The given table demonstrates the proportion of household expenditure on 11 goods and services per head in Austrailia during 1986 and 2009.
Overall, all categories recieved changes below 5%. Expenditures on delicacies, clothes and travels have dropped slightly, where the other 8 categories are all observed to be allocated with more proportion of income.
In 1986, money spend on food was the second highest among all, at 18% of spendings.It then declined slightly unitl finishing at 15%. Similarly, spendings to dress up and travel are reduced in a unconsiderable number of 2% and 1%, finishing at 4% and 13% lastly.
In sharp contrast to the decrease in expenditures, spendings on electricity and water, accomodations, medicine, education, recreation and entertainments, communication , insureance and finacial services, other goods and services are all seen to be dropped. The main cosumption in 1986 and 2009 are both housing expenditures, taking up above a quater of the total spendings.
