A further driver of growth was a strong financial sector turnout (0.8 percent growth increase on the previous quarter).
Darren Morgan, deputy director at the ONS, said: "Robust consumer demand continued to help the UK economy grow steadily in the third quarter of 2016. Growth was slightly stronger than first thought, though, due to greater output in the financial sector."
The third quarter figures showed no damage to the economy after the Brexit vote, said Ruth Gregory, British economist for Capital Economics in a briefing note.
"The latest set of UK national accounts leave the economy looking even stronger after the referendum than previously estimated... suggesting that the economy didn't lose any pace following the referendum," said Gregory.
However, the figures showed that areas of growth had changed significantly since the June 23 vote.
Growth on the output side of the economy was lopsided being entirely dependent on the services sector which grew a revised 1 percent on the previous quarter.
In addition, industrial production fell back 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter, hit by a fall in manufacturing output. Construction contracted too, down 0.8 percent.
The prospects for 2017 are for reduced growth, said experts, as sterling's weakness hits consumer spending.
"2017 is likely to be an increasingly difficult year for the UK economy. Indeed, we expect GDP growth to slow markedly to 1.3 percent in 2017," said Dr Howard Archer, chief UK economist with IHS Markit in London.
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