Essential Report

Concern about household expenses

May 5, 2015

Q. How concerned or unconcerned are you about the current costs of each specific expense for your household?

	Total concern-ed	Total not concern-ed	Very concern-ed	Not at all concern-ed	Don’t know	House-hold does not have this expense	Total concern-ed July 2014	Very concern-ed July 2014
Electricity	72%	25%	34%	7%	2%	1%	80%	49%
Health or medical (includes health insurance)	67%	24%	31%	6%	3%	5%	76%	42%
Food and groceries	65%	33%	25%	8%	2%	*	70%	29%
Transport (petrol, car, public transport)	60%	36%	22%	8%	2%	1%	74%	35%
Water	52%	40%	18%	10%	3%	6%	63%	29%
Mortgage or rent	48%	32%	21%	12%	3%	17%	53%	26%
Home insurance	48%	37%	18%	8%	4%	10%	61%	27%
Gas	43%	32%	16%	9%	2%	22%	54%	27%
Internet	42%	54%	12%	14%	2%	1%	47%	19%
Telephone	39%	56%	12%	16%	3%	2%	51%	20%
Education	38%	35%	17%	12%	2%	25%	51%	26%

The household expenses of most concern were electricity (72% concerned), health or medical (67%), food and groceries (65%) and transport (60%).

Since this question was asked in July last year, levels of concern about household expenses has dropped for all items. However, there has been little change in the ranking of issues of concern.

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