Monthly Household Spending Indicator

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Experimental indicator of household spending using bank transactions data

Reference period

April 2022

Released

14/06/2022

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Key statistics

Household spending increased 7.6% through the year, current price, calendar adjusted.
Through the year, household spending increased the most for furnishings and household equipment (+14.9%), hotels, cafes and restaurants (+14.3%), and transport (+12.4%).
Queensland (+11.4%) and South Australia (+9.5%) were the states with highest increase in household spending through the year.

Household spending, current price, calendar adjusted (indexed to January 2019)
	Index	Monthly	Through the year
Jan-2019	100
Feb-2019	103.6	3.6
Mar-2019	106.1	2.4
Apr-2019	105.3	-0.8
May-2019	107.5	2.1
Jun-2019	111	3.3
Jul-2019	107.7	-3
Aug-2019	109.4	1.6
Sep-2019	109	-0.4
Oct-2019	111.6	2.4
Nov-2019	115.6	3.6
Dec-2019	123.6	6.9
Jan-2020	106.1	-14.2	6.1
Feb-2020	104.1	-1.9	0.5
Mar-2020	101	-3	-4.8
Apr-2020	74.6	-26.1	-29.2
May-2020	89.4	19.8	-16.8
Jun-2020	98.7	10.4	-11.1
Jul-2020	100.2	1.5	-7
Aug-2020	95.4	-4.8	-12.8
Sep-2020	98.6	3.4	-9.5
Oct-2020	100.9	2.3	-9.6
Nov-2020	115.3	14.3	-0.3
Dec-2020	123.6	7.2	0
Jan-2021	101.2	-18.1	-4.6
Feb-2021	103.9	2.7	-0.2
Mar-2021	108.3	4.2	7.2
Apr-2021	107.5	-0.7	44.1
May-2021	110.2	2.5	23.3
Jun-2021	110.6	0.4	12.1
Jul-2021	103.1	-6.8	2.9
Aug-2021	100.2	-2.8	5
Sep-2021	103.8	3.6	5.3
Oct-2021	110.3	6.3	9.3
Nov-2021	125.2	13.5	8.6
Dec-2021	128.4	2.6	3.9
Jan-2022	107.6	-16.2	6.3
Feb-2022	114.5	6.4	10.2
Mar-2022	117.8	2.9	8.8
Apr-2022	115.7	-1.8	7.6

Household spending, current price, calendar adjusted (indexed to January 2019)

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Index reference period January 2019 = 100.0

Indicator estimates are produced in current price original and current price calendar adjusted terms. Calendar adjusted estimates account for trading day impacts and length of month. As the indicator time series lengthens, seasonally adjusted estimates will become available. Until such time, it is advised to focus on the through the year movements. Through the year movements measure change in the current month compared to the same month in the previous year.

Through the year spending

Household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted
	Feb-2022	Mar-2022	Apr-2022
Food	5.6	3.2	7.4
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	1.3	-3.8	2.6
Clothing and footwear	18.1	11.8	8.9
Furnishings and household equipment	9.5	12.3	14.9
Health	3.7	-0.7	-1.4
Transport	24.1	21.1	12.4
Recreation and culture	13.5	10.8	7.1
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	15.8	10.1	14.3
Miscellaneous goods and services	5.6	10.4	5.4
Total	10.2	8.8	7.6

Household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted

["","Feb-2022","Mar-2022","Apr-2022"]

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Through the year household spending increased in eight spending categories. The largest increases were in:

furnishings and household equipment (+14.9%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+14.3%)
transport (+12.4%).

The only category to show decreases in household spending through the year was:

health (-1.4%).

State and territory spending

State household spending through the year, current price, calendar adjusted
	Feb-2022	Mar-2022	Apr-2022
NSW	7.8	9.3	6.7
Vic.	13.9	7.9	6.4
Qld	7.6	10.9	11.4
SA	10.2	9.4	9.5
WA	14.3	5.7	8.1
Tas.	9.1	5.7	6.8
NT	7.5	8.6	6.5
ACT	5.2	5.7	2.9

State household spending through the year, current price, calendar adjusted

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Household spending increased through the year for all states and territories. The strongest increases were in:

Queensland (+11.4%)
South Australia (+9.5%)
Western Australia (+8.1%).

