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Household consumption Expenditure
Categories of expenditure
Nine categories of household consumption expenditure used for reporting
Category |
Description |
|---|---|
Food and beverages |
Retail food and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. |
Clothing and footwear |
Clothing, footwear, and clothing and footwear repairs. |
Housing1 |
Rent, imputed rent of owner-occupied dwellings, rental expenses and maintenance of rental dwellings. |
Household goods and services |
Fuel and electricity for the home, furniture, major appliances, floor cover laying, curtains, textiles and tableware. |
Transport |
New and used vehicle purchase, vehicle repair, maintenance and operation, and purchased transport. |
Hotels and restaurants |
Food and beverages purchased in restaurants, takeaways and accommodation. |
Recreation and education2 |
Government education, private education, holiday recreation, retail recreational goods and gambling. |
Health and medical2 |
Medical services, charges, goods and insurance. |
Other goods and services |
Personal goods and services, post and telephone, and services not classified elsewhere. |
Notes:
(1) Housing excludes house purchases and mortgage payments, but does include an estimated rent for owner-occupied dwellings.
(2) The recreation and education category and the health and medical category shown in table 1 are not discussed in depth in this report card, because complete data sets for each category are unavailable. Where they are reported, the two categories are combined.
Source: Statistics New Zealand.
This information has come from the Household Consumption Expenditure environmental report card.
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Last updated: April 2009
