Category: Comparisons
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Beef Consumption in UK and Australia
A surprising couple of figures I found today show that Australians eat 7 times as much beef person than the British.
Australians eat an average 35.7 kg of beef per person, per year
Total consumption of beef in Australia is… Read the rest
2009 Drug Use Comparison Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime produces a World Drug Report, and some figures from the 2009 report are shown in the charts below.
Take note of the year that the figures relate to, as some dates are… Read the rest
Milk in Australia and the UK
Milk is Milk, no matter where you go, right ? Apparently not.
Milk in Australia www.dairyaustralia.com.au
Milk in the UK www.milk.co.uk
The main difference is “Semi skimmed” milk from the UK, which is called “Low fat” milk in Australia.
According… Read the rest
2010 Legatum Prosperity Index
A selection of relevant figures from the 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index at: http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx
Governance
8
Australia
9
United Kingdom
Economy
8
Australia
18
United Kingdom
Entrepreneurship & Opportunity
5
United Kingdom
13
Australia
Education
2
Australia
22
United Kingdom
Health… Read the rest
Supermarket Market Share in UK and Australia
A list of Supermarkets and the market share of each of them in late 2009.
Market Share
UK supermarket chains
Market Share
Australian Grocery Shops
30.70%
Tesco
31.42%
Woolworths
17.30%
Asda
21.62%
Coles
15.90%
Sainsbury’s
9.79%
IGA
11.70%
Morrisons
2.55%… Read the rest
Price of Books
It has long been held that when you are in Australia and you are buying books, that you can buy from the UK, and get them shipped here to Australia for LESS than the price that you would pay here… Read the rest
Wallpaper in Australia
It is best to assume that wallpaper does not exist in Australia. So a comparison to UK prices would be meaningless.
It isn’t something that you often see for sale, and when you do it is very expensive. It just… Read the rest
Sales Occupations wages
The 2010 ASHE (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings) shows that the lowest paid of all UK full-time employees were those in ‘Sales occupations’, at an average of £287 a week.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2010 “6302.0 – Average… Read the rest
Rent as a Percentage of Income
Median Rent figures are easily available for Brisbane in Queensland, from the Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority.
These figures were available for the 3 months ended Sept 2010.
Weekly Rent
Property Type
New Rentals
$365.00
Two bedroom flats/units
4,303
$380.00
3… Read the rest
Olympus Mju 5010 Digital Camera
Prices of Cameras in Australia and the United Kingdom are a topic that occasionally crops up.
Some prices checked today on one specific model, that is available in both countries, the Olympus Mju 5010 Digital Camera.
These prices are from… Read the rest
Canon Powershot A3100is Digital camera
Canon Powershot A3100is Digital camera
As I am looking to buy a new basic camera, and I was looking at the Canon Powershot A3100is, I decided to check the prices in the UK in case it may be worth buying… Read the restTelevision Advertising
A common complaint in Australia, and other countries, is the amount of commercial breaks that are allowed during programs.
The normal Australian TV Advert break is for 6 x 30 second adverts at a time, so a 3 minute break,… Read the rest
QS University Comparison Australia – UK
Annual rankings of World Universities have been produced by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) from 2004.
These were produced in partnership with Times Higher Education (THE), until 2009, but are now produced independently with THE now producing in association with another partner.… Read the rest
THE University Comparison Australia – UK
The Times Higher Education (THE) has been publishing its annual rankings of World Universities for seven years. This 2010-11 year is the first to be using the rankings data provider, Thomson Reuters.
Results from the Times Higher Education 2010 world… Read the rest
Woolworths and Tesco
A comparison between the two major supermarkets in each country, Woolworths in Australia/NZ and Tesco in the UK.
The following figures are an indication of comparisons taken from the 2009 and 2010 Annual reports of each company. Due to the… Read the rest
BOGOF or Half Price
Just the other say someone mentioned to me that Australia does not have any BOGOF offers in the supermarkets. They were used to the Buy One Get One Free offers, and didn’t understand why Australia did not do them.
I… Read the rest
Road Death Comparison
The number of road deaths in some parts of Australia are rated as some of the worst in the developed world, however, other parts are considered to be the lowest in any of these countries.
There are different measurements of… Read the rest
Sydney house prices worse than London
Newspaper reports today (30 May 2010) show the following:
THE average house in Sydney is more expensive than the average home in London and New York, according to a comparison of real estate prices in the biggest cities around the… Read the rest
