Monthly Household Spending Indicator

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Experimental indicator of household spending using bank transactions data

Reference period

October 2022

Released

6/12/2022

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Key statistics

Household spending increased 20.7% through the year on a current price, calendar adjusted basis.
Through the year, household spending increased for both services (+34.2%) and goods (+9.3%).
Through the year, both non-discretionary (+21.0%) and discretionary (+20.4%) spending increased.

Household spending, current price, calendar adjusted (indexed to January 2019)
	Index	Monthly (%)	Through the year (%)
Jan-19	100
Feb-19	104.4	4.4
Mar-19	105.9	1.4
Apr-19	106.3	0.4
May-19	107.7	1.3
Jun-19	109.5	1.7
Jul-19	108.1	-1.3
Aug-19	110.3	2
Sep-19	109.5	-0.7
Oct-19	111.7	2
Nov-19	116.5	4.4
Dec-19	126.8	8.8
Jan-20	106.7	-15.9	6.7
Feb-20	105.6	-1	1.1
Mar-20	99.4	-5.8	-6.1
Apr-20	72.1	-27.5	-32.2
May-20	86.9	20.5	-19.3
Jun-20	95.6	10	-12.7
Jul-20	98.9	3.4	-8.5
Aug-20	95	-4	-13.9
Sep-20	98.1	3.2	-10.5
Oct-20	100.6	2.5	-9.9
Nov-20	116.1	15.5	-0.4
Dec-20	125.3	8	-1.2
Jan-21	100.8	-19.6	-5.5
Feb-21	103.6	2.7	-1.9
Mar-21	108.5	4.7	9.1
Apr-21	107.5	-0.9	49
May-21	109.6	1.9	26
Jun-21	109.6	0	14.6
Jul-21	102.2	-6.7	3.3
Aug-21	99	-3.2	4.2
Sep-21	102.5	3.6	4.5
Oct-21	109.3	6.7	8.7
Nov-21	126.2	15.5	8.7
Dec-21	131.4	4.1	4.8
Jan-22	107.4	-18.2	6.6
Feb-22	116.2	8.1	12.2
Mar-22	119.7	3.1	10.4
Apr-22	121	1	12.6
May-22	123.2	1.8	12.4
Jun-22	126.9	3	15.8
Jul-22	126.7	-0.1	24
Aug-22	127.8	0.8	29.2
Sep-22	131.7	3	28.5
Oct-22	132	0.2	20.7

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

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Index reference period January 2019 = 100.0

The current July - October 2022 estimates of the Monthly Household Spending indicator are benchmarked using the June quarter 2022 Household Final Consumption Expenditure results as the September quarter 2022 is yet to be published. The Indicator will be re-benchmarked to the September quarter 2022 Household Final Consumption Expenditure estimates when the November release is published on 10/01/2023.

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
	Aug-22 (%)	Sep-22 (%)	Oct-22 (%)
Food	2.5	3.6	4.5
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	0.4	4.8	13.3
Clothing and footwear	75.3	71.3	32.2
Furnishings and household equipment	12.9	12.7	1.8
Health	20	17.1	14.1
Transport	57.8	54.1	42.3
Recreation and culture	42.7	37.1	26.1
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	65	61.5	39.9
Miscellaneous goods and services	19.6	23.7	16.2
Total	29.2	28.5	20.7

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

["","Aug-22","Sep-22","Oct-22"]

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

transport (+42.3%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+39.9%)
clothing and footwear (+32.2%).

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 (%)
Jan-19	100	100
Feb-19	100.3	108.2
Mar-19	101.6	110
Apr-19	102.4	110
May-19	102.5	112.5
Jun-19	106.8	112.1
Jul-19	102.7	113
Aug-19	105.4	114.8
Sep-19	106.5	112.4
Oct-19	110	113.2
Nov-19	118.7	114.5
Dec-19	141	113.7
Jan-20	104.5	108.7	4.5	8.7
Feb-20	101.8	109.2	1.4	0.9
Mar-20	112.5	87.4	10.7	-20.6
Apr-20	95.4	50.6	-6.8	-54
May-20	113.4	62.4	10.6	-44.6
Jun-20	117.7	75.1	10.3	-33
Jul-20	118	81.2	14.9	-28.2
Aug-20	112.5	78.8	6.7	-31.4
Sep-20	113.5	83.8	6.6	-25.4
Oct-20	115.4	86.8	5	-23.4
Nov-20	137.1	96.7	15.4	-15.6
Dec-20	153.7	99.1	9	-12.9
Jan-21	112.6	89.9	7.7	-17.3
Feb-21	110.7	97	8.7	-11.1
Mar-21	113.6	103.8	1	18.8
Apr-21	112.2	103.1	17.6	103.9
May-21	114.4	105	0.9	68.4
Jun-21	118.6	101.2	0.8	34.7
Jul-21	112.7	92.4	-4.5	13.8
Aug-21	111.4	87.5	-1	11
Sep-21	115.4	90.5	1.7	8
Oct-21	122.9	96.7	6.5	11.5
Nov-21	144.9	108.9	5.7	12.7
Dec-21	158.1	106.7	2.9	7.7
Jan-22	119.2	96.5	5.9	7.4
Feb-22	121.8	111	10.1	14.4
Mar-22	122.9	116.9	8.2	12.6
Apr-22	125.7	116.6	12.1	13.1
May-22	124.9	121.6	9.2	15.8
Jun-22	128.8	125.1	8.5	23.7
Jul-22	127.4	126.1	13	36.5
Aug-22	128.5	127.1	15.4	45.4
Sep-22	133.3	130.2	15.5	43.9
Oct-22	134.3	129.8	9.3	34.2

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

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Through the year, household spending on:

services rose 34.2%, driven by increased spending on transport, recreational, and catering services.
goods rose 9.3%, driven by rises in clothing and footwear.

