Household Expenditure on Sports and Physical Recreation (1)

The fall, relative to the other states and territories, in South Australian household expenditure onsports and physical recreation also contrasts with the results of the <strong>Household</strong> <strong>Expenditure</strong> Surveywith respect to cultural expenditure. The level of South Australian cultural expenditure relative to theoverall level of the other states and territories was similar for both the 1998-99 and 2003-04 surveysand, relative to a couple of states, was actually higher in 2003-04.In 2003–04, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest levels of bothaverage weekly household income ($1,401 and $1,399 respectively) and average weekly householdexpenditure on all products ($1,040.72 and $1,054.66 respectively). For both data items, the statewith the lowest estimate was Tasmania.The percentage of total expenditure devoted to sports and physical recreation ranged from 1.2% inSouth Australia up to 2.2% in Queensland, compared with 1.8% for Australia as a whole. Forhousehold income, the percentage devoted to sports and physical recreation expenditure was 1.4%for Australia, but ranged from 0.9% in South Australia to 1.7% in Queensland.