Table 28.3 presents, for the weighted average of the eight capital cities, index numbers for each of the 11 major commodity groups of the 14th Series CPI and for All groups, together with percentage changes.
28.3 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, Group index numbers - Weighted average of capital cities(a)(b)
|
| Food | Alcohol
and
tobacco | Clothing
and
footwear | Housing | Household
furnishings,
supplies and
services | Health | Transpor-
tation | Communic-
ation | Recreation | Education | Miscell-
aneous | All groups |
|
INDEX NUMBER(c) |
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1996-97 | 119.7 | 161.4 | 107.3 | 101.6 | 113.5 | 159.7 | 124.3 | 106.5 | 115.0 | 156.0 | 133.4 | 120.3 |
1997-98 | 121.8 | 164.6 | 107.4 | 94.5 | 113.8 | 165.4 | 123.5 | 106.6 | 117.8 | 165.6 | 138.5 | 120.3 |
1998-99 | 126.5 | 168.7 | 106.7 | 95.8 | 113.7 | 163.4 | 122.1 | 102.9 | 119.4 | 174.1 | 143.5 | 121.8 |
1999-2000 | 129.2 | 175.2 | 105.5 | 99.9 | 113.3 | 158.7 | 128.9 | 97.8 | 120.4 | 182.4 | 153.2 | 124.7 |
2000-01(d) | 135.6 | 194.7 | 112.5 | 107.9 | 117.3 | 164.3 | 137.0 | 104.7 | 124.6 | 191.4 | 166.0 | 132.2 |
2001-02 | 142.7 | 203.1 | 112.4 | 111.1 | 119.7 | 169.9 | 137.3 | 105.2 | 128.6 | 200.0 | 171.8 | 136.0 |
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CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR (%) |
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1996-97 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | -4.1 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.4 | -0.7 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 |
1997-98 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | -7.0 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 3.8 | - |
1998-99 | 3.9 | 2.5 | -0.7 | 1.4 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -3.5 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
1999-2000 | 2.1 | 3.9 | -1.1 | 4.3 | -0.4 | -2.9 | 5.6 | -5.0 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
2000-01(d) | 5.0 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 6.0 |
2001-02 | 5.2 | 4.3 | -0.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
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(a) Groups based on 14th Series CPI structure.
(b) Reference base year 1989-90 = 100.0.
(c) Index numbers for financial years are calculated as the simple arithmetic averages of the quarterly index numbers.
(d) The 2000-01 data were affected by the introduction of The New Tax System, in particular, the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 1 July 2000. |
Source: Consumer Price Index, Australia (6401.0). |