Household Economic Survey: Year ended 30 June 2007

Highlights

Average weekly household net expenditure was $956 in 2006/07.
The three largest components of total household expenditure were housing and household utilities (23 percent), food (16 percent) and transport (14 percent).
Households in Wellington region had the highest expenditure on recreation and culture ($120).
Average annual household income was $67,973 in 2006/07, up 10.2 percent from 2003/04.
Seventy-five percent of all households were satisfied or very satisfied with their material standard of living.
One-fifth of all households had more than one type of computer (desktop, laptop or hand-held).

Graph, Average Weekly Household Expenditure.

Geoff Bascand	30 November 2007
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0479