Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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SEPTEMBER QTR KEY FIGURES

			% change	% change
			Jun Qtr 2003 to	Sep Qtr 2002 to
ESTABLISHED HOUSE PRICES			Sep Qtr 2003	Sep Qtr 2003
Weighted average of eight capital cities			3.4	17.6
Sydney			2.2	16.5
Melbourne			1.9	11.6
Brisbane			6.4	27.8
Adelaide			4.1	22.8
Perth			5.5	19.2
Hobart			5.7	19.1
Darwin			0.8	5.6
Canberra			5.4	24.4

• The price index for established houses in Australia rose 3.4% in the September quarter 2003, compared with an increase of 5.0% in the June quarter 2003.

• Prices rose in all capital cities: Brisbane (+6.4%), Hobart (+5.7%), Perth (+5.5%), Canberra (+5.4%), Adelaide (+4.1%), Sydney (+2.2%), Melbourne (+1.9%) and Darwin (+0.8%).

• Over the year to September quarter 2003, established house prices rose 17.6%.

• Annual increases in the capital cities were: Brisbane (+27.8%), Canberra (+24.4%), Adelaide (+22.8%), Perth (+19.2%), Hobart (+19.1%), Sydney (+16.5%), Melbourne (+11.6%) and Darwin (+5.6%).