Every second person saves

What Austrians are spending on Christmas this year

Every second person in Austria wants to or has to save on Christmas presents this year due to inflation. According to the latest IMAS survey, Austrians are planning to spend an average of 424 euros on presents. 

But even if many are cutting costs, 54% still enjoy Christmas shopping - the highest figure in a ten-year comparison. 6 percent spend less than 100 euros, two percent spend more than 2000 euros.

Four percent do not buy any presents
The market and opinion research institute IMAS surveyed 1031 over-16s in face-to-face interviews between October 16 and November 6. 15 percent plan to spend 100 to 199 euros, 17 percent 200 to 299 euros, 14 percent up to 399 euros and eight percent up to 499 euros. In the range between 500 and 999 euros, there are again more Christkindln - 17 percent of respondents - and between 1000 and 1999 euros, 7 percent. Four percent do not want to buy any Christmas presents at all.

Most people are already starting to think about what they want to give their loved ones in good time: One in two start planning more than a month before Christmas Eve. However, the majority buy their presents much later: only 11 percent have everything together a month beforehand, 18 percent buy the last presents in the week before Christmas and a further 9 percent only on December 24th.