The given table demonstrates the proportion of spending allocated to 11 various categories per capita in Australia in 1986 and 2009. Overall, housing was the main purchase of Australians, accounting to 26% of expenditure per Australian in 2009. Notably, people spent less proportion of money to buy food in 2009 compared to 1986.
There was a significantly increased percentage of money allocated to some categories, including electricity & water, housing, healthcare and communication. All of them were invested more 3% or 4% of total expenditure per capita in Australia in 2009 rather than 1986, such as expenditure for housing allocated 22% in 1986, reached to 26% by 2009.
In contrast, the proportion of invested money on clothing and transport declined smoothly with 1% or 2%, Australians spend 15% of money in order to buy food by 2009, which accounted for 18% in 1986. Recreation & entertainment and insurance & financial services underwent a little growth during a 20-years period of time, with people preferring to spend more 1% of their money for transports and other goods and services.
