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|7554|27.3|3865|43|6108|34.2|8044|29.4|12200|21.6|Housing|9894|35.8|2519|28.1|6484|36.4|10363|37.9|20218|35.9|Electricity,GasandWater|740|2.7|485|5.4|652|3.7|751|2.7|1071|1.9|AlcoholicDrinks&Tobacco|151|0.5|95|1.1|123|0.7|165|0.6|223|0.4|Clothing&Footwear|955|3.5|168|1.9|506|2.8|898|3.3|2247|4|DurableGoods|892|3.2|133|1.5|397|2.2|759|2.8|2281|4|MiscellaneousGoods|1038|3.8|334|3.7|591|3.3|1018|3.7|2207|3.9|Transport|2081|7.5|549|6.1|1045|5.9|1657|6.1|5075|9|MiscellaneousServices|4323|15.6|831|9.3|1929|10.8|3670|13.4|10865|19.3|AllSections|27627|100|8980|100|17835|100|27325|100|56387|100|NumberofHouseholds|(household)|1892000|473000|473000|473000|473000||Note:HouseholdexpendituresarecalculatedfromtheresultsoftheHouseholdExpenditureSurveyconductedduringOctober2014toSeptember|2015.Duringthesurveyperiodof2014/15HouseholdExpenditureSurvey,thehouseholdexpenditurewasloweredbyanumberof|Government'sone-offreliefmeasures.Householdexpenditurefiguresinthistablerefertotheactualexpenditureincurredbyhouseholdsupon|enjoyingvariouswaivers/concessions.Figuresorpercentagesmaynotadduptorespectivetotalsduetorounding.