26-45  Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile Expenditure Group|26-45AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditurebyCommodity/ServiceSectionbyQuartileExpenditureGroup|Commodity/
ServiceSection|Overall|QuartileExpenditureGroup|TheLowest25%|TheSecond25%|TheThird25%|TheHighest25%|Value|(Percent)|Value|(Percent)|Value|(Percent)|Value|(Percent)|Value|(Percent)|(HKD)|(HKD)|(HKD)|(HKD)|(HKD)||Food|5859|27.1|2979|41.1|4767|34.3|6443|30.8|9251|20.8|Housing|7093|32.8|2042|28.2|4620|33.2|6889|33|14825|33.3|Electricity,GasandWater|630|2.9|370|5.1|553|4|651|3.1|944|2.1|AlcoholicDrinks&Tobacco|133|0.6|86|1.2|123|0.9|139|0.7|184|0.4|Clothing&Footwear|861|4|166|2.3|394|2.8|723|3.5|2160|4.9|DurableGoods|886|4.1|135|1.9|378|2.7|722|3.5|2309|5.2|MiscellaneousGoods|920|4.3|300|4.1|549|3.9|889|4.3|1942|4.4|Transport|1792|8.3|490|6.8|937|6.7|1471|7|4271|9.6|MiscellaneousServices|3449|16|680|9.4|1586|11.4|2960|14.2|8573|19.3|AllSections|21623|100|7248|100|13908|100|20887|100|44458|100|NumberofHouseholds|(household)|1727000|432000|432000|432000|432000||Notes:HouseholdexpendituresarecalculatedfromtheresultsoftheHouseholdExpenditureSurveyconductedduringOctober2009toSeptember|2010.Duringthesurveyperiodof2009/10HouseholdExpenditureSurvey,thehouseholdexpenditurewasloweredbyanumberof|Government'sone-offreliefmeasures.Householdexpenditurefiguresinthistablerefertotheactualexpenditureincurredbyhouseholdsupon|enjoyingvariouswaivers/concessions.Figuresorpercentagesmaynotadduptorespectivetotalsduetorounding.