This report by the Office of Fair Trading (2012) examines issues of prices, internet, delivery, road fuels and public transport in the context of remote communities.   Price and Choices

Published in November 2010 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this report shows that the minimum cost of living in rural areas is greater that in urban areas.  The additional costs

Amongst other information this shows a 22.8% decrease in the number of petrol filling stations located in rural areas between 2000 and 2010 and a 9% decrease in the number