Table 54C: 2009/10 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		5,859	27.1
1	Meals bought away from home	3,695	17.1
2	Rice	69	0.3
3	Other cereals and cereal preparations	56	0.3
4	Bread, cakes, biscuits and puddings	168	0.8
5	Salt-water fish	161	0.7
6	Fresh-water fish	86	0.4
7	Other fresh sea products	63	0.3
8	Processed sea products	104	0.5
9	Pork	242	1.1
10	Beef	49	0.2
11	Poultry	86	0.4
12	Meat, frozen	92	0.4
13	Meat, canned	14	0.1
14	Meat, others	88	0.4
15	Fresh vegetables	245	1.1
16	Processed vegetables	11	0.1
17	Fresh fruit	152	0.7
18	Processed fruit	6	0.0
19	Dairy products	101	0.5
20	Eggs	28	0.1
21	Edible oils	34	0.2
22	Carbonated drinks	17	0.1
23	Other non-alcoholic beverages	67	0.3
24	Sugar	5	0.0
25	Confectionery	32	0.1
26	Flavourings and additives	29	0.1
27	Food, others	158	0.7
Section 2 : Housing		7,093	32.8
28	Rent, including rates and government rent	6,418	29.7
29	Management fees and other housing charges	663	3.1
30	Materials for house maintenance	12	0.1
Section 3 : Electricity, gas and water		630	2.9
31	Electricity	346	1.6
32	Towngas	174	0.8
33	Liquefied petroleum gas and other fuel	38	0.2
34	Water and sewage charges	72	0.3
Section 4 : Alcoholic drinks and tobacco		133	0.6
35	Chinese wines	3	0.0
36	Foreign-style wines	30	0.1
37	Beer	16	0.1
38	Cigarettes	84	0.4
Section 5 : Clothing and footwear		861	4.0
39	Men's outerclothing	152	0.7
40	Men's underclothing	13	0.1
41	Women's outerclothing	371	1.7
42	Women's underclothing	23	0.1
43	Children's outerclothing	56	0.3
44	Children's underclothing	6	0.0
45	Infants' clothing	12	0.1
46	Clothing, others	27	0.1
47	Clothing materials and tailoring charges	3	0.0
48	Men's footwear	68	0.3
49	Women's footwear	103	0.5
50	Children's and infants' footwear	25	0.1
Section 6 : Durable goods		886	4.1
51	Furniture	71	0.3
52	Home appliances, electric and gas	150	0.7
53	Video and sound equipment	125	0.6
54	Computer and telecommunications equipment	181	0.8
55	Tableware and kitchen utensils	25	0.1
56	Watches, clocks, cameras and optical goods	132	0.6
57	Travel and sports goods	184	0.9
58	Durable goods, others	18	0.1
Section 7 : Miscellaneous goods		920	4.3
59	Proprietary medicines and supplies	128	0.6
60	Newspapers	63	0.3
61	Books and periodicals (excluding textbooks)	52	0.2
62	Stationery	24	0.1
63	Soft furnishings	42	0.2
64	Cosmetics and personal care products	233	1.1
65	Household cleansing tools and supplies	39	0.2
66	Jewellery	104	0.5
67	Toys and hobbies	76	0.4
68	Purchases of textbooks	96	0.4
69	Household goods, others	64	0.3
Section 8 : Transport		1,792	8.3
70	Purchases of and repairs to motor vehicles	267	1.2
71	Motor fuel	157	0.7
72	Motor licences, insurance, instructor's fees, parking fees and tunnel tolls	289	1.3
73	Bus fares	318	1.5
74	Tram fares	3	0.0
75	Public light bus fares	112	0.5
76	Taxi fares	116	0.5
77	MTR fares	320	1.5
78	Ferry fares	14	0.1
79	Local transport, others	58	0.3
80	Inbound and outbound transport fares	138	0.6
Section 9 : Miscellaneous services		3,449	16.0
81	School fees	996	4.6
82	Other educational charges	31	0.1
83	Medical services	590	2.7
84	Cinema entertainment	25	0.1
85	Package tours	424	2.0
86	Expenses on parties	21	0.1
87	Other entertainment and holiday expenses	56	0.3
88	Household services	519	2.4
89	Hair-dressing	67	0.3
90	Beauty treatment and fitness services	75	0.3
91	Repairs to personal and household goods	18	0.1
92	Professional services, subscriptions and other services	87	0.4
93	Telephone and other communications services	515	2.4
94	Photographic and photo-printing services	26	0.1
Overall		21,623	100.0

Notes :	(a)	The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) is conducted once every five years 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 2009/10 HES was conducted during the period from October 2009 to September 2010.
	(b)	Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
	(c)	'0.0' denotes figures less than 0.05%.
	(d)	Group 81 "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 83 "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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