Monthly Household Spending Indicator

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Experimental indicator of household spending using bank transactions data

Reference period

May 2023

Released

11/07/2023

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Key statistics

Household spending increased 3.3% through the year on a current price, calendar adjusted basis.
Through the year, household spending increased for services (+7.2%) but fell for goods (-0.9%).
Through the year, household spending increased for non-discretionary (+6.9%) but fell for discretionary (-0.6%).

Household spending, current price, calendar adjusted (indexed to January 2019)
	Index	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
May-19	107.7	1.3
Jun-19	109.5	1.7
Jul-19	108.1	-1.3
Aug-19	110.3	2.0
Sep-19	109.6	-0.6
Oct-19	111.8	2.0
Nov-19	116.8	4.4
Dec-19	127.2	9.0
Jan-20	107.2	-15.7	7.2
Feb-20	106.2	-0.9	1.8
Mar-20	99.8	-6.1	-5.8
Apr-20	72.1	-27.7	-32.2
May-20	86.9	20.4	-19.4
Jun-20	95.6	10.1	-12.7
Jul-20	98.9	3.4	-8.5
Aug-20	95.1	-3.9	-13.8
Sep-20	98.2	3.3	-10.4
Oct-20	100.7	2.5	-9.9
Nov-20	116.3	15.5	-0.4
Dec-20	125.7	8.1	-1.2
Jan-21	101.3	-19.4	-5.6
Feb-21	104.0	2.7	-2.1
Mar-21	108.8	4.6	9.0
Apr-21	107.6	-1.1	49.1
May-21	109.6	1.9	26.2
Jun-21	110.9	1.1	15.9
Jul-21	103.2	-6.9	4.4
Aug-21	99.7	-3.4	4.9
Sep-21	103.1	3.4	5.0
Oct-21	110.0	6.7	9.3
Nov-21	127.2	15.6	9.4
Dec-21	132.1	3.8	5.1
Jan-22	107.9	-18.3	6.5
Feb-22	116.4	7.9	11.9
Mar-22	119.8	2.9	10.0
Apr-22	121.2	1.2	12.6
May-22	123.3	1.8	12.5
Jun-22	127.2	3.1	14.7
Jul-22	127.2	0.0	23.2
Aug-22	128.6	1.1	29.0
Sep-22	132.8	3.3	28.8
Oct-22	134.1	1.0	21.8
Nov-22	144.3	7.6	13.4
Dec-22	148.3	2.8	12.3
Jan-23	125.9	-15.1	16.6
Feb-23	128.8	2.3	10.6
Mar-23	128.2	-0.4	7.0
Apr-23	126.8	-1.1	4.7
May-23	127.4	0.4	3.3

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.

Significant events such as COVID-19 can lead to very strong through the year rises. Care should be given when comparing periods with these events.

Through the year spending

Household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted
	Mar-23 (%)	Apr-23 (%)	May-23 (%)
Food	8.9	7.1	5.8
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	-0.4	-0.9	0.5
Clothing and footwear	2.4	-1.7	-3.4
Furnishings and household equipment	-5.6	-2.7	-4.8
Health	11.0	9.3	6.1
Transport	14.9	14.3	7.7
Recreation and culture	1.3	-2.9	-3.2
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	17.3	8.3	7.8
Miscellaneous goods and services	3.7	4.1	7.6
Total	7.0	4.7	3.3

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

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Through the year household spending increased for six out of the nine spending categories. The largest increases were in:

hotels, cafes, and restaurants (+7.8%)
transport (+7.7%)
miscellaneous goods and services (+7.6%).

