The table compares figures in terms of expenditure during a month for a family in Australia in two sperate years 1991 and 2001.
Overll,it can be concluded from the table that costs of the family increase over time in their main needs namely,food, electricity and water, housing , other goods and services.
The amount of money spent on electricity and water grow relatively from 75 in 1991 to 120 in 2001, while for other expenditure such as food and housing experience a slight increase about five Australian dollar for each.
In contrast, people spend lower money on parts like clothing and transport in 2001,from 70 dollar per month in 1991 to 45 dollar in 2001 for transport and 30 dollar decrease to 20 dollar per month for clothing so this trend shows people mainly spend their Money more on their main needs over time.