According to a survey conducted among adults in Australia in March 2025, ** percent of the respondents surveyed in September believed that the cost of living is the chief issue that Australia is facing. This represented a ***** percent decrease in those citing the cost of living as the main issue compared to March of the previous year.

In December 2023, the Housing Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Sydney, Australia reached 150 index points. The CPI for housing in Australia had experienced a sharp increase over the past year, rising just under 10 index points.

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.

The Regional Price Index contrasts the cost of a common basket of goods and services at a number of regional locations to the Perth metropolitan area. The RPIs were commissioned to assist with the calculation of the Western Australian State Government’s regional district allowance, and it has been used to assist in policy decision-making. Show full description

This dataset provides an analysis of average monthly prices for four essential food items, namely Eggs, Milk, Bread, and Potatoes, in five different countries: Australia, Japan, Canada, South Africa, and Sweden. The dataset spans a five-year period, from 2018 to 2022, offering a comprehensive overview of how food prices have evolved over time in these nations.

The dataset includes information on the average monthly prices of each food item in the respective countries. This information can be valuable for studying and comparing the cost of living, assessing economic trends, and understanding variations in food price dynamics across different regions.

Use Cases:

Comparative Analysis: Researchers and analysts can compare food prices across the five countries over the five-year period to identify patterns, trends, and variations. This analysis can help understand differences in purchasing power and economic factors impacting food costs.

Cost of Living Studies: The dataset can be used to examine the cost of living in different countries, specifically focusing on the expenses related to basic food items. This information can be beneficial for individuals considering relocation or policymakers aiming to evaluate living standards.

Economic Studies: Economists and policymakers can utilize this dataset to analyze the impact of economic factors, such as inflation or currency fluctuations, on food prices in different countries. It can provide insights into the stability and volatility of food markets in each region.

Forecasting and Planning: Businesses in the food industry can leverage the dataset to forecast future food price trends and plan their operations accordingly. The historical data can serve as a foundation for predictive models and assist in optimizing pricing strategies and supply chain management.

Note: The dataset is based on average monthly prices and does not capture individual variations or specific regions within each country. Further analysis and interpretation should consider additional factors like seasonal influences, local market dynamics, and consumer preferences.

Comprehensive cost of living breakdown for Australia including housing, food, transportation, and healthcare costs for retirement planning.

In a survey conducted in Australia during the second quarter of 2022, over half of the respondents indicated that they had switched to cheaper brands or shopped around for cheaper prices as a way of dealing with cost of living pressures. More than *** in *** respondents indicated that they had deliberately missed a bill payment in response to rising pressures.

This Cost of International Education dataset compiles detailed financial information for students pursuing higher education abroad. It covers multiple countries, cities, and universities around the world, capturing the full tuition and living expenses spectrum alongside key ancillary costs. With standardized fields such as tuition in USD, living-cost indices, rent, visa fees, insurance, and up-to-date exchange rates, it enables comparative analysis across programs, degree levels, and geographies. Whether you’re a prospective international student mapping out budgets, an educational consultant advising on affordability, or a researcher studying global education economics, this dataset offers a comprehensive foundation for data-driven insights.

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Potential Uses

• Budget Planning Prospective students can filter by country, program level, or university to forecast total expenses and compare across destinations.
• Policy Analysis Educational policymakers and NGOs can assess the affordability of international education and design support programs.
• Economic Research Economists can correlate living-cost indices and tuition levels with enrollment rates or student demographics.
• University Benchmarking Institutions can benchmark their fees and ancillary costs against peer universities worldwide.

Notes on Data Collection & Quality

• Currency Conversions All monetary values are unified to USD using contemporaneous exchange rates to facilitate direct comparison.
• Living Cost Index Derived from reputable city-index publications (e.g., Numbeo, Mercer) to standardize disparate cost-of-living metrics.
• Data Currency Exchange rates and fee schedules should be periodically updated to reflect market fluctuations and policy changes.

Feel free to explore, visualize, and extend this dataset for deeper insights into the true cost of studying abroad!

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Perth, Australia recorded a weighted average change of 1.5 percent on the preceding quarter. The housing category saw the largest increase of 6.3 percent, while the clothing and footwear category dropped -0.8 percent.

