The largest proportion, over a third, of market-produced goods and services used by households in the production process related to nutrition in the year 2000. This expenditure included ready prepared meals which must be heated at home, as well as fresh ingredients, but excluded takeaways, where no further preparation is required. Almost another third of intermediate consumption expenditure went on housing, with owner-occupiers accounting for the majority, and maintenance related items accounting for 20 per cent of the total. Providing transport accounted for over one quarter of expenditure – mostly relating to payments for fuel and servicing. Expenditure on items relating to making clothes, doing the laundry and providing childcare each accounted for less than one per cent of total intermediate consumption expenditure in the year 2000.  

(Source: National Accounts Household Final Consumption Expenditure/HHSA estimates)