Petrol, unleaded · per litre · 2005 Verified
85pin June 2005 — about £1.84 in today's money.
- Price in 200585p
- Same money today£1.84
- Estimated price today · projected from January 2025£1.49
- Change since 2005+75%
Priced in working time
- A week's pay in 2005 bought · average weekly earnings were £380.00447 litres
- A week's pay today buys · at £749.00 (2026) · price estimated504 litres
Observed price divided by the observed wage for the same year — nothing here is back-cast. See the average earnings record →
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The Office for National Statistics recorded it in June 2005; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- Office for National Statistics (ONS), dataset MM23. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Series title
- RPI: Ave price - Ultra low sulphur/Unleaded petrol, per litre
- Series
- CZMK
- Observed
- June 2005
- Coverage
- February 1990 – January 2025
- Adjusted by
- CDKO · 758.2 → 1643.1 (June 2026)
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0