Goods and services spending

Household spending on goods and services, current price, calendar adjusted
	Goods - Index	Services - Index	Goods - Through the year change (%)	Services - Through the year change (%)
May-19	102.6	112.5
Jun-19	106.8	112.1
Jul-19	102.8	112.9
Aug-19	105.3	114.8
Sep-19	106.5	112.4
Oct-19	110.1	113.4
Nov-19	118.9	114.8
Dec-19	141.3	114.3
Jan-20	104.8	109.5	4.8	9.5
Feb-20	102.1	110.1	1.7	1.8
Mar-20	112.7	87.9	10.9	-20.0
Apr-20	95.3	50.7	-7.0	-53.9
May-20	113.3	62.5	10.4	-44.5
Jun-20	117.6	75.3	10.1	-32.8
Jul-20	117.8	81.5	14.6	-27.9
Aug-20	112.3	79.1	6.6	-31.1
Sep-20	113.4	84.2	6.5	-25.1
Oct-20	115.3	87.2	4.7	-23.1
Nov-20	136.8	97.3	15.1	-15.2
Dec-20	153.4	100.0	8.6	-12.5
Jan-21	112.5	90.9	7.3	-17.0
Feb-21	110.5	97.9	8.3	-11.0
Mar-21	113.3	104.7	0.5	19.1
Apr-21	111.6	103.8	17.1	104.8
May-21	114.2	105.4	0.8	68.7
Jun-21	118.9	103.4	1.1	37.3
Jul-21	113.3	93.9	-3.8	15.3
Aug-21	112.2	88.1	-0.1	11.3
Sep-21	116.2	90.9	2.5	8.0
Oct-21	123.8	97.4	7.3	11.7
Nov-21	145.6	110.2	6.4	13.2
Dec-21	158.5	107.7	3.3	7.6
Jan-22	119.4	97.3	6.1	7.1
Feb-22	121.7	111.5	10.1	13.8
Mar-22	122.6	117.1	8.2	11.9
Apr-22	125.6	117.1	12.5	12.7
May-22	124.7	122.1	9.2	15.8
Jun-22	128.3	126.1	7.9	22.0
Jul-22	126.3	128.0	11.5	36.2
Aug-22	127.7	129.4	13.8	46.9
Sep-22	132.9	132.6	14.4	45.9
Oct-22	135.7	132.6	9.7	36.2
Nov-22	152.2	136.9	4.5	24.3
Dec-22	165.6	132.3	4.5	22.8
Jan-23	126.7	125.1	6.2	28.6
Feb-23	124.8	132.4	2.6	18.8
Mar-23	123.8	132.3	0.9	13.0
Apr-23	125.1	128.4	-0.4	9.7
May-23	123.6	130.9	-0.9	7.2

Household spending on goods and services, current price, calendar adjusted

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Through the year, household spending on:

services rose 7.2%, driven by increased spending on other services, transport services, and catering services.
goods fell 0.9%, driven by falls in goods for recreation and culture, furniture, floor coverings and household goods.

Discretionary and non-discretionary spending

Household discretionary and non-discretionary spending, current price, calendar adjusted
	Discretionary - Index	Non Discretionary - Index	Discretionary - Through the year change (%)	Non Discretionary - Through the year change (%)
May-19	104.5	110.6
Jun-19	111.0	108.2
Jul-19	107.4	108.7
Aug-19	108.2	112.1
Sep-19	108.4	110.7
Oct-19	110.7	112.9
Nov-19	119.7	114.1
Dec-19	141.5	114.4
Jan-20	108.1	106.5	8.1	6.5
Feb-20	104.3	108.0	2.8	0.8
Mar-20	95.4	103.8	-7.3	-4.4
Apr-20	75.1	69.5	-28.2	-35.7
May-20	94.7	79.9	-9.4	-27.8
Jun-20	103.6	88.4	-6.6	-18.3
Jul-20	105.1	93.3	-2.1	-14.1
Aug-20	99.0	91.5	-8.5	-18.4
Sep-20	102.3	94.6	-5.6	-14.6
Oct-20	104.7	97.0	-5.3	-14.0
Nov-20	129.5	104.4	8.2	-8.5
Dec-20	144.8	108.4	2.3	-5.2
Jan-21	107.6	95.5	-0.4	-10.3
Feb-21	107.0	101.3	2.6	-6.2
Mar-21	111.4	106.5	16.8	2.6
Apr-21	111.5	104.1	48.5	49.8
May-21	112.2	107.3	18.5	34.4
Jun-21	117.0	105.3	12.9	19.1
Jul-21	106.1	100.7	0.9	7.9
Aug-21	101.1	98.4	2.1	7.5
Sep-21	105.9	100.6	3.5	6.4
Oct-21	115.1	105.5	9.9	8.7
Nov-21	141.8	114.0	9.5	9.2
Dec-21	150.7	115.3	4.1	6.3
Jan-22	113.0	103.3	5.0	8.1
Feb-22	119.8	113.3	11.9	11.9
Mar-22	123.1	116.8	10.5	9.7
Apr-22	127.1	115.8	14.0	11.3
May-22	126.1	120.8	12.4	12.6
Jun-22	132.2	122.6	13.1	16.4
Jul-22	129.3	125.3	22.0	24.4
Aug-22	129.6	127.7	28.2	29.7
Sep-22	135.6	130.2	28.1	29.5
Oct-22	136.7	131.7	18.7	24.9
Nov-22	153.0	136.4	7.9	19.6
Dec-22	162.7	135.3	8.0	17.3
Jan-23	126.9	124.9	12.3	20.9
Feb-23	125.5	131.7	4.8	16.2
Mar-23	124.5	131.5	1.1	12.7
Apr-23	125.8	127.7	-1.0	10.3
May-23	125.4	129.2	-0.6	6.9

