{"version":"1","article":{"id":"austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","slug":"austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=en","title":"Single-person households in Austria spend about €2,700 a month","summary":"Statistics Austria’s 2024/25 household budget survey shows spending differences by age and employment; men aged 65 and over spent about three times as much on transport as women.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2025-05","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Austria","url":"https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/announcement/2026/09/20261001KonsumerhebungEinpersonenhaushalteEN.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-04","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"austria-single-household-spending-2024-25","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Avusturya tek kişilik hane harcamaları 2024/25","en":"Austria one-person household expenditure 2024/25","ar":"إنفاق الأسر ذات الشخص الواحد في النمسا 2024/2025","fr":"Dépenses des ménages d’une personne en Autriche 2024/25","es":"Gasto de hogares unipersonales en Austria 2024/25"},"description":{"tr":"Hane Bütçesi Araştırması seçilmiş sosyodemografik aylık tüketim harcamaları.","en":"Selected sociodemographic monthly consumer expenditure from the Household Budget Survey.","ar":"إنفاق استهلاكي شهري اجتماعي ديموغرافي مختار من مسح ميزانية الأسر.","fr":"Dépenses de consommation mensuelles sociodémographiques sélectionnées de l’enquête budgétaire.","es":"Gasto de consumo mensual sociodemográfico seleccionado de la encuesta de presupuestos familiares."},"methodology":{"tr":"Statistics Austria’nın örneklem araştırması Nisan 2024–Mayıs 2025 arasında yürütüldü; rastgele seçilen 6.689 hane iki haftalık günlük tuttu. Aylık ortalamalar ağırlıklandırılmıştır; harcamalara büyük alımlar dahildir ve yalnız cari gelirle finanse edilmeyebilir. COICOP 2018 sınıflaması kullanılır.","en":"Statistics Austria's sample survey ran from April 2024 to May 2025; 6,689 randomly selected households kept two-week diaries. Monthly averages are weighted; expenditure includes large purchases and may not be financed only from current income. COICOP 2018 classification is used.","ar":"أُجري مسح العينة من أبريل 2024 إلى مايو 2025؛ وسجلت 6689 أسرة مختارة عشوائياً النفقات لأسبوعين. المتوسطات الشهرية موزونة، وتشمل النفقات مشتريات كبيرة وقد لا تمول من الدخل الجاري وحده. استُخدم تصنيف COICOP 2018.","fr":"L’enquête par sondage a été menée d’avril 2024 à mai 2025 ; 6 689 ménages tirés au sort ont tenu un journal pendant deux semaines. Les moyennes mensuelles sont pondérées ; les dépenses comprennent les achats importants et ne sont pas nécessairement financées uniquement par le revenu courant. Classification COICOP 2018.","es":"La encuesta muestral se realizó de abril de 2024 a mayo de 2025; 6.689 hogares elegidos al azar llevaron diarios durante dos semanas. Los promedios mensuales están ponderados; incluyen compras grandes y no se financian necesariamente solo con ingresos corrientes. Se usa la clasificación COICOP 2018."},"items":[{"label":{"tr":"Tüm tek kişilik hanelerde aylık ortalama tüketim harcaması","en":"Average monthly consumer expenditure, all one-person households","ar":"متوسط الإنفاق الاستهلاكي الشهري، جميع الأسر ذات الشخص الواحد","fr":"Dépenses de consommation mensuelles moyennes, tous ménages d’une personne","es":"Gasto de consumo mensual medio, todos los hogares unipersonales"},"value":2700,"unit":"EUR","period":"2025-05","periodStart":"2024-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"austria-single-person-household-monthly-spending","unitCode":"eur","geography":"austria","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"60 yaş altı tek kişilik hane aylık harcaması","en":"Monthly expenditure, one-person households under age 60","ar":"الإنفاق الشهري للأسر ذات الشخص الواحد دون 60 عاماً","fr":"Dépenses mensuelles des ménages d’une personne de moins de 60 ans","es":"Gasto mensual de hogares unipersonales menores de 60 años"},"value":2770,"unit":"EUR","period":"2025-05","periodStart":"2024-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"austria-single-person-spending-under-60","unitCode":"eur","geography":"austria","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"60 yaş ve üzeri tek kişilik hane aylık harcaması","en":"Monthly expenditure, one-person households age 60 and over","ar":"الإنفاق الشهري للأسر ذات الشخص الواحد بعمر 60 عاماً فأكثر","fr":"Dépenses mensuelles des ménages d’une personne de 60 ans ou plus","es":"Gasto mensual de hogares unipersonales de 60 años o más"},"value":2610,"unit":"EUR","period":"2025-05","periodStart":"2024-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"austria-single-person-spending-age-60-plus","unitCode":"eur","geography":"austria","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"65 yaş ve üzeri erkeklerde aylık ulaştırma harcaması","en":"Monthly transport expenditure for men aged 65 and over","ar":"الإنفاق الشهري على النقل للرجال بعمر 65 عاماً فأكثر","fr":"Dépenses mensuelles de transport des hommes de 65 ans ou plus","es":"Gasto mensual en transporte de hombres de 65 años o más"},"value":439,"unit":"EUR","period":"2025-05","periodStart":"2024-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"austria-single-person-transport-men-65-plus","unitCode":"eur","geography":"austria","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"65 yaş ve üzeri kadınlarda aylık ulaştırma harcaması","en":"Monthly transport expenditure for women aged 65 and over","ar":"الإنفاق الشهري على النقل للنساء بعمر 65 عاماً فأكثر","fr":"Dépenses mensuelles de