Irish households spend less on food and drink and more on housing

The key facts and figures from the CSO's latest household budget survey

The average Irish household spends €845 a week Pic: Getty

The average Irish household spent €845 a week in 2015/2016, an increase of 4.3 per cent on five years earlier, the Central Statistics Office said, as spending on food, alcohol and tobacco fell but the proportion of the household budget going on housing rose.

The figures were published in the CSO'shousehold budget survey, carried out between February 2015 and February 2016 and covering more than 6,800 households. Here are some of the key points ...