Table 15 Potential equity implications of the intervention
Parameter | All households (mean) | Gross household income quintile | Source | ||||
Lowest | Second | Third | Fourth | Highest | |||
Average weekly household expenditure on fuel 2009–10 (AUD) | 36.66 | 16.36 | 27.6 | 38.55 | 47.00 | 53.87 | ABS Household Expenditure Survey [89] and average annual retail petrol price per litre [102] |
Average total weekly household expenditure, all goods and services 2009–10 (AUD) | 1236.28 | 559.04 | 814.94 | 1169.47 | 1479.45 | 2159.74 | |
Proportion of average weekly household expenditure spent on fuel (pre-intervention) | 2.97% | 2.93% | 3.39% | 3.30% | 3.18% | 2.49% | |
Proportion of average weekly household expenditure spent on fuel (incorporating price rise of AUD0.10 per litre) | 3.23% | 3.18% | 3.68% | 3.59% | 3.46% | 2.71% | |
Change in proportion of weekly household expenditure on goods and services spent on fuel as a result of the intervention | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.28% | 0.22% | |
Parameter | Main source of household income | Source | |||||
Aged pension | Income disability and carer payments | Unemployment and study payments | Family support payments | Government pensions and allowances | |||
Average weekly household expenditure on fuel 2009–10 (AUD) | 18.24 | 24.50 | 28.72 | 29.50 | 20.31 | ABS Household Expenditure Survey [89] and average annual retail petrol price per litre [102] | |
Average total weekly household expenditure, all goods and services 2009–10 (AUD) | 564.82 | 726.94 | 713.14 | 834.09 | 612.94 | ||
Proportion of average weekly household expenditure spent on fuel (pre-intervention) | 3.23% | 3.37% | 4.03% | 3.54% | 3.31% | ||
Proportion of average weekly household expenditure spent on fuel (incorporating price rise of AUD0.10 per litre) | 3.51% | 3.67% | 4.38% | 3.85% | 3.60% | ||