6463.0 - Analytical Living Cost Indexes for Selected Australian Household Types, Jun 2006  
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APPENDIX 1: LIVING COST INDEXES AND THE CPI

Living Cost indexes (a)
Quarter
Employee
Age pensioner
Other government transfer recipient
Self-funded retiree
CPI(b)
INDEX NUMBERS
1998
June
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
September
100.3
100.5
100.4
100.3
100.2
December
100.6
100.9
100.8
100.7
100.7
1999
March
100.3
100.8
100.9
100.0
100.7
June
100.7
101.2
101.4
100.4
101.1
September
101.5
102.0
102.1
101.4
102.0
December
101.9
102.4
102.7
101.8
102.6
2000
March
103.0
103.4
103.9
102.4
103.5
June
104.1
104.1
104.8
103.2
104.3
September
107.9
107.8
108.1
107.2
108.2
December
108.5
108.2
108.7
107.4
108.5
2001
March
109.7
109.7
110.2
108.5
109.7
June
110.0
110.5
111.0
109.4
110.6
September
110.2
110.9
111.1
109.7
110.9
December
110.8
112.3
112.0
111.1
111.9
2002
March
111.8
113.5
113.0
112.2
112.9
June
112.4
114.0
113.5
113.0
113.7
September
113.6
114.8
114.4
113.9
114.5
December
114.4
115.7
115.2
114.8
115.3
2003
March
115.9
117.6
117.1
116.1
116.8
June
115.8
117.2
116.7
116.1
116.8
September
116.6
117.7
117.3
116.6
117.4
December
117.3
118.5
117.9
117.4
118.0
2004
March
118.8
119.8
119.4
118.1
119.1
June
119.6
120.0
119.7
118.6
119.7
September
120.3
120.3
120.2
119.1
120.2
December
121.2
121.4
121.2
120.1
121.1
2005
March
122.0
122.4
122.1
120.7
121.9
June
123.1
123.0
123.0
121.3
122.6
September
124.5
124.3
124.3
122.8
123.7
December
125.0
125.1
125.1
123.2
124.3
2006
March
126.4
126.6
126.4
124.5
125.4
June
128.6
129.2
128.7
126.9
127.4
PERCENT CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER
1998
September
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
December
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
1999
March
–0.3
–0.1
0.1
–0.7
–0.1
June
0.4
0.4
1.0
0.4
0.4
September
0.8
0.8
0.7
1.0
0.9
December
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.6
2000
March
1.1
1.0
1.2
0.6
0.9
June
1.1
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.8
September
3.7
3.6
3.1
3.9
3.7
December
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.3
2001
March
1.1
1.4
1.4
1.0
1.1
June
0.3
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
September
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.3
December
0.5
1.3
0.8
1.3
0.9
2002
March
0.9
1.1
0.9
1.0
0.9
June
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.7
0.7
September
1.1
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
December
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
2003
March
1.3
1.6
1.6
1.1
1.3
June
–0.1
–0.3
–0.3
0.0
0.0
September
0.7
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.6
December
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.7
0.5
2004
March
1.3
1.1
1.3
0.6
0.9
June
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
September
0.6
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
December
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
2005
March
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.7
June
0.9
0.5
0.7
0.5
0.6
September
1.2
1.0
1.1
1.2
0.9
December
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.5
2006
March
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
0.9
June
1.7
2.1
1.8
1.9
1.6
PERCENT CHANGE FROM CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF PREVIOUS YEAR
2002
3.1
3.5
3.0
3.8
3.2
December
3.2
3.0
2.9
3.3
3.0
2003
March
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.4
June
3.0
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.7
September
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.6
December
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.4
2004
March
2.5
1.9
2.0
1.7
2.0
June
3.3
2.4
2.6
2.2
2.5
September
3.2
2.2
2.5
2.1
2.3
December
3.3
2.4
2.8
2.3
2.6
2005
March
2.7
2.2
2.3
2.2
2.4
June
2.9
2.5
2.8
2.3
2.5
September
3.5
3.3
3.4
3.1
3.0
December
3.1
3.0
3.2
2.6
2.8
2006
March
3.6
3.4
3.6
3.2
3.0
June
4.5
5.0
4.6
4.6
4.0
(a) Base of each index: June quarter 1998 = 100.0.
(b) CPI re-referenced to base of June quarter 1998 = 100.0 to facilitate longer-term comparisons with living cost indexes.