How much did you spend last month to get around Singapore?

The cost of transport rose by 10.5% this year compared to October 2010, and it's not the only cost that went up.

The Department of Statistics reported that compared to October 2010, the consumer price index rose by 5.4% in October 2011. This was largely due to higher costs of housing, transport and food.

Housing cost increased by 9.9%, owing to higher accommodation costs and electricity tariffs. The higher accommodation costs reflected mainly higher imputed rentals of owner-occupied accommodation which has no impact on the cash expenditure of owner-occupied households.

Transport cost rose on account of the significant increase in Certificate of Entitlement premiums as well as higher petrol prices.

Food prices increased by 3.5%, due to dearer prepared meals, fresh fish, dairy products & eggs, meat & poultry as well as vegetables.

The consumer price index in January-October 2011 rose by 5.2% compared with the same period last year.