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Table 3
Spending on housing
| Age of reference person | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 25 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 and over | |
| Canada | CAN$ 2003 | |||||||
| 1982 | 12,800 | 10,700 | 14,600 | 15,900 | 14,100 | 10,500 | 8,300 | 7,100 |
| % | ||||||||
| Shelter | 68.6 | 67.5 | 68.2 | 68.6 | 67.6 | 68.2 | 71.1 | 74.6 |
| Owned | 32.3 | 9.8 | 32.4 | 39.6 | 34.7 | 30.1 | 26.6 | 20.7 |
| Mortgage | 15.9 | 6.0 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 14.3 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| Property tax | 7.8 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| Maintenance | 8.6 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 9.6 |
| Rented | 18.4 | 48.0 | 22.8 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 20.0 | 32.2 |
| Other accommodation | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Utilities | 13.9 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 18.8 |
| Household operation | 17.1 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 16.7 | 16.1 |
| Furnishings/equipment | 14.3 | 16.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 9.3 |
| CAN$ 2003 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 15,9 | 11 | 17,1 | 19,3 | 18,3 | 14,7 | 10,8 | 9,4 |
| % | ||||||||
| Shelter | 71.4 | 70.3 | 71.2 | 71.4 | 71.6 | 70.4 | 71.2 | 74.4 |
| Owned | 39.7 | 15.1 | 37.9 | 44.5 | 43.4 | 39.0 | 33.0 | 25.7 |
| Mortgage | 22.0 | 9.4 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 24.8 | 16.6 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
| Property tax | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 11.9 |
| Maintenance | 9.4 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
| Rented | 15.4 | 45.1 | 22.1 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 15.2 | 27.7 |
| Other accommodation | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3.4 |
| Utilities | 12.1 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| Household operation | 17.5 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 17.7 |
| Furnishings/equipment | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 8.0 |
| United States | CAN$ 2003 | |||||||
| 1984 | 14,3 | 8 | 15,4 | 18,8 | 17,2 | 14,4 | 10,5 | 8,6 |
| % | ||||||||
| Shelter | 70.3 | 72.1 | 71.5 | 71.1 | 68.6 | 67.6 | 70.3 | 72.1 |
| Owned | 30.9 | 12.3 | 31.4 | 36.2 | 33.6 | 30.4 | 25.7 | 23.4 |
| Mortgage | 18.7 | 9.6 | 24.2 | 26.6 | 20.3 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 2.8 |
| Property tax | 6.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| Maintenance | 5.8 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
| Rented | 16.0 | 43.3 | 22.5 | 13.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 19.5 |
| Other accommodation | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
| Utilities | 18.0 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 25.4 | 25.6 |
| Household operation | 15.8 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 18.1 | 19.3 |
| Furnishings/equipment | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 8.6 |
| CAN$ 2003 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 16,7 | 8,8 | 17,8 | 20 | 19,4 | 17 | 13,3 | 10,8 |
| % | ||||||||
| Shelter | 72.5 | 74.5 | 72.9 | 72.8 | 73.1 | 70.6 | 71.7 | 72.7 |
| Owned | 39.2 | 10.8 | 33.6 | 43.1 | 44.1 | 42.1 | 40.0 | 31.4 |
| Mortgage | 22.0 | 6.3 | 23.4 | 28.2 | 26.2 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 4.0 |
| Property tax | 10.0 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 15.3 |
| Maintenance | 7.2 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 12.1 |
| Rented | 16.2 | 50.6 | 26.6 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 18.7 |
| Other accommodation | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Utilities | 13.8 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 19.3 |
| Household operation | 16.3 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 19.7 |
| Furnishings/equipment | 11.1 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 7.6 |
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Family Expenditure Survey and Survey of Household Spending; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey | ||||||||
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