Salient
The expenditure share on Food and
non-alcoholic beverages decreased from 2008 (by 2.7 percentage points), but
remained the category on which households spent the largest share of their
expenditure on.
The categories which experienced
the largest average per week expenditure increases were Education (an increase of 82.4 per cent)
and Restaurants and hotels (an increase of 34.5 per cent).
Family
In 2015, 65.1 per cent of the
total population was composed of households without dependent children, with
the remaining (34.9 per cent) being households with dependent children.
Households which were considered
to be elderly households (where the reference person was aged 65 and over)
spent less than half as much as households of all other age groups, on average.
Housing
In Malta, 70.9 per cent of
households were homeowners. Of the remainder, 16.5 per cent were paying rent on
their main dwelling, while the rest had an alternative arrangement.
Households who owned their main
dwelling generally registered a higher expenditure on all categories, with the
notable exception of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; as well
as Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
Income
The majority (76.0 per cent) of disposable
income received by households in 2015 was sourced from employment, whereas the
remainder (24.0 per cent) was received from other sources, such as social
benefits, allowances, and interests and dividends.
After deducting the average annual
expenditure from disposable income, it was observed that households whose reference
person was aged between 55 and 64 generated the highest amount of savings (€6,686), despite
not being the group of households who had the highest income.
Regional
In 2015, the Northern Harbour
remained the district with the largest number of households residing in it
(51,035 households). Gozo and Comino remained the district with the least
number of households residing in it (12,195 households).
On average, households residing
in the Western district spent the most in 2015; about €3,400 more than the
national average. Households residing in the Southern Harbour spent the least,
almost €3,500 less than the national average.
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