Figures showed the average UK resident owes 1,747 on credit cards, has loans totalling 3,077, finance deals of 646 and bank overdrafts of 518. Edinburgh has an average 6,922.22 non-mortgage-related debt per person.
Residents high in debt league
THE average British adult owes nearly £6,000 in non-mortgage-related debt according to a new national survey which puts Edinburgh residents in second place for personal debt.