Quotezone Surveys
28/09/2023
Quotezone.co.uk regularly asks customers for their thoughts and feedback on a whole range of savings and personal finance topics. This page details three of our most popular surveys to date and the press stories they helped create.
We have a whole range of surveys that cover topics such as student finances, bills, energy savings, driving tests and licences – if you’d like results on any of these topics simply email press@quotezone.co.uk.
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS Survey
This particular survey helped us create top tips on how our customers can save money on their car insurance policy, after nearly a third admitted to reconsidering driving due to costs.
The full story is available here in our Presszone
| Is your car insurance more expensive this year? | % |
| Yes – but my circumstances have changed | 19% |
| Yes – and my circumstances remain the same | 62% |
| No | 11% |
| Not applicable | 9% |
| If yes, how much did your car insurance increase by this year? | |
| Less than £25 | 8% |
| More than £25 | 16% |
| More than £50 | 17% |
| More than £75 | 12% |
| More than £100 | 11% |
| More than £125 | 5% |
| More than £150 | 27% |
| Not applicable | 3% |
| Has the cost of car insurance ever made you reconsider driving? | |
| Yes | 28% |
| No | 67% |
| Not applicable | 6% |
| Did you shop around more than usual this year for your new car insurance? | |
| Yes | 74% |
| No | 20% |
| Not applicable | 6% |
| Did you try a price comparison site this year for your car insurance? | |
| Yes just the one | 15% |
| Yes more than one | 31% |
| Yes more than two | 45% |
| No | 8% |
| No – I’ve never used a price comparison site | 1% |
| Is / was your mortgage due for renewal this year? | |
| Yes | 5% |
| No | 29% |
| Not applicable | 66% |
| Did you see an increase in cost? | |
| Yes under £50 | 5% |
| Yes more than £50 | 6% |
| Yes more than £100 | 5% |
| Yes more than £200 | 3% |
| Yes more than £300 | 2% |
| Yes more than £400 | 2% |
| Yes more than £500 | 3% |
| No | 74% |
| If yes, what effects are the mortgage increase having on your household? | |
| Still manageable | 21% |
| Under pressure | 30% |
| Having to consider selling the property | 5% |
| Not applicable | 44% |
| Have you missed any payments this year for any of your bills? | |
| Yes | 10% |
| No | 80% |
| Not applicable | 10% |
| Have you cancelled any subscriptions this year due to the cost-of-living crisis? | |
| Yes | 42% |
| No | 48% |
| Not applicable | 10% |
| Have you ever had a flight delayed for 3 hours or more for which you needed to claim compensation? | |
| Yes | 12% |
| No | 60% |
| Not applicable | 28% |
| Have you ever had a flight cancelled? | |
| Yes | 17% |
| No | 57% |
| Not applicable | 26% |
Quotezone.co.uk’s findings are based on a randomised survey of 1,500 respondents across the UK during July 2023, which represents a margin of error of approximately 5% at a 95% confidence level.
SHOPPING HABITS Survey
This next survey helped us identify issues and changes in our customers shopping habits, so we could help them find savings – especially since 71% said their money doesn’t go as far since the start of the cost-of-living crisis.
The full story is available here in our Presszone
| How do you do your grocery shop? | % |
| Online – home delivery | 18.5% |
| Online – click and collect | 4.3% |
| Instore | 75.7% |
| Not applicable | 1.5% |
| Has that changed for you since the pandemic? (How you do your shop) | |
| Yes | 25% |
| No | 72% |
| Not applicable | 3% |
| Where do you normally shop? | |
| Supermarkets such as Tesco or Sainsburys | 90% |
| Smaller, local independent stores | 7% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| Has this changed since the pandemic? (Where you shop) | |
| Yes | 18% |
| No | 80% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| How often do you do your grocery shop? | |
| Daily | 13% |
| Weekly | 76% |
| Bi-monthly | 5% |
| Monthly | 5% |
| Not applicable | 1% |
| Has this changed for you since the pandemic? (How often) | |
| Yes | 18% |
| No | 80% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| Has the cost of your shopping gone up this year? (average per month) | |
| No | 2% |
| Yes – by under £50 | 35% |
| Yes – by over £50 | 37% |
| Yes – by more than £100 | 19% |
| Yes – by more than £200 | 6% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| Do you find your money doesn’t go as far? | |
| Yes – since the pandemic | 23% |
| Yes – since the cost-of-living crisis | 71% |
| No | 4% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| Have you noticed any of your ‘family favourite’ brands/products that you’ve bought for years, appear now to have had a higher than normal price increase this year? | |
| Yes | 95% |
| No | 3% |
| Not applicable | 2% |
| Do you do any of the following to try and save money? | |
| Bulk buy | 9.8% |
| Discount vouchers / coupons | 15.1% |
| Cash back schemes | 7.1% |
| Batch cook meals | 5.8% |
| Set a weekly budget | 7.2% |
| Look for cheaper brands | 20.4% |
| Move to a cheaper shop / supermarket | 15.4% |
| Compare product prices between stores | 16.2% |
| No | 2.5% |
| Not applicable | 0.5% |
Quotezone.co.uk’s findings are based on a randomised survey of 1,000 respondents across the UK during June 2023, which represents a margin of error of approximately 5% at a 95% confidence level.
ELECTRIC VS PETROL Survey
A hotly debated topic right now is electric cars versus fossil fuel, we asked our customers what they think and perhaps surprisingly, 61% said they only see themselves switching to an electric car when they absolutely have to.
If you’d like to read the full story, it’s available here
| Do you have an electric car? (Including hybrid variations) | % |
| YES | 34.6% |
| NO | 65.4% |
| If no, when do you see yourself changing to an electric car? | |
| Only when I absolutely have to | 61% |
| Within the next 5 years | 27% |
| Now / as soon as is feasibly possible | 10% |
| Just before the deadline | 4% |
| What’s stopping you from getting an electric car? | |
| Too expensive | 36.2% |
| Range anxiety (car will run out of charge) | 20% |
| Worried about rising energy costs | 10.3% |
| Parts are expensive to replace and hard to find | 6.2% |
| Not exactly sure how it all works | 4.8% |
| Costly to have a home charger installed | 3.8% |
Would you say your electric car is costing you less per month than your previous petrol/diesel car? | |
| Yes, saving over- £100 | 57.9% |
| Yes, saving under £100 | 36% |
| No | 6.1% |
Anything you don’t like in relation to your electric car? | |
| Not enough readily available charging points | 47% |
| Range anxiety (car will run out of charge) | 37% |
| Rising energy costs are worrying | 34% |
| Cost to install a home charger | 20% |
| Parts are expensive to replace and hard to find | 12% |
Quotezone.co.uk’s findings are based on a randomised survey of 500 respondents across the UK during July 2022, which represents a margin of error of approximately 5% at a 95% confidence level.
We have a whole range of surveys that cover topics such as student finances, bills, energy savings, driving tests and licences – if you’d like results on any of these topics simply email press@quotezone.co.uk
This article is intended as generic information only and is not intended to apply to anybody’s specific circumstances, demands or needs. The views expressed are not intended to provide any financial service or to give any recommendation or advice. Products and services are only mentioned for illustrative rather than promotional purposes.