Where do Australians spend their money?

WHAT DO AUSTRALIANS Really SPEND THEIR MONEY ON? BY THE END OF 2012 AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS WILL HAVE SPENT A TOTAL OF $642 BILLION MEAT ALCOHOL CARS Vs Vs Vs ON GENERAL LIVING COSTS SEAFOOD TEA & COFFEE PUBLIC TRANSPORT including. DOLLAR $11.7 & $2.4 $14.1 & $1.1 $78.4 & $2.2 BILLION / YEAR BILLION / YEAR BILLION / YEAR BEAUTY RECREATION GADGETS PERSONAL vs Vs vs CARE BRAINS MEDICAL FASHION Vs PET PAMPERING $8.0 & $2.0 $19.0 & $8.3 BILLION / YEAR $9.5 & $5.1 $10.5 & $0.78 BILLION / YEAR BILLION / YEAR BILLION / YEAR THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD IS ESTIMATED TO SPEND $69,166 ON GENERAL HOUSEHOLD LIVING COSTS IN 2012 WEEKLY SPENDING STATEVersus STATE $300 $250 ON AVERAGE TASMANIANS SPEND more ON TRANSPORT THAN HOUSING $200 $150 $100 $50 NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT $1265 $1225 $1241 $1044 $1285 $1064 $1500 $1536 AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL WEEKLY TOTAL -----.... ----- -------------------------------------- CURRENT HOUSING COSTS TRANSPORT CSTS RECREATION COSTS HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING & EQUIPMENT CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Australian Average: Australian Average: Australian Average: Australian Average: Australian Average: $223 $193 $161 $59 $44 PER WEEK NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 82c 80c 89c $1.09 52c 20с $1.13 $1.02 NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT TASMANIANS SPEND DRASTICALLY LESS PER WEEK ON PERFUME THE NATURAL SCENT OF THE WILDERNESS VS THE BOTTLED STUFF... QUEENSLANDERS SPEND THE MOST ON Dental $9.15 /week AUSTRALIA'S CHOC TERRITORY A.C.T SPEND NEARLY THE NSW BLUES NEED TO EAT MORE Double (THEY MUST BE GETTING THEIR SUGAR STRAIGHT Greens $2.70 /week WHAT THE NT SPEND ON CHOCOLATE EACH WEEK FROM THE CANE!) $2.43 vs $5.46 NT ACT 79c/week NSW IS MAD FOR ARE TASMANIANS BETTER DRIVERS BECAUSE THEY Movies SPEND LESS ON WHERE AS TASSY HAS FLICKED THE FLICKS SOUTH AUSTRALIANS Crash DON'T SPEND MUCH ON OVERSEAS Y$2.68 vs $1.36 Holidays REPAIRS? NSW TAS (DOES THIS MEAN THEY'RE THE MOST PATRIOTIC?) $6.50 /week Average Weekly Australian HOUSEHOLD COSTS BAKERY PRODUCTS MEALS IN RESTAURANTS SHOES HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES $20 $32 $7 $13 MOBILE PHONE CHILD CARE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS NEWS $12 $9 $14 $9 HOLIDAYS ANIMAL EXPENSES PERSONAL CARE HEALTH PRACTITIONERS $52 $1 $11 $20 Weekly opend by LIFE STAGE TОTAL ТОTAL ТОTAL TOTAL ТОTAL $869 lweek $1429 lweek $1484 lweek $1670 lweek $1900 lweek HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING $278 $360 $364 $325 $242 FUEL & POWER FUEL & POWER FUEL & POWER FUEL & POWER FUEL & POWER $20 $26 $28 $43 $48 FOOD & DRINKS FOOD & DRINKS FOOD & DRINKS FOOD & DRINKS FOOD & DRINKS $104 $207 $224 $279 $314 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR $23 $52 $54 $64 $82 MEDICAL & HEALTH EXPENSES MEDICAL & HEALTH EXPENSES MEDICAL & HEALTH EXPENSES MEDICAL & HEALTH EXPENSES MEDICAL & HEALTH EXPENSES $24 $58 $67 $77 $104 ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL $24 $41 $26 $31 $35 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT $142 $224 $220 $254 $332 RECREATION RECREATION RECREATION RECREATION RECREATION $106 $182 $132 $208 $253 LONE PERSON AGED UNDER 35 COUPLE W/ KIDS COUPLE W/ KIDS COUPLE W/ KIDS COUPLE ONLY REFERENCE PERSON AGED UNDER 35 ELDEST CHILD UNDER 5 ELDEST CHILD BETWEEN 5-14 ELDEST CHILD BETWEEN 14-24 IN THE 3 MINUTES IT TOOK YOU TO EXPLORE THIS INFOGRAPHIC, AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS SPENT il Carner TrackMySPEND $3.500.000 $223.55 SE0 01-Mur 18 duye let 30 Mur Coftee S3.00 > Muffin S4.50 > Be the BOSS OF YOUR MONEY GRAB THE NEW TrackMySPEND APP FROM Weekly Train Ticket 521.00 > Groceries S80.00 > Phone Credit S30.00 > MONEYSMART www.moneysmart.gov.au SOURCES: www.ibisworld.com.au Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Expenditure Survey, 2009-10 $100 $50 $20 $10 CE OOL$ OL$ $20