The infographic illustrates the Australian household monthly expenses in 1991 and 2001 in six various categories including food, electricity and water, clothing, housing, transport, and other goods and services.
Overall, almost all categories increased within a decade except for transport and clothing which shows a decline in monthly cost.
It can be clearly seen that electricity and water usage has increased dramatically from 75 in 1991 to 129 in 2001 showing 45 gap within a decade. In contrast, the transportation area shows a significant decline in 2001 accounting to 45 compared to 70 in 1991. In addition, there was a dropped in monthly cost in clothing from 30 to 20.
Meanwhile, food, housing, and other goods and services was higher in 2001 compared to the previous year with 5 percent increase in food and housing while 20 percnt5 increase in other goods and services category. As a result, the oveall total of monthly expenditures outlined the increased of spending of Australians individuals.