Capital cities - average weekly household expenditure - selected categories
Statistically significant differences between 1998-99 and 2003-04
Syd. | Melb. | Bris. | Adel. | Perth | Hobart | Darwin | Canb. | All | |
Current housing costs | |||||||||
Rent | 32 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 28 | ||||
Interest component of mortgage repayments | 63 | 44 | 37 | 67 | 79 | 63 | 55 | ||
Domestic fuel and power | |||||||||
Electricity | 20 | 34 | 37 | 51 | 26 | 40 | 31 | 38 | 31 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | |||||||||
Bread | 13 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
Fresh milk | -11 | -17 | -6 | ||||||
Sugar | -23 | -24 | -17 | ||||||
Tea | |||||||||
Coffee | -25 | -9 | |||||||
Vegetables | 18 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 21 | |
Meat | 31 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 24 | 27 | |
Fish/seafood | 40 | 55 | 66 | 28 | |||||
Takeaway meals/fast food | 26 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 42 | 20 | |||
Alcoholic beverages | |||||||||
Beer | 42 | ||||||||
Wine | 73 | 19 | |||||||
Tobacco products | |||||||||
Cigarettes | |||||||||
Clothing and footwear | |||||||||
Men's clothing | |||||||||
Women's clothing | |||||||||
Household furnishings/equipment | |||||||||
Household appliances | |||||||||
Household services/operation | |||||||||
Telephone, fixed line | 13 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 11 | |||
Telephone, mobile | 142 | 209 | 118 | 172 | 242 | 349 | 102 | 139 | 169 |
Child care | 91 | 38 | |||||||
Medical care/health expenses | |||||||||
Health/accident insurance | 42 | 28 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 84 | 33 | ||
Health practitioners' fees | 51 | 36 | 120 | 100 | 45 | ||||
Transport | |||||||||
Motor vehicle purchase | 97 | ||||||||
Petrol | 31 | 18 | 42 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 28 | 27 |
Public transport | 36 | 22 | |||||||
Recreation | |||||||||
Internet | 218 | 707 | 146 | 217 | 179 | 232 | |||
Pay TV | 323 | 313 | 192 | 493 | 417 | 224 | 593 | 650 | 317 |
Newspapers | 51 | ||||||||
Personal care | |||||||||
Toiletries/cosmetics | 29 | 14 | |||||||
Miscellaneous goods and services | |||||||||
Primary/secondary education fees | 31 | ||||||||
Higher education fees | 144 | 63 | |||||||
Total goods and services | 27 | 21 | 23 | 38 | 27 | 35 | 19 | 22 | 26 |
Differences have only been shown where they are statistically significant.