date:Apr 16, 2013
p from $216 in 2003-04 and $212 in 1998-99. However, household spending on food and beverages as a proportion of total household spending declined to 19.1 per cent in 2009-10, down from 19.9 per cent in 2003-04 and 21.1 per cent in 2003-04.
Meals out and takeaway food increased as a proportion of total household spending on food and beverages over the three survey periods, growing from around 22 per cent in 1998-99 to more than 25 per cent in 2009-10. In 2009-10, nearly 15 per cent of household