24-46  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	5859	27.1	2979	41.1	4767	34.3	6443	30.8	9251	20.8
Housing	7093	32.8	2042	28.2	4620	33.2	6889	33.0	14825	33.3
Electricity, Gas and Water	630	2.9	370	5.1	553	4.0	651	3.1	944	2.1
Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco	133	0.6	86	1.2	123	0.9	139	0.7	184	0.4
Clothing & Footwear	861	4.0	166	2.3	394	2.8	723	3.5	2160	4.9
Durable Goods	886	4.1	135	1.9	378	2.7	722	3.5	2309	5.2
Miscellaneous Goods	920	4.3	300	4.1	549	3.9	889	4.3	1942	4.4
Transport	1792	8.3	490	6.8	937	6.7	1471	7.0	4271	9.6
Miscellaneous Services	3449	16.0	680	9.4	1586	11.4	2960	14.2	8573	19.3
All Sections	21623	100.0	7248	100.0	13908	100.0	20887	100.0	44458	100.0
Number of Households
(household)	1727000		432000		432000		432000		432000
Notes: Household expenditures are calculated from the results of the Household Expenditure Survey conducted during October 2009 to September 2010.
During the survey period of 2009/10 Household Expenditure Survey, the household expenditure was lowered by a number of Government’s
one-off relief measures. Household expenditure figures in this table refer to the actual expenditure incurred by households upon enjoying various
waivers/concessions.
Figures or percentages may not add up to respective totals due to rounding.