transport des femmes de 65 ans ou plus","es":"Gasto mensual en transporte de mujeres de 65 años o más"},"value":159,"unit":"EUR","period":"2025-05","periodStart":"2024-04","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"austria-single-person-transport-women-65-plus","unitCode":"eur","geography":"austria","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"}}],"sourceUrls":["https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/announcement/2026/09/20261001KonsumerhebungEinpersonenhaushalteEN.pdf"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-04T02:33:00Z"}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"austria-single-household-spending-2024-25","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"austria-single-household-spending-2024-25","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25/data/austria-single-household-spending-2024-25?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/austria-single-person-household-spending-survey-2024-25/data/austria-single-household-spending-2024-25?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Statistics Austria published selected findings on people living alone from its 2024/25 Household Budget Survey on 1 October 2026. Average monthly consumer expenditure among one-person households was about €2,700. People under 60 living alone spent an average of €2,770, compared with €2,610 among those aged 60 and over. The reported average was €3,080 for employed people living alone and €2,570 for pensioners. One highlighted comparison concerns transport: men aged 65 and over spent an average of €439 a month, while women of the same age spent €159. The difference is close to threefold, but it describes group averages in the survey, not the behaviour of every individual.","The survey was conducted as a sample study from late April 2024 through late May 2025. A total of 6,689 randomly selected households recorded expenses in a household diary for two weeks and answered additional questions. The coverage includes regular outlays such as food, rent and fuel, as well as major purchases such as cars or kitchens and expenses linked to occasions including the start of the school year, weddings, Christmas and holidays. Statistics Austria cautions that these expenditures are not financed only from income received in the same month. Savings, additional salary payments, bonuses, gifts, inheritances and loans can help fund purchases. Although the results are expressed as monthly averages, the collection period spans thirteen months; these figures are not a set of receipts from one specific month or a live spending count.","Across all ages, the release puts average monthly expenditure at €2,740 for men living alone and €2,660 for women. That overall difference does not apply uniformly to each age band. Among people under 60, women averaged €2,870 and men €2,700; among those aged 60 or more, women averaged €2,520 and men €2,810. Women aged 35–54 spent €3,080 compared with €2,860 for men in that band, while men aged 55–64 spent €2,960 and women €2,860. The pattern shows why one headline gender comparison cannot describe all ages. The survey defines the household as a one-person household, but age, employment and retirement status divide that population into groups with different spending averages.","Differences between spending categories also explain why the headline average needs context. For people aged 65 and over, monthly transport expenditure was €439 for men and €159 for women. Statistics Austria includes vehicle maintenance, fuel, vehicle purchases and public transport in this category; large purchases such as a car may affect the monthly average. In the same age group, men spent €218 on restaurants compared with €138 for women, and €82.2 on alcoholic beverages and tobacco compared with €36. By contrast, women reported higher health expenditure across age groups, with health spending highest among both sexes aged 65 and over. Women aged 35–54 spent about €112 a month on personal care, against €29 for men. These differences do not isolate needs, preferences or price effects; the survey classifies expenditure totals and does not prove why they differ.","The sample table also reports weighted estimates for the household population. It estimates 1.6141 million one-person households, including 733,200 classified as men and 880,900 as women. The group aged 65 and over contains an estimated 614,600 households. These figures are not a direct count of the 6,689 households that took part; they are weighted population estimates. The sample size should not be confused with the millions of households represented by the survey. The release focuses on selected sociodemographic results and does not provide a detailed uncertainty interval for every subgroup. Differences among small subgroups should therefore be read with the sampling and classification limits in mind rather than treated as exact descriptions of every household.","The data do not by themselves measure wages, saving capacity, welfare or the cost of living. Higher expenditure does not prove higher income, and lower expenditure is not a direct measure of deprivation; borrowing, savings, household choices and individual circumstances can all affect totals. Values are rounded and expenditure groups use the international COICOP 2018 classification. The survey is the 2024/25 wave of a household budget study conducted at five-year intervals; it is not a month-by-month panel or a price index. Age and gender comparisons are descriptive observations, not causal findings. This article reports the selected results published by Statistics Austria on 1 October. Further interpretation should use the full tables, methodology and later survey waves. The monthly euro amounts refer to the survey’s collection period and should not be presented as current 2026 spending levels."