6401.0 - Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2013 Quality Declaration 
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APPENDIX SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE CPI


SEASONALITY OF CPI EXPENDITURE CLASSES

1 The Annual Seasonal Re-analysis (ASR) reviews the seasonal adjustment of CPI series in more detail than is possible in the quarterly processing cycle.

2 Following the 2013 ASR, 57 of the 87 expenditure classes are considered seasonal (see Table 1 of this appendix) and will be seasonally adjusted for the Analytical series; 'All Groups CPI, seasonally adjusted' and 'Underlying trend series - Trimmed mean and Weighted median'. Seasonally adjusted index numbers can be found in 'TABLE 15. CPI: Expenditure Class Index Numbers, Seasonally adjusted, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities' and combined seasonal adjustment factors can be found in 'TABLE 16. CPI: Expenditure Class, Combined seasonal adjustment factors, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities'. These tables can be downloaded from the 'Downloads' tab of this issue on the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au>.

3 As a result of the ASR 2013, the following series is no longer seasonally adjusted:

  • Cleaning and maintenance products.

4 Changes to the seasonally adjusted series do not affect the original CPI index series.

5 Please refer to the Explanatory notes of this issue or the Information Paper: Seasonal Adjustment of Consumer Price Indexes, 2011 (cat. no. 6401.0.55.003) for more details on the seasonal adjustment of the CPI.

Table 1 - Seasonal adjustment of CPI expenditure classes

CPI expenditure classes
Seasonally adjusted prior to 2013 Annual Seasonal Reanalysis (ASR)
Seasonally adjusted following 2013 ASR

Bread
n
n
Cakes and biscuits
y
y
Breakfast cereals
y
y
Other cereal products
y
y
Beef and veal
y
y
Pork
y
y
Lamb and goat
y
y
Poultry
n
n
Other meats
y
y
Fish and other seafood
y
y
Milk
n
n
Cheese
n
n
Ice cream and other dairy products
y
y
Fruit
y
y
Vegetables
y
y
Eggs
n
n
Jams, honey and spreads
n
 n
Food additives and condiments
y
y
Oils and fats
n
n
Snacks and confectionery
y
y
Other food products n.e.c.
y
y
Coffee, tea and cocoa
n
 n
Waters, soft drinks and juices
y
y
Restaurant meals
n
n
Take away and fast foods
y
y
Spirits
n
n
Wine
n
n
Beer
n
n
Tobacco
y
y
Garments for men
y
y
Garments for women
y
y
Garments for infants and children
y
y
Footwear for men
n
n
Footwear for women
y
y
Footwear for infants and children
y
y
Accessories
y
y
Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing and footwear
n
n
Rents
y
y
New dwelling purchase by owner-occupiers
n
 n
Maintenance and repair of the dwelling
y
y
Property rates and charges
y
y
Water and sewerage
y
y
Electricity
y
y
Gas and other household fuels
y
y
Furniture
y
y
Carpets and other floor coverings
y
y
Household textiles
y
y
Major household appliances
n
n
Small electric household appliances
y
y
Glassware, tableware and household utensils
y
y
Tools and equipment for house and garden
y
y
Cleaning and maintenance products
y
n
Personal care products
y
y
Other non-durable household products
y
y
Child care
y
y
Hairdressing and personal grooming services
n
n
Other household services
n
n
Pharmaceutical products
y
y
Therapeutic appliances and equipment  
n
n
Medical and hospital services
y
y
Dental services
y
y
Motor vehicles
n
 n
Spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles
n
n
Automotive fuel
y
y (a)
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
n
n
Other services in respect of motor vehicles
y
y
Urban transport fares
y
y
Postal services
n
n
Telecommunication equipment and services
n
n
Audio, visual and computing equipment
n
n
Audio, visual and computing media and services
n
n
Books
y
y(a)
Newspapers, magazines and stationery
y
y
Domestic holiday travel and accommodation
y
y
International holiday travel and accommodation
y
y
Equipment for sports, camping and open-air recreation
n
n
Games, toys and hobbies
y
y
Pets and related products
y
y
Veterinary and other services for pets
y
y
Sports participation
y
y
Other recreational, sporting and cultural services
y
y
Preschool and primary education
y
y
Secondary education
y
y
Tertiary education
y
y
Insurance
y
y
Deposit and loan facilities (direct charges)
n
n
Other financial services
n
n

(a) In using this seasonally adjusted series, care should be exercised because of the difficulties associated with reliably estimating the seasonal pattern