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This audio file has a 30-second quote from CSO Statistician Claire Burke with the Income Consumption and Wealth (ICW) Division, about Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2023-2023.
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Our results show that the estimated average household expenditure between 2022 and '23 was just over €1,000 per week.
Breaking down the results we can see that almost one quarter of total expenditure was on Housing and home energy costs.
Urban households spent almost 7% more than rural households at €1,030 per week compared with €968.
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