate finances		1354 votes (17%)

I'm aged 50-64 (6855 votes)

I'm single/don't live with a partner		147 votes (2%)
Joint bank account(s) for everything		3467 votes (51%)
Separate account(s), but a joint one for bills		1971 votes (29%)
Separate bank account(s), but joint savings account(s)		332 votes (5%)
Totally separate finances		938 votes (14%)

I'm aged 65+ (4153 votes)

I'm single/don't live with a partner		70 votes (2%)
Joint bank account(s) for everything		2365 votes (57%)
Separate account(s), but a joint one for bills		1114 votes (27%)
Separate bank account(s), but joint savings account(s)		232 votes (6%)
Totally separate finances		372 votes (9%)

                   24,046 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.