UK households: ownership of tumble dryers 1995-2018
Who are the two percent without a dryer?
In contrast with washing machines, in which 100 percent of households from the sixth decile to the highest ten percent of income earners featured a washing machine, many households in the United Kingdom choose not to own a tumble dryer. The ninth decile of households by income show the highest rates of ownership, at 72 percent.
Lower ownership elsewhere
The 58 percent seen in the UK is not the lowest among similar markets. In Germany during 2017, for example, just 42.2 percent of private households owned a clothes dryer.