Ten Stylised Facts About Household Spending on Transport
Policy Insights
- Housing, transport and food are the main household budgetary drivers.
- Share of transport on total household spending has remained relatively constant over time.
- The share of transport in household expenditure increases with welfare.
- The main driver of household spending is the ownership (and use) of cars.
- Increased spending on transport by richer households is mainly directed to cars.
- Transport spending structure and level changes dramatically only for households with the oldest consumers.
- Unemployed and retired spend least on transport – but still rely on cars.
- Bigger families spend more on transport (and use of car).
- Degree of urbanisation has only a small impact on transport spending shares in rich countries.
- Transport spending is rapidly increasing in China.
| Date of Publication | 1 January 2011 |
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| Document |
 sp201101.pdf |
| Publication Type | Statistics Brief |
| Tags | Adults, Age Groups, Automobiles, Consumer Expenditure, Household, Household Consumption, Household Expenditure, Household Income, Public Transport, Service Industry Workers, Transport, Transport Equipment, Unmarried Persons, Vehicles |