In Queensland, the strongest household spending categories through the year were:

hotels, cafes and restaurants (+29.4%)
clothing and footwear (+24.4%)
transport (+17.8%).

In South Australia, the strongest household spending categories through the year were:

furnishings and household equipment (+19.1%)
transport (+16.1%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+16.0%).

In Western Australia, the strongest household spending categories through the year were:

clothing and footwear (+30.2%)
transport (+19.1%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+13.0%).

State household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Food	8.6	6.2	9.2	13.8	1.5	9.6	-1.7	1.5
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	7	0.3	-2.5	8.6	2	5	4.8	-3.2
Clothing and footwear	1.9	6.5	24.4	2.3	30.2	3	9	-20.7
Furnishings and household equipment	21.1	18.5	11	19.1	8.1	8.6	-0.5	12.1
Health	-1	-5	1.8	1.7	-0.6	-7.6	-8	-5.5
Transport	6.7	12.7	17.8	16.1	19.1	15.8	13.1	13.5
Recreation and culture	2.3	12.4	10.1	5.9	8	1.2	13.1	1.1
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	14.9	7.3	29.4	16	13	19.4	2.9	9
Miscellaneous goods and services	5.5	2.5	8.5	4.5	6	3.5	12.7	2.5
Total	6.7	6.4	11.4	9.5	8.1	6.8	6.5	2.9

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Table 1. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australia
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Table 2. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, New South Wales
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Table 3. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Victoria
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Table 4. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Queensland
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Table 5. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, South Australia
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Table 6. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Western Australia
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Table 7. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Tasmania
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Table 8. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Northern Territory
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Table 9. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australian Capital Territory
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Revisions

Household spending quarterly benchmarks have been updated with latest Household Final Consumption Expenditure (HFCE) from Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product. This has resulted in revisions to the outputs of the Monthly Household Spending Indicator. The largest revisions occur to January 2022, February 2022 and March 2022 months, in line with the first inclusion of HFCE benchmarks for the March 2022 quarter. For more information on benchmarking please refer to 'Estimation' in the 'Transformation of the data' section in the Monthly Household Spending Indicator Methodology.

Updates to source data and additional processing have also resulted in some revisions to the outputs.

The new experimental monthly household spending indicator uses new and innovative methodologies to produce indicators of household spending based on bank transactions data.

The ABS is continuing to assess and refine the monthly household spending indicator methodologies and welcomes comments on the usefulness of these estimates. The information paper planned for this month will be now be published in the May 2022 release. The May release will include 4 new series and an information paper outlining the additions and their coherence with other ABS estimates.

The ABS is able to provide technical advice on using the monthly household spending indicator estimates, and its coherence with other ABS estimates such as Monthly Retail Trade and the National Accounts.

The ABS welcomes comments on the usefulness of these estimates. If you would like to provide feedback or request technical advice, please email national.accounts@abs.gov.au.

Acknowledgement

The ABS would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the participating banks that have enabled the ABS to produce these statistics.

Methodology

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Key statistics

Through the year spending

State and territory spending

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Monthly Household Spending Indicator Data Cubes

Table 1. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australia

Table 2. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, New South Wales

Table 3. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Victoria

Table 4. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Queensland

Table 5. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, South Australia

Table 6. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Western Australia

Table 7. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Tasmania

Table 8. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Northern Territory

Table 9. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australian Capital Territory

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Table 1. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australia

Table 2. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, New South Wales

Table 3. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Victoria

Table 4. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Queensland

Table 5. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, South Australia

Table 6. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Western Australia

Table 7. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Tasmania

Table 8. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Northern Territory

Table 9. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australian Capital Territory

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