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 (%)
Jan-19	100	100
Feb-19	101.4	107.1
Mar-19	102.9	108.7
Apr-19	104.5	108
May-19	104.5	110.6
Jun-19	111.1	108.1
Jul-19	107.5	108.6
Aug-19	108.4	112
Sep-19	108.5	110.4
Oct-19	110.7	112.6
Nov-19	119.6	113.8
Dec-19	141.1	113.9
Jan-20	107.5	106	7.5	6
Feb-20	103.5	107.5	2.1	0.3
Mar-20	94.9	103.5	-7.8	-4.8
Apr-20	75.1	69.4	-28.1	-35.7
May-20	94.7	79.9	-9.4	-27.7
Jun-20	103.5	88.5	-6.9	-18.1
Jul-20	104.9	93.4	-2.4	-14
Aug-20	98.8	91.5	-8.8	-18.3
Sep-20	102	94.5	-6	-14.4
Oct-20	104.4	97.1	-5.7	-13.7
Nov-20	129.1	104.4	7.9	-8.3
Dec-20	144.1	108.4	2.1	-4.8
Jan-21	106.7	95.5	-0.7	-9.9
Feb-21	106.2	101.2	2.6	-5.9
Mar-21	110.6	106.5	16.6	2.9
Apr-21	110.9	104.4	47.7	50.4
May-21	111.7	107.6	18	34.7
Jun-21	115	104.7	11.1	18.2
Jul-21	104.7	99.9	-0.2	6.9
Aug-21	100.4	97.6	1.6	6.7
Sep-21	105.4	99.9	3.3	5.7
Oct-21	114.4	104.8	9.6	7.9
Nov-21	140.8	113.1	9	8.4
Dec-21	150.1	114.5	4.1	5.7
Jan-22	112.5	102.8	5.5	7.7
Feb-22	119.4	113.2	12.5	11.9
Mar-22	122.8	117	11	9.8
Apr-22	126.4	116.1	14	11.2
May-22	125.5	121.1	12.4	12.5
Jun-22	131.9	122.4	14.7	16.9
Jul-22	129.6	124.1	23.8	24.2
Aug-22	130.4	125.5	29.9	28.5
Sep-22	136.9	127	29.9	27.1
Oct-22	137.7	126.8	20.4	21

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Through the year:

discretionary household spending rose 20.4%, driven by spending in recreation and culture, and clothing and footwear.
non-discretionary household spending rose 21.0%, driven by spending on transport services.

State and territory spending

State household spending through the year, current price, calendar adjusted
	Aug-22 (%)	Sep-22 (%)	Oct-22 (%)
NSW	42.4	38.2	16.5
Vic.	33.6	38.9	32.8
Qld	22	15.8	15.4
SA	14.3	15.3	17
WA	13.4	15.1	15.9
Tas.	17.2	14.1	16.0
NT	10.2	11.0	9.7
ACT	47.1	72.5	36.6

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

["","Aug-22","Sep-22","Oct-22"]

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

the Australian Capital Territory (+36.6%)
Victoria (+32.8%)
South Australia (+17.0%).

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

hotels, cafes and restaurants (+91.8%)
clothing and footwear (+71.9%)
transport (+67.5%).

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

clothing and footwear (+88.2%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+70.0%)
transport (+63.9%).

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

transport (+29.2%)
alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+27.9%)
hotels, cafes and restaurants (+24.0%).

State household spending through the year by category, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Food	2.0	0.4	7.6	10.7	11.1	6.5	10.6	3.2
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco	6.5	18.5	12.0	27.9	17.1	20.4	10.5	22.7
Clothing and footwear	15.5	88.2	19.5	13.6	20.9	0	21.1	71.9
Furnishings and household equipment	-11.9	23.2	-0.5	4.3	-4.3	-10.7	11.4	20.0
Health	10.3	23.1	8.9	11.3	16.6	14.4	2.2	24.2
Transport	44.9	63.9	24.3	29.2	31.1	35.8	21.1	67.5
Recreation and culture	29.1	33.8	21.4	16.3	16.1	19.5	3.7	32.4
Hotels, cafes and restaurants	41.0	70.0	29.8	24.0	10.0	30.5	10.9	91.8
Miscellaneous goods and services	1.7	34.6	14.2	15.3	20.4	13.2	4.6	33.6
Total	16.5	32.8	15.4	17.0	15.9	16.0	9.7	36.6

State household spending through the year by goods/services, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Goods	1.4	17.9	8.8	10.3	9.9	4.4	9.7	17.2
Services	35.2	52.4	22.6	24.3	22.4	28.3	10.0	57.5

State household discretionary/non-discretionary spending, through the year, current price, calendar adjusted (%)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
Discretionary	12.7	37.9	15.9	16.1	14.6	11.9	10.1	37.6
Non Discretionary	20.7	28.1	14.9	17.9	17.0	20.0	9.6	35.6

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Revisions and future development

Updates to source data and additional processing 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.

The ABS is continuing to assess and refine the monthly household spending indicator methodologies and welcomes comments on the usefulness of these estimates.

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Table 1. Experimental estimates of Household Spending, Australia

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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

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Key statistics

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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

New datacubes concordance

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