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Through the year:

non-discretionary spending rose 6.9%, driven by spending on food, transport services, and catering services.
discretionary spending fell 0.6%, driven by falls in goods for recreation and culture and furniture, floor coverings and household goods, and clothing and footwear.

State and territory spending

State household spending through the year, current price, calendar adjusted
	Mar-2023 (%)	Apr-2023 (%)	May-2023 (%)
NSW	6.5	3.9	3.2
Vic.	7.0	4.3	2.4
Qld	5.5	4.4	3.5
SA	8.3	6.6	3.7
WA	9.8	7.7	4.7
Tas.	8.5	2.1	1.7
NT	9.2	1.6	0.8
ACT	9.7	5.8	3.9

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:

Western Australia (+4.7%)
Australian Capital Territory (+3.9%)
South Australia (+3.7%).

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

transport (+13.9%)
health (+12.2%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+8.6%).

In the Australian Capital Territory, the strongest household spending categories through the year were:

transport (+12.0%)
miscellaneous goods and services (+7.2%)
food (+7.0%).

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

miscellaneous good and services (+7.7%)
food (+5.9%)
health (+5.0%).

State household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Food	7.3	7.9	3.4	5.9	1.5	7.8	-3.1	7.0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	0.5	-4.6	4.1	3.4	2.9	-4.7	8.1	-8.3
Clothing and footwear	-2.7	-3.5	-2.7	-5.1	-3.2	-7.4	-15.0	-14.0
Furnishings and household equipment	-6.2	-2.9	-7.7	-3.6	-1.3	-1.1	0.0	-4.8
Health	6.4	3.1	6.3	5.0	12.2	6.0	8.2	5.0
Transport	6.0	5.2	11.7	4.4	13.9	3.6	7.8	12.0
Recreation and culture	-4.2	-3.8	-2.0	3.3	-3.5	-12.8	-7.9	-2.4
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	8.3	9.6	6.4	4.0	8.6	13.9	-0.8	7.0
Miscellaneous goods and services	9.6	6.7	7.1	7.7	3.5	-1.9	6.5	7.2
Total	3.2	2.4	3.5	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.8	3.9

State household spending through the year by goods/services, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Goods	-0.9	-0.9	-1.3	1.8	-1.5	-2.6	-6.3	-1.6
Services	6.9	5.7	8.0	5.4	10.7	5.4	5.3	8.2

State household discretionary/non-discretionary spending, through the year, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Discretionary	-0.9	-1.6	-0.2	2.0	0.4	-4.7	-3.1	-3.1
Non Discretionary	7.2	6.3	6.9	5.2	8.3	7.2	4.2	9.5

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Revisions and future development

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 2023, February 2023 and March 2023 months, in line with the first inclusion of HFCE benchmarks for the March 2023 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 have 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.

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Table 1. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australia

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