article_snippet: The proportion of high-income individuals with debts fell from 43 per cent to 31 per cent over the same period.
article_snippet: Over the same period, the value of debt held by poorer households rose by 67 per cent - equivalent to around 28 per cent of the value of debt held by poorer households income - and use of overdrafts rose, while savings shrank to an average of less than six days' worth of income.
article_snippet: While the proportion of this age-group in debt fell, the average amount owed by those with debts increased by 45 per cent.
article_snippet: Just 45 per cent of 26 to 35-year-olds owned a home in 2012/13, sharply down from the 74 per cent seen in 2005.
highlights_snippet: Amount of debt held by Britain's poorest households has risen by 67% .