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Statistics Austria’s 2024/25 household budget survey shows spending differences by age and employment; men aged 65 and over spent about three times as much on transport as women.\n\nStatistics Austria published selected findings on people living alone from its 2024/25 Household Budget Survey on 1 October 2026. Average monthly consumer expenditure among one-person households was about €2,700. People under 60 living alone spent an average of €2,770, compared with €2,610 among those aged 60 and over. The reported average was €3,080 for employed people living alone and €2,570 for pensioners. One highlighted comparison concerns transport: men aged 65 and over spent an average of €439 a month, while women of the same age spent €159. The difference is close to threefold, but it describes group averages in the survey, not the behaviour of every individual.\n\nThe survey was conducted as a sample study from late April 2024 through late May 2025. A total of 6,689 randomly selected households recorded expenses in a household diary for two weeks and answered additional questions. The coverage includes regular outlays such as food, rent and fuel, as well as major purchases such as cars or kitchens and expenses linked to occasions including the start of the school year, weddings, Christmas and holidays. Statistics Austria cautions that these expenditures are not financed only from income received in the same month. Savings, additional salary payments, bonuses, gifts, inheritances and loans can help fund purchases. Although the results are expressed as monthly averages, the collection period spans thirteen months; these figures are not a set of receipts from one specific month or a live spending count.\n\nAcross all ages, the release puts average monthly expenditure at €2,740 for men living alone and €2,660 for women. That overall difference does not apply uniformly to each age band. Among people under 60, women averaged €2,870 and men €2,700; among those aged 60 or more, women averaged €2,520 and men €2,810. Women aged 35–54 spent €3,080 compared with €2,860 for men in that band, while men aged 55–64 spent €2,960 and women €2,860. The pattern shows why one headline gender comparison cannot describe all ages. The survey defines the household as a one-person household, but age, employment and retirement status divide that population into groups with different spending averages.\n\nDifferences between spending categories also explain why the headline average needs context. For people aged 65 and over, monthly transport expenditure was €439 for men and €159 for women. Statistics Austria includes vehicle maintenance, fuel, vehicle purchases and public transport in this category; large purchases such as a car may affect the monthly average. In the same age group, men spent €218 on restaurants compared with €138 for women, and €82.2 on alcoholic beverages and tobacco compared with €36. By contrast, women reported higher health expenditure across age groups, with health spending highest among both sexes aged 65 and over. Women aged 35–54 spent about €112 a month on personal care, against €29 for men. These differences do not isolate needs, preferences or price effects; the survey classifies expenditure totals and does not prove why they differ.\n\nThe sample table also reports weighted estimates for the household population. It estimates 1.6141 million one-person households, including 733,200 classified as men and 880,900 as women. The group aged 65 and over contains an estimated 614,600 households. These figures are not a direct count of the 6,689 households that took part; they are weighted population estimates. The sample size should not be confused with the millions of households represented by the survey. The release focuses on selected sociodemographic results and does not provide a detailed uncertainty interval for every subgroup. Differences among small subgroups should therefore be read with the sampling and classification limits in mind rather than treated as exact descriptions of every household.\n\nThe data do not by themselves measure wages, saving capacity, welfare or the cost of living. Higher expenditure does not prove higher income, and lower expenditure is not a direct measure of deprivation; borrowing, savings, household choices and individual circumstances can all affect totals. Values are rounded and expenditure groups use the international COICOP 2018 classification. The survey is the 2024/25 wave of a household budget study conducted at five-year intervals; it is not a month-by-month panel or a price index. Age and gender comparisons are descriptive observations, not causal findings. This article reports the selected results published by Statistics Austria on 1 October. Further interpretation should use the full tables, methodology and later survey waves. The monthly euro amounts refer to the survey’s collection period and should not be presented as current 2026 spending levels.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"article","asset_id":"austria-household-spending","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/austria-household-spending-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Text-free symbolic scene of one person at a table in a city apartment, representing everyday household spending.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}