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Re: Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:25:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
> > For a family on a single average wage $175 AUS per week is a lot of
> > money (in Australia).
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> This sentence is not clear. Are you saying that the median family income down
> your way is $9100 AUS ($175 per week X 52 weeks)? Or that $175 AUS per week • is
> just a lot to spend?
Sorry, I meant that $175 a week for a house (or Lego) is a lot to spend
if you are an average Australian family on 1 income. The average income
per household per week (before tax) across Australia in 97/98 was $658
($34,216 pa), the more important figure is the median of $499 pw ($25,948
pa). Those figures are in Australian dollars, and are from the Australian
Bureau of Statistics and are the most recent I could find without having
to pay for a report! Of course, there are areas within Aus where salaries
are higher and house prices are too.
We don't get piece counts on our Lego boxes here, it would be interesting
to do a similar comparison, but right now I have the flu and decline to
go sifting through the database for piece counts :) I may just figure
that out sometime though, unless someone else wants to? (feel free!)
Perhaps we should do a price per piece vs median salary around the world
and see how it works out? (Sort of like the Big Mac Index :))
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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