Consumer Price Index CPI in Australia decreased to 99.99 points in October from 100 points in September of 2025. This dataset provides - Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI) - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Crisis and Care Accommodation industry forms part of Australia's community welfare sector and provides services for some of the most economically vulnerable people in Australian society, including children, those with long-term disabilities and the elderly. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, a growing number of Australians were at increased risk of homelessness, with many experiencing financial hardship, persistent disadvantage and social exclusion. Stagnant wage growth in inflation-adjusted terms, heightened housing stress and associated incidences of family breakdown and family violence have boosted demand for crisis and care accommodation over the past few years. Given high inflation and rising rental costs, many of the industry’s clients have become increasingly vulnerable and their needs are also becoming more complex. Rising disability prevalence is creating additional challenges for residential care providers, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics finding that 5.5 million Australians had a disability in 2022 (latest data available). However, the ability to meet increased demand hasn't necessarily been matched by additional funding, constraining industry and profit growth. In light of these socio-economic variables and supply constraints, industry revenue growth is expected to be a modest 4.3% annualised over the five years through 2024-25 to $5.7 billion, including anticipated growth of 4.0% in the current year. Solid demand for residential care services will persist in the coming years, bolstered by a strong need for homelessness services as high rents and inflation exacerbate Australia’s housing crisis. An ageing population is set to continue driving demand for palliative care and respite services, while the existence of deep and persistent disadvantage among Australia’s most vulnerable population cohorts will continue to sustain demand for crisis and rehabilitation care. Government policies and associated regulatory reforms – including those stemming from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – will dictate the industry's operating environment. Industry growth rates will remain modest at 2.7% annualised through 2029-30, to reach $6.5 billion.

In December 2023, the Housing Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Melbourne, Australia reached 148.2 index points. The CPI for housing in Australia had experienced a sharp increase over the past year, with Melbourne rising just over 7 index points since December 2022.

Shifting social trends have significantly influenced the Restaurants industry's performance over recent years. Consumers' busy lifestyles and high workloads have driven demand for restaurant meals, as well as takeaway and delivery services. Restaurants allow consumers to combine dining with leisure and avoid spending time on food preparation. Rising demand for food delivery platforms like Uber Eats, which enable time-poor consumers to purchase home-delivered, restaurant-quality food, has also supported industry revenue. Despite tight discretionary incomes and recent cost-of-living pressures, Australian consumers have continued to prioritise eating restaurant meals, as they view them as affordable indulgences. However, industry businesses are struggling with elevated operational costs, including high input, rent and energy expenses. Labour shortages have also plagued the industry, with restaurants facing significant retention gaps. These challenges, along with intense competitive pressures, have eroded the industry’s profitability, compelling some businesses to exit the industry. Nonetheless, the total number of enterprises in the industry has increased over the past five years as dynamic consumer preferences have created several niches for restaurants to cater to. Overall, industry revenue is expected to have soared at an annualised 8.2% over the five years through 2025-26 to $26.2 billion. This includes a moderate anticipated rise of 0.4% in 2025-26. Reeling from the economic challenges of the past five years, restaurants are set to diversify their revenue streams by expanding their service offerings to include merchandise and live events over the coming years. Restaurants are forecast to focus on improving operational efficiencies to limit costs and boost their profit margins. This includes adopting integrated technological advancements that will enhance the overall dining experience for customers. There will also be a focus on sustainability efforts as Australian consumers become more discerning about their environmental choices. Overall, industry revenue is projected to increase at an annualised 2.0% over the five years through 2030-31 to reach $28.9 billion.

According to a survey conducted among adults in Australia in March 2025, ** percent of the respondents said that the Australian Labor Party (ALP) is the most capable in managing the cost of living in the country. In comparison, * percent of the surveyed adults claimed that the Australian Greens party is most capable of managing the cost of living in Australia.

