Table 54B : 2004/05 Household Expenditure Survey - Average monthly household expenditure by commodity/service section/group

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Commodity/Service Section/Group		Average Monthly Household Expenditure
Commodity/Service Section/Group		HK$	%
Section 1 : Food		4,863	25.8
1	Meals bought away from home	3,078	16.3
2	Rice	49	0.3
3	Other cereals and cereal preparations	45	0.2
4	Bread, cakes, biscuits and puddings	150	0.8
5	Salt-water fish	130	0.7
6	Fresh-water fish	71	0.4
7	Other fresh sea products	55	0.3
8	Processed sea products	88	0.5
9	Pork	184	1.0
10	Beef	32	0.2
11	Poultry	75	0.4
12	Meat, frozen	69	0.4
13	Meat, canned	6	0.0
14	Meat, others	75	0.4
15	Fresh vegetables	176	0.9
16	Processed vegetables	9	0.0
17	Fresh fruit	133	0.7
18	Processed fruit	5	0.0
19	Dairy products	88	0.5
20	Eggs	16	0.1
21	Edible oils	24	0.1
22	Carbonated drinks	20	0.1
23	Other non-alcoholic beverages	65	0.3
24	Sugar	4	0.0
25	Confectionery	35	0.2
26	Flavourings and additives	23	0.1
27	Foods, others	157	0.8
Section 2 : Housing		5,775	30.6
28	Rent, including rates and government rent	5,123	27.1
29	Management fees and other housing charges	648	3.4
30	Materials for house maintenance	5	0.0
Section 3 : Electricity, gas and water		646	3.4
31	Electricity	367	1.9
32	Towngas	175	0.9
33	Liquefied petroleum gas and other fuel	34	0.2
34	Water and sewage charges	70	0.4
Section 4 : Alcoholic drinks and tobacco		152	0.8
35	Chinese wines	3	0.0
36	Foreign-style wines	22	0.1
37	Beer	21	0.1
38	Cigarettes	106	0.6
Section 5 : Clothing and footwear		812	4.3
39	Men's outerclothing	180	1.0
40	Men's underclothing	7	0.0
41	Women's outerclothing	334	1.8
42	Women's underclothing	23	0.1
43	Children's outerclothing	52	0.3
44	Children's underclothing	4	0.0
45	Infants' clothing	10	0.1
46	Clothing, others	26	0.1
47	Clothing materials and tailoring charges	5	0.0
48	Men's footwear	53	0.3
49	Women's footwear	100	0.5
50	Children's and infants' footwear	18	0.1
Section 6 : Durable goods		868	4.6
51	Furniture	80	0.4
52	Home appliances, electric and gas	153	0.8
53	Video and sound equipment	140	0.7
54	Computer and telecommunications equipment	227	1.2
55	Tableware and kitchen utensils	18	0.1
56	Watches, clocks, cameras and optical goods	113	0.6
57	Travel and sports goods	109	0.6
58	Durable goods, others	29	0.2
Section 7 : Miscellaneous goods		937	5.0
59	Proprietary medicines and supplies	106	0.6
60	Newspapers	91	0.5
61	Books and periodicals	155	0.8
62	Stationery	28	0.1
63	Soft furnishings	32	0.2
64	Cosmetics and personal care products	225	1.2
65	Household cleansing tools and supplies	32	0.2
66	Jewellery	69	0.4
67	Toys and hobbies	111	0.6
68	Household goods, others	87	0.5
Section 8 : Transport		1,793	9.5
69	Purchases of and repairs to motor vehicles	236	1.3
70	Motor fuel	156	0.8
71	Motor licences, insurance, instructor's fees, parking fees and tunnel tolls	318	1.7
72	Bus fares	352	1.9
73	Tram fares	3	0.0
74	Public light bus fares	106	0.6
75	Taxi fares	119	0.6
76	Mass Transit Railway fares	200	1.1
77	Train fares	79	0.4
78	Light Rail fares	15	0.1
79	Ferry fares	14	0.1
80	Local transport, others	65	0.3
81	Inbound and outbound transport fares	130	0.7
Section 9 : Miscellaneous services		3,037	16.1
82	School fees	852	4.5
83	Other educational charges	23	0.1
84	Medical services	432	2.3
85	Cinema entertainment	21	0.1
86	Package tours	252	1.3
87	Expenses on parties	50	0.3
88	Other entertainment and holiday expenses	78	0.4
89	Household services	465	2.5
90	Hair-dressing	76	0.4
91	Beauty treatment and fitness services	93	0.5
92	Repairs to personal and household goods	15	0.1
93	Professional services, photo-printing, subscriptions and other services	94	0.5
94	Telephone and other communications services	585	3.1
Overall		18,884	100.0

Notes :	(a)	The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) is conducted at five-yearly intervals to collect up-to-date information on the expenditure patterns of households in Hong Kong for updating the expenditure weights used for compiling the Consumer Price Index. The 2004/05 HES was conducted during the period from October 2004 to September 2005.
	(b)	Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
	(c)	'0.0' denotes figures less than 0.05%.
	(d)	Group 82 "School fees" covers “Kindergarten”, “Primary”, “Secondary”, “Project Yi Jin, craft and technician level”, “Post-secondary (including distance learning)”, “Private, vocational”, “Language courses” and "Other courses". "Tuition schools and expenses on tuition" is also included.
	(e)	Statistics on medical expenses are subsumed in group 59 "Proprietary medicines and supplies" and group 84 "Medical services".
Source :	Price Analysis & Research Section, Census and Statistics Department (Enquiry telephone no. : 3903 7384 Enquiry e-mail : hes@censtatd.gov.hk)

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