23-35      Average Monthly Household Expenditure

by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile Expenditure Group

 

     Quartile Expenditure Group

Commodity/Service Section

Overall

The Lowest 25%

The Second 25%

The Third 25%

The Highest 25%

 

Value

(%)

Value

(%)

Value

(%)

Value

(%)

Value

(%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Food                      

5612

25.7

2917

36.3

4650

31.5

5929

27.9

8953

20.8

    Housing                  

7009

32.2

2275

28.3

4539

30.7

6413

30.1

14813

34.4

    Electricity, Gas and Water             

631

2.9

402

5.0

559

3.8

659

3.1

906

2.1

    Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco

226

1.0

150

1.9

211

1.4

213

1.0

331

0.8

    Clothing & Footwear      

958

4.4

211

2.6

538

3.6

933

4.4

2150

5.0

    Durable Goods            

988

4.5

226

2.8

553

3.7

1036

4.9

2136

5.0

    Miscellaneous Goods      

1053

4.8

397

4.9

715

4.8

1029

4.8

2073

4.8

    Transport                

2009

9.2

598

7.4

1146

7.8

1869

8.8

4424

10.3

    Miscellaneous Services   

3310

15.2

851

10.6

1866

12.6

3194

15.0

7329

17.0

  All Sections     (HK$)

21797

100.0

8026

100.0

14778

100.0

21275

100.0

43114

100.0

  Number of Households     

        

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

  (household)

1624000

100.0

406000

25.0

406000

25.0

406000

25.0

406000

25.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Results are obtained from the Household Expenditure Survey carried out from October 1999 to September 2000.