Organisations in the Community Services subdivision play an integral role in Australia's wider care and support economy. Subdivision operators help to arrange paid and unpaid care and counsel for individuals in need, including the economically disadvantaged and other vulnerable members of society like children and the elderly. Favourable demographic trends and ongoing government funding - especially funding associated with the staged aged care reforms, the 2023 Cheaper Child Care policy and the National Disability Insurance Scheme - have supported the subdivision's performance in recent years. With a growing number of Australians experiencing persistent social and economic disadvantages, housing insecurity and associated mental health challenges, the Community Services subdivision has become increasingly overstretched and underfunded, especially as government indexation continues to lag cost inflation. At the same time, recent national inquiries have exposed several failings in Australia's aged care, disability and mental health systems, with the subdivision being the subject of several Royal Commission reviews, including the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Sweeping regulatory reforms stemming from these Royal Commissions are now underway, shaking up the subdivision's operating environment. The subdivision's not-for-profit organisations and private enterprises are expected to receive $115.1 billion from government funding, donations and private income in 2025-26, following annualised growth of 7.3% over the past five years. This includes expected revenue growth of 2.0% in 2025-26, with legislative uncertainty and funding shortfall concerns constraining the ability of community service providers to help disadvantaged Australians grappling with the ongoing housing and cost-of-living crisis. Cost pressures, combined with increased regulatory burdens, will impact already slim profit margins during the year. Rising demand from Australia's ageing population and ongoing demand for child care services will support future industry growth, as will continued disadvantages for Australia's most vulnerable members of society. At the same time, labour shortages and profit margin pressures arising from long-term chronic underfunding will hamper the ability of the subdivision to meet demand. Further changes to the industry's operating backdrop in view of rising concerns over former government policies favouring the privatisation of aged care and child care may be imminent. Despite these challenges, revenue for the Community Services subdivision is forecast to climb at an annualised 4.0% through the end of 2030-31 to total $145.2 billion.

Real estate markets are of great importance for both local and international investors. Sydney and Melbourne are two dynamic markets where economic and social factors have significant impacts on property prices. Below is a detailed description of each feature:

1. Date: The date when the property was sold. This feature helps in understanding the temporal trends in property prices.
2. Price:The sale price of the property in USD. This is the target variable we aim to predict.
3. Bedrooms:The number of bedrooms in the property. Generally, properties with more bedrooms tend to have higher prices.
4. Bathrooms: The number of bathrooms in the property. Similar to bedrooms, more bathrooms can increase a property’s value.
5. Sqft Living: The size of the living area in square feet. Larger living areas are typically associated with higher property values.
6. Sqft Lot:The size of the lot in square feet. Larger lots may increase a property’s desirability and value.
7. Floors: The number of floors in the property. Properties with multiple floors may offer more living space and appeal.
8. Waterfront: A binary indicator (1 if the property has a waterfront view, 0 other- wise). Properties with waterfront views are often valued higher.
9. View: An index from 0 to 4 indicating the quality of the property’s view. Better views are likely to enhance a property’s value.
10. Condition: An index from 1 to 5 rating the condition of the property. Properties in better condition are typically worth more.
11. Sqft Above: The square footage of the property above the basement. This can help isolate the value contribution of above-ground space.
12. Sqft Basement: The square footage of the basement. Basements may add value depending on their usability.
13. Yr Built: The year the property was built. Older properties may have historical value, while newer ones may offer modern amenities.
14. Yr Renovated: The year the property was last renovated. Recent renovations can increase a property’s appeal and value.
15. Street: The street address of the property. This feature can be used to analyze location-specific price trends.
16. City: The city where the property is located. Different cities have distinct market dynamics.
17. Statezip: The state and zip code of the property. This feature provides regional context for the property.
18. Country: The country where the property is located. While this dataset focuses on properties in Australia, this feature is included for completeness.

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The Luxury Accommodation industry has endured significant turbulence over the past five years, primarily due to shocks and ongoing impacts associated with the pandemic. Strict travel bans in 2020 led to a heavy reliance on domestic tourist traffic, causing sharp declines in revenue and profitability across the sector. Occupancy rates fell from 79.2% to 50.8% between 2018-19 and 2020-21, while RevPAR dropped by 42.2%. The industry also experienced a drop in employment, particularly among casual workers. However, the industry has shown resilience with rebounding occupancy rates and increased RevPAR driven by pent-up demand and the easing of travel restrictions. Employment levels have since surpassed pre-pandemic benchmarks, propelled by the reopening of international borders. The industry has also witnessed a flurry of new luxury hotel openings, placing further upwards pressure on employment numbers due to increasing labour demand. Despite a cost-of-living crisis causing a dip in domestic demand, occupancy rates and RevPAR have reached record highs, pushing up profit margins towards historical pre-pandemic levels. Overall, industry revenue is expected to grow at an annualised 6.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to total $8.8 billion. This trend includes an anticipated rise of 1.4% in 2024-25. The industry’s future will be shaped by several key factors, with inbound tourists from affluent markets expected to drive growth. However, the challenge will be to capture high-spending visitors through innovative marketing campaigns and loyalty programs. With more luxury hotels set to open over the next five years, incumbent establishments will need to find strategies to avoid complications associated with increasing market saturation and growing competition. However, improving domestic economic conditions should enhance demand from domestic travellers. Businesses that can achieve occupancy rates of 80.0% and above will be key to maintaining strong profit margins. Industry revenue is forecast to grow at an annualised 3.8% over the five years through 2029-30, to total $10.6 billion.

