23-46Average
Monthly Household Expenditure by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile
Expenditure Group
Overall
Quartile Expenditure
Group
Commodity/
The Lowest 25%
The Second 25%
The Third 25%
The Highest 25%
Service Section
Value
(Percent)
Value
(Percent)
Value
(Percent)
Value
(Percent)
Value
(Percent)
(HKD)
(HKD)
(HKD)
(HKD)
(HKD)
Food
4863
25.8
2301
33.9
3978
32.4
5305
29.7
7870
20.4
Housing
5775
30.6
2257
33.3
3766
30.7
5150
28.8
11932
30.9
Electricity, Gas and Water
646
3.4
394
5.8
570
4.6
684
3.8
934
2.4
Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco
152
0.8
108
1.6
153
1.2
177
1.0
171
0.4
Clothing & Footwear
812
4.3
129
1.9
399
3.3
702
3.9
2020
5.2
Durable Goods
868
4.6
157
2.3
395
3.2
739
4.1
2183
5.7
Miscellaneous Goods
937
5.0
304
4.5
592
4.8
875
4.9
1978
5.1
Transport
1793
9.5
488
7.2
966
7.9
1490
8.3
4231
11.0
Miscellaneous Services
3037
16.1
646
9.5
1446
11.8
2753
15.4
7306
18.9
All Sections
18884
100.0
6783
100.0
12264
100.0
17876
100.0
38624
100.0
Number of Households
(household)
1684000
421000
421000
421000
421000
Note:Household
expenditures are calculated from the results of the Household Expenditure
Survey conducted during October 2004 to September 2005.