Table 54D : 2014/15 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		7,554	27.3
1	Meals bought away from home	4,948	17.9
2	Rice	60	0.2
3	Other cereals and cereal preparations	62	0.2
4	Bread, cakes, biscuits and puddings	200	0.7
5	Salt-water fish	230	0.8
6	Fresh-water fish	97	0.4
7	Other fresh sea products	94	0.3
8	Processed sea products	142	0.5
9	Pork	296	1.1
10	Beef	60	0.2
11	Poultry	94	0.3
12	Meat, frozen	117	0.4
13	Meat, canned	14	0.1
14	Meat, others	90	0.3
15	Fresh vegetables	303	1.1
16	Processed vegetables	12	0.0
17	Fresh fruit	196	0.7
18	Processed fruit	8	0.0
19	Dairy products	103	0.4
20	Eggs	34	0.1
21	Edible oils	38	0.1
22	Carbonated drinks	13	0.0
23	Other non-alcoholic beverages	74	0.3
24	Sugar	5	0.0
25	Confectionery	36	0.1
26	Flavourings and additives	31	0.1
27	Food, others	194	0.7
Section 2 : Housing		9,894	35.8
28	Rent, including rates and government rent	9,072	32.8
29	Management fees and other housing charges	809	2.9
30	Materials for house maintenance	13	0.0
Section 3 : Electricity, gas and water		740	2.7
31	Electricity	453	1.6
32	Towngas	179	0.6
33	Liquefied petroleum gas and other fuel	34	0.1
34	Water and sewage charges	73	0.3
Section 4 : Alcoholic drinks and tobacco		151	0.5
35	Chinese wines	3	0.0
36	Foreign-style wines	40	0.1
37	Beer	16	0.1
38	Cigarettes	93	0.3
Section 5 : Clothing and footwear		955	3.5
39	Men's outerclothing	178	0.6
40	Men's underclothing	14	0.1
41	Women's outerclothing	394	1.4
42	Women's underclothing	30	0.1
43	Children's outerclothing	61	0.2
44	Children's underclothing	6	0.0
45	Infants' clothing	16	0.1
46	Clothing, others	32	0.1
47	Clothing materials and tailoring charges	4	0.0
48	Men's footwear	78	0.3
49	Women's footwear	112	0.4
50	Children's and infants' footwear	30	0.1
Section 6 : Durable goods		892	3.2
51	Furniture	89	0.3
52	Home appliances, electric and gas	162	0.6
53	Video and sound equipment	100	0.4
54	Information technology and telecommunications equipment	166	0.6
55	Tableware and kitchen utensils	31	0.1
56	Watches, clocks, cameras and optical goods	125	0.5
57	Travel and sports goods	187	0.7
58	Durable goods, others	31	0.1
Section 7 : Miscellaneous goods		1,038	3.8
59	Proprietary medicines and supplies	217	0.8
60	Newspapers	26	0.1
61	Books and periodicals (excluding textbooks)	40	0.1
62	Stationery	32	0.1
63	Soft furnishings	36	0.1
64	Cosmetics and personal care products	268	1.0
65	Household cleansing tools and supplies	44	0.2
66	Jewellery	116	0.4
67	Toys and hobbies	87	0.3
68	Purchases of textbooks	108	0.4
69	Household goods, others	63	0.2
Section 8 : Transport		2,081	7.5
70	Purchases of and repairs to motor vehicles	281	1.0
71	Motor fuel	172	0.6
72	Motor licences, insurance, instructor's fees, parking fees and tunnel tolls	452	1.6
73	Bus fares	298	1.1
74	Tram fares	2	0.0
75	Public light bus fares	110	0.4
76	Taxi fares	132	0.5
77	MTR fares	403	1.5
78	Ferry fares	11	0.0
79	Local transport, others	72	0.3
80	Inbound and outbound transport fares	148	0.5
Section 9 : Miscellaneous services		4,323	15.6
81	School fees	1,128	4.1
82	Other educational charges	35	0.1
83	Medical services	716	2.6
84	Cinema entertainment	33	0.1
85	Package tours	602	2.2
86	Expenses on parties	73	0.3
87	Other entertainment and holiday expenses	51	0.2
88	Household services	668	2.4
89	Hair-dressing	74	0.3
90	Beauty treatment and fitness services	92	0.3
91	Repairs to personal and household goods	21	0.1
92	Professional services, subscriptions and other services	147	0.5
93	Information and communications services	642	2.3
94	Photographic and photo-printing services	41	0.1
Overall		27,627	100.0

Notes :	(a)	The Household Expenditure Survey (HES) is conducted once every 5 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 2014/15 HES was conducted during the period from October 2014 to September 2015.
	(b)	Figures or percentages may not add up to the respective totals due to rounding.
	(c)	'0.0' denotes figure less than 0.05%.
	(d)	Group 81 "School fees" covers “Kindergarten”, “Primary”, “Secondary”, “Diploma 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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