Contents
- Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Bhutan household equipment and maintenance budgets
- Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Regional spending across Bhutan
- Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Singapore household budget trends
- Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Spending by Singapore household type
- Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: UK routine household maintenance expenditure
- Sources
Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Bhutan household equipment and maintenance budgets
National household surveys often group spending on furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance, while reporting some equipment categories separately. Bhutan’s 2024 survey makes that distinction useful: the report gives an approximate monthly figure for appliances, a separate amount for furniture and furnishings, and a broader combined category used for urban–rural and regional comparisons. These measures describe household expenditure averages; they do not isolate repair bills alone.
Bhutanese households spent approximately Nu 1,121 per month on household appliances in 2024. In the same section, the reported mean monthly expenditure on furniture, furnishings and loose carpets was about Nu 1,105. Both amounts are approximate figures from the survey narrative, and the categories are distinct. They should not be added together and presented as a comprehensive upkeep budget: the report’s broader category includes other items as well. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, section 6.2.4
| Bhutan household measure, 2024 | Mean monthly expenditure |
|---|---|
| Household appliances | Approximately Nu 1,121 |
| Furniture, furnishings and loose carpets | About Nu 1,105 |
The report gives these as separate categories; neither is a repair-only measure. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, section 6.2.4
For furniture, furnishings and loose carpets, the survey reports an urban mean of Nu 1,286 per month, compared with Nu 971 among rural households. These are averages for the named category and are not the urban and rural totals for the broader furnishings, equipment and routine-maintenance group. That distinction matters when comparing the figures below: the broader group covers more than furniture and carpets. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, section 6.2.4
Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Regional spending across Bhutan
For the combined category of furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, Bhutan’s 2024 survey reports monthly averages of Nu 2,440 for urban households and Nu 1,736 for rural households. The category name is broader than repairs or appliance maintenance, so these numbers describe a grouped spending measure rather than a service-cost tally. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, section 6.2.4
The same broad category varies among the selected districts. Dagana’s overall mean was Nu 3,422 per month; Gasa’s was Nu 2,231; and Haa’s was Nu 1,184. These are the overall values in Table A6.4, which also lists rural and urban values. The figures show why a national urban–rural comparison does not describe every district’s reported average. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, Table A6.4
| Dzongkhag | Mean monthly expenditure, overall (Nu) | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Dagana | 3,422 | Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance |
| Gasa | 2,231 | Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance |
| Haa | 1,184 | Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance |
Survey reference year: 2024. Source: National Statistics Bureau of Bhutan, Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025, Table A6.4
These district figures are household averages for one combined expenditure group. The reported values do not identify how much went to equipment purchases, furnishings, routine upkeep or repairs within each district. They therefore support geographic comparisons of the published category, not conclusions about a particular repair market or the reason households spent different amounts.
Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Singapore household budget trends
Singapore’s Household Expenditure Survey reports average monthly spending by resident households on “Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance.” The published series shows S$257 in 2012/13, S$278 in 2017/18 and S$385 in 2023. These are nominal amounts as reported in the survey, for the full combined category. They are not a maintenance-only series, and the three observations do not establish what drove the differences. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators
| Survey period | Average monthly household expenditure (S$) |
|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 257 |
| 2017/18 | 278 |
| 2023 | 385 |
Category: Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance; resident households. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators
The category title is the most important guide to interpretation. It includes furnishings and equipment alongside routine maintenance, so it is broader than spending to service or repair household equipment. The survey’s period labels should also be retained as published: 2012/13 and 2017/18 are survey periods, while the latest listed observation is for 2023.
Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: Spending by Singapore household type
The survey’s household-type indicators provide budget context, but the supplied figures here are total monthly household expenditure, not the furnishings, equipment and maintenance category. For income groups, households are ranked by monthly household income from all sources per household member. In 2023, the reported total expenditure averages ranged from S$3,233 for households in the 1st–20th percentile to S$9,125 for those in the 81st–100th percentile. The intermediate groups are included below to show the complete five-band series. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators, Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Income Quintile
| Household income percentile | Average monthly total household expenditure in 2023 (S$) |
|---|---|
| 1st–20th | 3,233 |
| 21st–40th | 4,401 |
| 41st–60th | 5,916 |
| 61st–80th | 6,981 |
| 81st–100th | 9,125 |
Income percentiles are based on monthly household income from all sources per household member. These are total-expenditure figures, not maintenance-category amounts. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators, Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Income Quintile
The report also presents total spending by dwelling type. In 2023, resident households in HDB flats averaged S$4,657 per month; households in condominiums and other apartments averaged S$9,567; and households in landed properties averaged S$13,545. Those are household budget totals across expenditure categories. They cannot be read as dwelling-specific equipment-maintenance costs. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators, Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Type of Dwelling
A further budget-context figure concerns resident households consisting solely of non-employed people aged 65 and over. Their average monthly total household expenditure was S$2,349 in 2023. This describes the group and measure as defined in the survey; it does not state how much those households spent on furnishings, equipment or maintenance specifically. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Report on the Household Expenditure Survey 2023, Key Indicators, older non-employed households section
Taken together, these household-type figures show the range of overall budgets documented in the report, while the category trend above tracks spending on furnishings, equipment and routine maintenance across survey periods. The two sets answer different questions. Using total expenditure to fill a gap in category-specific maintenance data would blur that distinction.
Household equipment maintenance spending statistics: UK routine household maintenance expenditure
The UK Office for National Statistics series measures national expenditure on goods and services for routine household maintenance. Its unit is £ millions, at current prices, and the series is non-seasonally adjusted. These are national aggregate values, not monthly household averages. The selected annual observations were £9,350 million in 2015, £11,953 million in 2020, £10,597 million in 2021, £10,809 million in 2022, £11,429 million in 2023, £12,735 million in 2024 and £12,817 million in 2025. Source: Office for National Statistics, “05.6 Goods and services for routine household maintenance CP NSA £m”
| Year | UK expenditure (£ million, current prices) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 9,350 |
| 2020 | 11,953 |
| 2021 | 10,597 |
| 2022 | 10,809 |
| 2023 | 11,429 |
| 2024 | 12,735 |
| 2025 | 12,817 |
Annual national aggregate; current prices; non-seasonally adjusted. The series covers routine household maintenance goods and services and is not a per-household figure. Source: Office for National Statistics, “05.6 Goods and services for routine household maintenance CP NSA £m”
This time series is useful for describing the scale of the UK’s published routine-maintenance expenditure aggregate over selected years. Because it is measured at current prices, the amounts are not adjusted for price changes. It also covers routine maintenance goods and services, rather than a narrowly defined equipment-repair category. Comparisons with Bhutanese or Singaporean household averages would therefore mix different currencies, periods, populations and statistical measures.