Borrowing estimates for Melton, built from published survey rates and population figures.
An estimated 36,600 adults in Melton held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in the East Midlands held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 28,300 adults in Melton held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 65% of adults in the East Midlands held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 7,850 adults in Melton were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 18% of adults in the East Midlands were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 13,100 adults in Melton had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 30% of adults in the East Midlands had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 8,720 adults in Melton used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in the East Midlands used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 2,750 adults in Melton held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6.3% of adults in the East Midlands held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 10,000 adults in Melton had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in the East Midlands had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 3,930 adults in Melton were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in the East Midlands were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 43,614 adults aged 18 and over in Melton (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Melton was 45,531 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.
An estimated 36,600 adults in Melton held at least one credit or loan product in 2024. An estimated 28,300 adults in Melton held a credit card in 2024. An estimated 7,850 adults in Melton were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
An estimated 36,600 adults in Melton held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
An estimated 28,300 adults in Melton held a credit card in 2024.
An estimated 7,850 adults in Melton were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.