What are your biggest household expenses other than rent/mortgage?

Well it depends on if you count house insurance in with the mortgage or seperate. If it is seperate then it's higher then our mortgage. Yeah, I know that's pretty bad but that's Florida right now for you. If not then our highest would be our electric company at least in the summer time, it can at times be higher then the mortgage without the insurance. In the winter it's the grocery shopping. Then the internet/phone and cable, it's all in one for us. We don't have a cell phone so don't have that one thankfully. However we do have car insurance. It all adds up really quick, too quick at times.

Yeah, I think that is about right. Our monthly expense whittles down this way... Mortgage, Car, Groceries, Clothing and School supplies, then Utilties (gas & electricity). We just bought a corn burning stove this winter, so our gas costs went down. Corn is high on the list but it's only for 3 months. If we had the room to store it all summer, we could probably buy leftover seed corn in the spring, after the farmers get their lot at a really good discount. We don't have central air, and I dry my clothing on a clothes line in the summer, so that reduces the utility prices in the warmer days as well. I only wish our grocery store would set me up on a budget plan. LOL!!! I buy far too much during the year!!!

My biggest household expenses other than my mortgage are, utilities, food and gas in the car for my husband to get back and forth to work. That takes alot of our money. My electric bill and natural gas bill are very expensive every month. Food is about to break us. We cannot buy enough at one time to stock up for the month. My water and sewer bill is always high also. It is over $100.00 every month. My husband drives 45 miles one way to work for 5 days a week and the gas prices are killing us. We used to have a car payment but I am paying it off this month with a loan we recently got. I budget my money every month. I figure up what I have coming in and what is going out every month. I do not overspend and I always put a little in savings for emergencies. There are some months where there is 5 weeks and I buy our extras with that money.

Our gas/electric bill! It averages $3090 a month! Closer to $450 in the winter. May and June we usually get a break- it can go as low as $150 a month because there's usually no air conditioning or heat on. I really can't wait for that- this April has been FREEZING so the heat has been on full blast!!

We got our internet, landline phone, two cell phones, and satellite television on one bill. It's much cheaper that way! Other than that, we've got water, electricity, garbage, gas, car, rent, and insurance. It adds up so quickly! I do have a food budget, like I only give myself $100 a week for the three of us.

yes the food cost.the electricity, water... electricity here is expensive compare to Japan's electricity cost. im here in the philippines

There isn't much left after I pay the rent, usually. In fact, there was a time where I couldn't even make as much as the rent. I would say, right now, that the biggest expense is my student loan payment. Right now, it's tied with my grocery bill, but the loan payment is expected to go up later this year. Then, I would say gas and maintenance on my car is next and household items such as trash bags, make-up, toothpaste, etc would be next. I could also add clothes, but I only buy them once in a while.

Well after the rent it would be cable/internet together. During the winter months next would be electric. We put money away into our savings, so we have a cushion in case some kind of emergecy comes up. I am very thankful for such a nice little cushion, it has come in handy a few times.

mine is the education of my children and their respective allowances...right now i ahve only 2 daughters who are now in college one is taking up nursing and the other one is education..my other had already finish school at least..and theyre working now..i really need to have a budget to make ends meet..since i give importance on their education

I think the biggest household expenses other than rent/mortage is the electric bill because electricity here in our country is very expensive and every month we do pay 2000 a month.

The biggest household expenses other than rent and mortage is the fare when going to school.Our school is far from our home and i need to have one hour ride to go to school and the fare here is very expensive so every month i spend 2000 per month so its very big just for the fare.

phone bill is one of the biggest household expense for me... i belive in making relations and so i have many many friends in all parts of india..and i use my phone to be in touch with them and thus its a big expense for me ...

Our biggest household expenses are electric bill, telephone and internet bills.

i really cant find a particular field which i can say that its my biggest expense. i spend loads on food in restaurants cause am a real food lover, same goes for the fuel in my bike cause it runs over a 100 km a day. leaving that i spend loads on renting movies, buying audio c.d.s n investing a lot in electronic gadgets.

hmmm for us i think it would be the electric bill, specially with the heat here in our country, the electric fan and air conditioner always seem to keep on running. Plus it's vacation time so the tv and other recreation always seem to be on. The next would be our phone bill (with internet) food also seems to take up most of our budget. I think those are the top three things we spent money on

I think if I am considering the expenses for myself, the biggest part of expenses come from food. It is very expensive to eat out in Sydney, on average, you have to pay 7 to 8 USD ,even a lunch ,you will then be full after this meal,otherwise you will not feel enough if you eat cheaper ones. The food you bought at the supermarket is not cheap either, you will find that 50 dollars will be gone in one minutes but you will not get much food, I also notice that the price of food have been increasing in the past few years even the Australian dollars is increasing in value, I think the supermarket must earn alot in pushing the price up, they earn more out of our pocket, that is why I do not have much saving left every month.

for me wqould be eletric

Diapers/Formula/Pediasure and then our car note and then our electric bill.