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The average home in the area cost £1,824 a month in the year to February 2024, an increase of 20 percent compared to the year before.
Vinyl's comeback as a part of inflation indicator CPI reflects "a resurgence in popularity," according to ONS, as the records surge to new highs in sales.
To work out the rate of inflation for British households, statisticians need to work out what households normally buy - and have what they call a 'basket' of more than 740 goods and services.
Vinyl records were last used to help calculate the cost-of-living gauge in 1992 before compact discs took their place. | World News
The ONS changes the items it uses to measure inflation every year.