date:Sep 17, 2018
A Spiralling decline in beer drinking is leading Australia to a 55-year low in alcohol consumption, though figures show ours guts continue growing.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics report, out this month, shows the average consumption of alcohol of persons aged 15+ is at a 55-year low at 9.4 litres.
There has been a steady decline for the past 10 years.
This is the lowest annual figure since 1961-62 and it continues the recent downward trend which started around 2008-09, the ABS say