The bar chart illustrates the proportion of the household income expenditure on six particular categories (food, housing, transport, education, entertainment, and healthcare) by three various income groups (low, middle, high-income).
Overall, it is clear that lower-income households allocate a significantly larger percentage of the basic needs such as food, and housing. In stark contrast, higher-income households mostly spend on housing, entertainment, and education. Additionally, middle-income group showed simillar trend to the low-income households.
In terms of basic necessities, food and housing accounted for the highest proportions of expenditure across all income groups. Looking at the figures for food, low-income families allocated the highest percentage at exactly 35%, whereas middle-income households spent 25%. In contrast, wealthier families spent the lowest share on food, at only 15%. A similar pattern can be observed in housing, which was a major expense for all brackets. Low-income groups led this category at 30%, followed closely by Middle-income households at roughly 28%, and high-income earners at 25%.
Turning to the remaining categories, education and entertainment showed an opposite trend. High-income households spent a substantial 20% on entertainment and 18% on education, while low-income families allocated less than 10% to both, with education hitting a low of 5%. Meanwhile, transport showed a unique peak among middle-income households at 15%, compared to 12% for high and 10% for low income. Lastly, healthcare expenditure remained relatively uniform across all groups, fluctuating slightly between 10% and 12%.