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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan areas
| |
2003 |
| |
St. John's |
Charlottetown-Summerside |
| Estimated number of households reporting |
63,160 |
20,570 |
| |
Average expenditure per household |
Households reporting expenditures |
Average expenditure per household |
Households reporting expenditures |
| |
$ |
% |
$ |
% |
| Total expenditure |
61,513 |
100.0 |
48,947 |
100.0 |
| Total current consumption |
43,282 |
100.0 |
36,599 |
100.0 |
| Food |
6,712 |
100.0 |
5,551 |
100.0 |
| Shelter |
10,416 |
99.3 |
9,235 |
100.0 |
| Household operation |
2,839 |
100.0 |
2,500 |
100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment |
1,903 |
96.6 |
1,203 |
94.7 |
| Clothing |
2,817 |
98.5 |
1,916 |
96.8 |
| Transportation |
8,046 |
98.3 |
7,420 |
98.3 |
| Health care |
1,659 |
97.2 |
1,392 |
97.3 |
| Personal care |
873 |
100.0 |
715 |
100.0 |
| Recreation |
3,619 |
98.2 |
2,918 |
98.8 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter |
323 |
87.6 |
267 |
83.5 |
| Education |
1,175 |
51.1 |
1,120 |
42.5 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages |
1,651 |
91.5 |
1,437 |
84.5 |
| Games of chance (net) |
298 |
80.6 |
223 |
70.1 |
| Miscellaneous expenditures |
950 |
85.2 |
701 |
84.7 |
| Personal income taxes |
12,956 |
84.0 |
8,039 |
86.0 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions |
4,231 |
80.1 |
3,086 |
75.1 |
| Gifts of money and contributions |
1,044 |
85.6 |
1,224 |
75.0 |
| Note: Metropolitan Area: the overall concept for delineating metropolitan areas is one of a large urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with this urban area. |
| Source: Statistics
Canada, CANSIM, table 203-0001
and Catalogue no. 62F0026MIE. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-21. |
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