The table below shows the monthly expenditure of an average Australian family in 1991 and 2001.

The table shows different categories of monthly spending for an

Australian

family in 1991 and 2001. The different categories include food, electricity and water, clothing, housing, transport and other goods/services.

Overall

, the total spending has increased over the span of 10 years from 1991 to 2001. For both years, money is mostly spent on other goods and services. Meanwhile spending on clothing contributed the least to total expenditure for both years. Focusing on the year 1991

first,

the highest money spent is on other goods, sitting at 250

Australian

Dollars

a month.

This

is

then

followed by food at 155

Australian

Dollars

. Housing, electricity water and transport

consequently

come

next,

each at 95, 75 and 70

Australian

dollars

respectively. Clothing takes the

last

place at 30

Australian

Dollars

. Moving on to the year 2001, there has been an increase of 40

dollars

in total spending, from 675 to 715

Australian

Dollars

in the ten-year gap. Spending on other items continued to take the top spot, experiencing an increase of 20

dollars

, bringing it up to 270

Australian

Dollars

.

Next,

this

is followed by food electricity and water which have both drastically grown to 160 and 120

Australian

Dollars

respectively. Expenditure on housing

also

experienced a small increase of 5

dollars

, to 100

Australian

Dollars

.

However

, though, expenditure on transport has dipped significantly, dropping from 70 to 45

Australian

Dollars

.

This

trend can

also

be seen with clothing with a decrease down to 20

Australian

Dollars

a month.