| 23-46 Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile Expenditure Group | ||||||||||
| Overall | Quartile Expenditure Group | |||||||||
| Commodity/ | The Lowest 25% | The Second 25% | The Third 25% | The Highest 25% | ||||||
| Service Section | Value | (Percent) | Value | (Percent) | Value | (Percent) | Value | (Percent) | Value | (Percent) |
| (HKD) | (HKD) | (HKD) | (HKD) | (HKD) | ||||||
| Food | 4863 | 25.8 | 2301 | 33.9 | 3978 | 32.4 | 5305 | 29.7 | 7870 | 20.4 |
| Housing | 5775 | 30.6 | 2257 | 33.3 | 3766 | 30.7 | 5150 | 28.8 | 11932 | 30.9 |
| Electricity, Gas and Water | 646 | 3.4 | 394 | 5.8 | 570 | 4.6 | 684 | 3.8 | 934 | 2.4 |
| Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco | 152 | 0.8 | 108 | 1.6 | 153 | 1.2 | 177 | 1.0 | 171 | 0.4 |
| Clothing & Footwear | 812 | 4.3 | 129 | 1.9 | 399 | 3.3 | 702 | 3.9 | 2020 | 5.2 |
| Durable Goods | 868 | 4.6 | 157 | 2.3 | 395 | 3.2 | 739 | 4.1 | 2183 | 5.7 |
| Miscellaneous Goods | 937 | 5.0 | 304 | 4.5 | 592 | 4.8 | 875 | 4.9 | 1978 | 5.1 |
| Transport | 1793 | 9.5 | 488 | 7.2 | 966 | 7.9 | 1490 | 8.3 | 4231 | 11.0 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 3037 | 16.1 | 646 | 9.5 | 1446 | 11.8 | 2753 | 15.4 | 7306 | 18.9 |
| All Sections | 18884 | 100.0 | 6783 | 100.0 | 12264 | 100.0 | 17876 | 100.0 | 38624 | 100.0 |
| Number of Households | ||||||||||
| (household) | 1684000 | 421000 | 421000 | 421000 | 421000 | |||||
| Note:Household expenditures are calculated from the results of the Household Expenditure Survey conducted during October 2004 to September 2005. | ||||||||||