The given table compares the weekly expenditure of retired single person with that of a retired couple in Australia.
Overall,the least expenditure is incurred on shopping and food by the retired people and the maximum on housing and other things. The couple have to spend more than what a single person has to spend on all thr things, but the biggest difference is in housing and clothing.
The total weekly expenses needed by a single person are 660$, whereas a retired couple spends 934$ weekly for a comfortable lifestyle . Out of this ,the maximum goes into housing and other miscellaneous expenditures by both categories of retires. 160$ and 284$ are spent on housing by single and couple retirees respectively,whereas 177$ and 223$ are devoted weekly to other things.
A single retired person spends 64$,92$,67$,55$ and 35$ on health,shelter,clothing,food and shopping respectively,whereas a couple has to spend moderately more(77$,110$,120$,70$ and 50$) on these things