(10) Writing Task 1 : Australian Family monthly expenditure

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The table below shows the monthly expenditure of an average Australian family in 1991 and 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

	1991	2001
	Australian Dollar Per Month
Food	155	160
Electricity and Water	75	120
Clothing	30	20
Housing	95	100
Transport	70	45
Other goods and services*	250	270
Total	675	715
*Other goods and services: non-essential goods and services

  

The table shows monthly expense in daily needs for average Australian family. The data were taken from year 1991 and 2001. It is obvious from the table that monthly expense obtained quite a rise in the span of ten-year period. At $715 a month in 2001, it increased nearly 10% from $675 in 1991.

Some necessity definitely leveled up in its monthly expense. Food climbed up slightly from $155 per month to $160. Similar case happened for housing which rose from $95 a month to $100, also for other unspecified necessities which rose from $250 a month to $270. The needs for electricity and water, however, rocketed quite sharply. From $75 per month in 1991, it almost doubled up in 2001.

In the contrary, other necessities showed the opposite trend. The consumption for clothing definitely decreased, from $30 a month to $20. The more extreme case happened for transport. Average Australian family needed $70 a month for transport in 1991. In 2001, this figure was reduced to almost half of it, which is $45 a month. 

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