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Cooking, 5%
Stand by, 5%
Lighting, 11%
Refrigeration, 12%
Heating and cooling, 
20%
Other appliances, 24%
Water heating, 23%
The percentage of household energy usage in Australia
Cooking, 4%
Stand by, 3%
Lighting, 7%
Refrigeration, 7%
Heating and cooling, 38%
Other appliances, 16%
Water heating, 25%
The percentage of greenhouse gas produced in Australia

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The graph below shows the weekly spending of an average family in a European 
country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and 
make comparisons where relevant. 
The given bar graph compares the expenditure per week of an average family in Europe. It is 
clear from the graph that the spending on housing and transport increased over a period of 
two decades whereas the expenditure on all other things decreased or remained the same.
The most striking difference is seen in the money spent on transport which grew almost 
threefold (11% to 31%) from 1987 to 2007. The expenditure on housing also increased from 
15% to 33% which is also a very significant change. It is interesting to note that the 
expenditure on fuel and power decreased slightly from 18% to 15%. There was a 
considerable decrease in the spending on tobacco from 7% to 2% which is obviously a good 
thing. The weekly spending on food also halved from 10% to 5%. However, the spending on 
other goods and services not mentioned in the graph remained stable at 16%. 
Overall, housing and transport became costlier over the period and so people had to spend 
more on them.