Household Economic Survey: Year ended 30 June 2004

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  25 November 2004
See also Household Economic Survey: Year ended 30 June 2004 – Media release

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  • Average weekly household expenditure was $888 in 2003/04, up from $765 in 2000/01.
  • Expenditure on housing contributed the most to total household expenditure, averaging 24 cents in every dollar spent.
  • Seventy-one percent of households had access to a cellphone in 2003/04, up from 59 percent in 2000/01.
  • Average annual household income was $60,433 in 2003/04, up 12.3 percent from 2000/01.
 Graph, Average Weekly Household Expenditure.  Graph, Households with Cell Phone Access.
Brian Pink 25 November 2004
Government Statistician Cat 62.900 Set 04/05 – 091

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