Consumer Price Index CPI in Australia increased to 139.40 points in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 139.10 points in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Australia Consumer Price Index CPI growth

• Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth was measured at 2.4 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with a rate of 2.9 % in the previous quarter.
• Australia Consumer Price Index growth data is updated quarterly, available from Dec 1987 to Dec 2024, with an averaged number of 2.5 % YoY.
• The data reached an all-time high of 8.5 % YoY in Mar 1990 and a record low of -0.3 % YoY in Jun 2020.

In the fourth quarter of 2023 the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia had risen to an all time high of 136.1 points. Since dropping in the second quarter of 2020 to 114.4, the CPI has been rising steadily.

In 2023, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia had risen to an all time high of 136.1points. In Australia, the CPI measures changes in the prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services. The CPI in Australia has risen steadily for decades.

Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): MoM data was reported at -0.240 % in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.805 % for Dec 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): MoM data is updated monthly, averaging 0.283 % from Oct 2017 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 88 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.654 % in Jul 2020 and a record low of -1.240 % in Apr 2020. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): MoM data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I002: Consumer Price Index: Sep 2017=100: Monthly.

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Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data was reported at 2.568 % in 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.258 % for 2025. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data is updated yearly, averaging 3.286 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2026, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.417 % in 1974 and a record low of -0.319 % in 1962. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.EO: Consumer and Wholesale Price Index: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual. CPI_YTYPCT- Headline inflation The CPI year-on-year changes is a measure of inflation

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Over the twelve months preceding December 2023 quarter, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia grew 4.1 percent. This is a drop of 3.7 percent from the previous December. The CPI measures the average change in prices of a fixed basket of goods and services, purchased by household residents in Australia's eight state and territory capital cities.

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Australia Contribution To Total Consumer Price Index (CPI): Insurance & Financial Services: Financial Services data was reported at 3.950 Index Point in Sep 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.950 Index Point for Jun 2017. Australia Contribution To Total Consumer Price Index (CPI): Insurance & Financial Services: Financial Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.810 Index Point from Jun 2011 (Median) to Sep 2017, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.950 Index Point in Sep 2017 and a record low of 3.650 Index Point in Sep 2011. Australia Contribution To Total Consumer Price Index (CPI): Insurance & Financial Services: Financial Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I014: Consumer Price Index: Contribution to Total Consumer Price Index: 16th Series.

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Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Communication: Communication: Telecommunication data was reported at 2.020 % in Dec 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.020 % for Sep 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Communication: Communication: Telecommunication data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.320 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.590 % in Sep 2019 and a record low of 2.020 % in Dec 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Communication: Communication: Telecommunication data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I010: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.

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In December 2023, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Adelaide, Australia was 137.1, recording a change of 6.3 percent. The CPI in Adelaide indicated an increase higher than any other capital city in the country. With a CPI of 137.7, Brisbane, the capital of the country's north-eastern state of Queensland, recorded the highest CPI overall in the quarter. The CPI measures household inflation.

Monthly CPI Indicator in Australia decreased to 2.40 percent in February from 2.50 percent in January of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Monthly CPI Indicator.

Australia Consumer Price Index data was reported at 144.303 2010=100 in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 139.880 2010=100 for 2023. Australia Consumer Price Index data is updated yearly, averaging 46.410 2010=100 from Dec 1949 (Median) to 2024, with 76 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 144.303 2010=100 in 2024 and a record low of 4.188 2010=100 in 1949. Australia Consumer Price Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.IMF.IFS: Consumer and Producer Price Index: Annual.