Online grocery sales have been ramping up, with the segment now a viable and successful product line for grocery retailers. Improvements to packing logistics, distribution centres, marketing efforts and other operations have supported continued grocery sales growth. Additionally, consumer habits have shifted, with online shopping more prevalent across the whole retail sector and meal kit services remaining popular among those with busy lifestyles. However, physical stores' convenience, lack of delivery fees and perception as better outlets for fresh food have dampened some activity. Online grocery shopping has been both Coles’s and Woolworths' strongest growth channels over the past two years, with Coles seeing a 25.7% jump in sales over the twelve months to March 2025. These trends have since continued to snowball and propelled industry revenue growth to an expected average annual 5.7% over the five years through 2025-26 to $11.8 billion, despite lockdowns five years ago uniquely positioning the benchmark year of 2020-21 as a strong online sales year. Online grocery shopping is highly concentrated between the industry's two largest chains, Woolworths and Coles. Both giants use their extensive existing store networks and distribution centres to service wide areas. Their economies of scale have benefited industry profitability, with average profit margins remaining positive over the past five years. This trend has signified a shift for the industry, with investors now aiming for sustainable operations rather than loss-leading growth strategies. Cost-of-living pressures in recent years have threatened online grocery performance, especially when it comes to traditional meal kit services. Nevertheless, where most industries are passing on costs, relying on price-driven growth, online grocers have also been able to source a growing market, capitalising on demand-driven growth. As busy consumers have found themselves increasingly turning towards online shopping, revenue is expected to jump 4.7% in 2025-26. Easing cost-of-living pressures are slated to have mixed effects on online grocers, including boosting purchase volumes and appetites for meal kits and online delivery. Continued improvements to delivery times and expansions of dark store networks will boost online grocery shopping coverage and interest. The expansion of other grocers, like ALDI, IGA and Amazon, has the potential to intensify competition and keep downwards pressure on prices. Overall, online grocery shopping revenue is forecast to climb at an annualised 2.6% over the five years through 2030-31 to total $13.4 billion.

Overview

The report presents updated estimates of household food expenditure trends and examines further issues relating to Australia's household food expenditure. The analysis builds on a June 2017 ABARES report that examined recent trends in food demand in Australia and a range of food security issues.

Key Issues

Between 2009-10 and 2016-17, the key drivers of Australia's household food demand growth were, in order of importance, population growth, changes in tastes and preferences (including lifestyle choices), lower real food prices and real income growth. While population growth is important, increasing the number of people seeking to meet their energy and nutrition requirements, there has also been a broadly-based shift toward spending on meals out and fast foods, with the share of meals out and fast foods in household food expenditure in Australia increasing from 31 per cent in 2009-10 to 34 per cent in 2015-16. This increases food expenditure per person, all else constant.

Domestic household consumption is still the most important market for food producers (based on value), but food exports have recovered strongly in recent years, from $25 billion in 2009-10 to $39 billion in 2016-17 (in 2015-16 prices); the share of exports in Australia's indicative food production increased from a recent low of 25 per cent in 2009-10 to 33 per cent in 2016-17.

Two key questions posed in the report relate to food security across population sub-groups and economic opportunities for farmers and other food product and service providers. • Food security-based on average outcomes in population sub-groups in 2015-16 using HES data, the Australian Government's transfer system is important in ensuring a high level of food security across households in Australia; some households, such as those highly reliant on family support payments, may require complementary support, for example, from non-government organisations.

• Economic opportunities in the domestic food supply chain-future food demand growth in Australia will be underpinned by population and income growth. For people living in higher income and/or net worth households, there is a demonstrated willingness to pay a premium for quality attributes of food products and services, including convenience factors. Food labelling is a key approach to inform consumers about quality attributes that may earn a price premium.

A key challenge in the long-term trend toward increased demand for meals out and fast foods is to ensure people have information about food attributes such as nutrition content. Reliable and well understood food product and service labelling may enhance nutrition security in Australia, and allow consumers to make food choices that are more closely aligned with their tastes and preferences (including in relation to nutrition and health), and wider circumstances, as well as contributing to reducing food waste.

Monthly CPI Indicator in Australia increased to 3.50 percent in September from 3 percent in August of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Australia Monthly CPI Indicator.