Consumer Price Index CPI in Australia increased to 140.70 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 139.40 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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

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 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.

Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in Australia was reported at 144 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Consumer price index (2010 = 100) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

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.

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Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing data was reported at 21.385 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 21.385 % for Dec 2024. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing data is updated quarterly, averaging 22.680 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.050 % in Sep 2021 and a record low of 21.385 % in Mar 2025. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Housing 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.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Australia, March, 2025 The most recent value is 140.7 index points as of Q1 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of 139.4 index points. Historically, the average for Australia from Q1 1960 to Q1 2025 is 58.6073 index points. The minimum of 7.5 index points was recorded in Q1 1960, while the maximum of 140.7 index points was reached in Q1 2025. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

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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Inflation Rate in Australia remained unchanged at 2.40 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 2.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Australia Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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.

This dataset provides values for CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CPI reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Monthly CPI Indicator in Australia remained unchanged at 2.40 percent in April. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Monthly CPI Indicator.

CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Other Cereal Products data was reported at 0.187 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.187 % for Dec 2024. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Other Cereal Products data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.170 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.190 % in Sep 2024 and a record low of 0.160 % in Sep 2020. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Bread & Cereal Products: Other Cereal Products 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.

CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meat & Seafoods: Lamb & Mutton data was reported at 0.243 % in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.243 % for Dec 2024. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meat & Seafoods: Lamb & Mutton data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.260 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.310 % in Sep 2022 and a record low of 0.210 % in Sep 2024. CPI: Weights: Food & Non Alcoholic Beverages: Meat & Seafoods: Lamb & Mutton 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.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Australia increased to 129.90 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 128.60 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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CPI Housing Utilities in Australia increased to 151.50 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 149 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Cpi Housing Utilities- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.