Cost of Dying Report 2017
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A complete view of funeral costs over time, 11th edition.
Changes to the average cost of a basic funeral
The cost of a basic funeral, which makes up 46% of the total cost of dying (up from 44% in 2016), has risen by 4.7% from £3,897 in 2016 to £4,078 in 2017.
This figure is calculated by taking the combined average cost of cremations and burials; the average cost of a burial in 2017 is £4,561, which is almost £1,000 (£965) more than the average cost of a cremation – £3,596.
The cost of a burial has risen by 4.7% in the past year and by 116% since SunLife began tracking costs in 2004.
The cost of a religious burial is even higher. The average is £4,715 which is more than two-and-a-half times what it cost in 2004.
If funeral costs continue to rise at the same rate we have seen over the past decade, the average funeral will cost almost £5,000 in five years’ time.
Funeral costs are rising almost twice the rate of wages
Funeral costs have seen a 4.7% increase in the past year, and in the...
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