Compared to two or three years ago is your household paying more or less for the following –
| Paying a lot more | Paying a little more | Paying about the same | Paying a little less | Paying a lot less | Don’t know | Feb 2013
Paying a lot more |
Mar 2014
Paying a lot more |
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| Petrol | 19% | 28% | 23% | 22% | 3% | 4% | 50% | 56% | |
| Fresh food – fruit, vegetables, meat | 25% | 47% | 23% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 36% | 36% | |
| Packaged food | 15% | 45% | 31% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 28% | 26% | |
| Electricity and gas | 34% | 40% | 17% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 70% | 62% | |
| Housing – mortgage or rent | 14% | 27% | 36% | 6% | 3% | 14% | 24% | 24% | |
| Insurance | 24% | 38% | 28% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 43% | 36% | |
| Water | 13% | 32% | 45% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 47% | 40% | |
| Clothing | 13% | 32% | 45% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 21% | 17% | |
| Education | 16% | 21% | 29% | 3% | 4% | 28% | 24% | 21% | |
| Medical, dental | 23% | 36% | 34% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 33% | 32% |
Items which respondents said they were “paying a lot more” for were electricity and gas (34%), fresh food (25%) and insurance (24%).
Since this question was asked 2 years ago, for almost all items, the perceptions of paying a lot more have dropped substantially.