The table depicts Percentage of Expenditure Per Capita in Australia in 1986 and 2009. It illustrates category of food, Electricity & water, clothing, housing, transport, healthcare, education, recreation & entertainment, communication, insurance & financial services and other goods. Overall, it is apparent that almost all category means increased, with notable exceptions of food, clothing and transportation, which experienced a decrease of varying increase. It is clearly seen, spending on foodstuff, clothing and transportation showed almost similar pattern of decline. Notably, housing remained the predominant mode.
Foodstuff emerged as the most prevalent means of category, with 18% spent per capita in 1986. The usage of this cuisine faced notable decline by 2009, with the figure less than 15%. The same decrease was evident in the attire usage, as it also saw negligible change from 6% to 4%. Transportation, on the other hand, exhibited a less drastic decrease by 1% (from 14% in the first year, to 13% in 2009). While clothing declined to the lowest proportion, illustrating 4%.
Conversely, demand for other things increased. The housing, education, recreation and entertainment, and, insurance and financial services, for example, upsurged with similar percent (by 2% per capita in 2009). At the same time, it should be noted that housing accounted for the largest share of capital expenditures: 26% per capita in 2009. Fixed asset expense of electricity and water increased from 7% to 10 %. Healthcare (from 5% in 1986 to 8 in 2009), and communication ( from 3% in 1986 to 5%) also displayed similar degrees of rise by 3%.