Household Economic Survey: Year ended 30 June 2004

Highlights

Average weekly household expenditure was $888 in 2003/04, up from $765 in 2000/01.
Expenditure on housing contributed the most to total household expenditure, averaging 24 cents in every dollar spent.
Seventy-one percent of households had access to a cellphone in 2003/04, up from 59 percent in 2000/01.
Average annual household income was $60,433 in 2003/04, up 12.3 percent from 2000/01.

Brian Pink	25 November 2004
Government Statistician	Cat 62.900 Set 04/05 – 091