report writing practice #5 The pie chart shows the percentages of an average Australian household expenditure per month in 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The chart provides the proportion of spending on average household for Australian families in the year 2007. By and large, Australians spent the largest amount of money on children’s education at 32.0%, accounting for a third of total expenditure. Clothing and grocery shopping were in the next largest consumption category in Australia as the figures reached 16.3 % on clothing and 15.7 % on grocery shopping. The expense for entertainment and transport were almost the same percentage at around 8% (7.8% and 8.3%, respectively) As seen in the pie graph, the other significant consumption in Australian households was eating out (11.3%), sports (5.8%) and medicine (2.8%). Most Australian people tended to spend the smallest number of money on cosmetics at well under 1% (0.4%). Finally, 0.2 percent of expenses spent on others. All in all, it seems that family budget for Australians in 2007 went into their children’s education and necessities accounting for a third of expenses, such as food and clothing.