Consumer Price Index, Australia
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures household inflation and includes statistics about price change for categories of household expenditure
Key Statistics
Section will include a list of key Monthly CPI statistics
What's new this month
Section will highlight any changes or new developments
Main features
Weighted average of eight capital cities
This section will include a table of original and seasonally adjusted monthly and annual percentage changes for the weighted average of the 8 capital cities for All groups, Groups and selected analytical series. It will also include a graph of the annual percentage change for the CPI All groups and Group series.
| Original | Seasonally adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted average of eight capital cities | Sept 25 to Oct 25 (% change) | Oct 24 to Oct 25 (% change) | Sept 25 to Oct 25 (% change) | Oct 24 to Oct 25 (% change) | |
| All groups CPI | |||||
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | |||||
| Alcohol and tobacco | |||||
| Clothing and footwear | |||||
| Housing | |||||
| Furnishings, household equipment and services | |||||
| Health | |||||
| Transport | |||||
| Communication | |||||
| Recreation and culture | |||||
| Education | |||||
| Insurance and financial services | |||||
| CPI analytical series | |||||
| All groups CPI, seasonally adjusted | |||||
| Trimmed mean | |||||
| Weighted median | |||||
Overview
This section will feature a graph of the annual percentage change for the monthly All groups CPI and Trimmed mean series. It will also provide an overview of the main drivers of the annual percentage change for the current month.
Main contributors to change
CPI groups
This section will include a graph of the monthly percentage changes for the weighted average of the eight capital cities, All groups and Group series. This section also features analysis of the main contributors to each of the 11 expenditure Groups and a table with the monthly and annual percentage changes for the Analytical series.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages group
Alcohol and tobacco group
Clothing and footwear group
Housing group
Furnishings, household equipment and services group
Health group
Transport group
Communication group
Recreation and culture group
Education group
Insurance and financial services group
Analytical series
| Analytical series | Sept 25 to Oct 25 | Oct 24 to Oct 25 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimmed mean | ||
| Weighted median | ||
| Tradables | ||
| Non-tradables | ||
| Goods | ||
| Services | ||
| Discretionary | ||
| Non-discretionary | ||
| All groups CPI, seasonally adjusted |
Capital cities comparison
This section provides a summary of the monthly and annual percentage change in the All groups CPI, along with index numbers for both the weighted average of the eight capital cities and each individual capital city.
All groups CPI, index numbers and percentage changes
This section includes a table of the monthly index numbers and monthly and annual percentage changes for each capital city.
| Oct 25 | Sep 25 to Oct 25 | Oct 24 to Oct 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index number(a) | Percentage change (%) | ||
| Sydney | |||
| Melbourne | |||
| Brisbane | |||
| Adelaide | |||
| Perth | |||
| Hobart | |||
| Darwin | |||
| Canberra | |||
| Weighted average of eight capital cities | |||
Group by capital city, annual percentage change
| Group | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth | Hobart | Darwin | Canberra | Weighted average of eight capital cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All groups | |||||||||
| Food & non-alcoholic beverages | |||||||||
| Alcohol & tobacco | |||||||||
| Clothing & footwear | |||||||||
| Housing | |||||||||
| Furnishings, household equipment and services | |||||||||
| Health | |||||||||
| Transport | |||||||||
| Communication | |||||||||
| Recreation & culture | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| Insurance & financial services |
Trimmed mean
Section includes a table summarising the Expenditure Classes that were excluded ('trimmed out') as part of the calculation of the monthly Trimmed mean.
| CPI Expenditure class | Monthly movement (%) (seasonally adjusted) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CPI Expenditure class | Monthly movement (%) (seasonally adjusted) | Status |
|---|---|---|
Data Downloads
Australia
Table 1. CPI: All Groups, Index numbers and Percentage change
Table 2. CPI: Group, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities, Index numbers and Percentage change
Table 3. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
TABLE 4. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class Contribution to All Groups Annual percentage change, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
TABLE 5. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class Contribution to All Groups Monthly percentage change, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
TABLE 6. CPI: Analytical Series, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
TABLE 7. CPI: Group, Expenditure Class and Selected Analytical Series Index numbers, Seasonally adjusted, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
TABLE 8. CPI: Expenditure Class, Combined seasonal adjustment factors, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
Capital cities
TABLE 9. CPI: Groups, Index Numbers by Capital City
TABLE 10. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Index Numbers by Capital City
TABLE 11. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Annual percentage change, by Capital City
TABLE 12. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Monthly percentage change by Capital City
TABLE 13. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Index points contribution, by Capital City
TABLE 14. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Contribution to All Groups Annual percentage change, by Capital City
TABLE 15. CPI: Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Contribution to All Groups Monthly percentage change, by Capital City
TABLE 16. CPI: Analytical Series, by Capital City
Quarterly
The re-referenced quarterly tables will be published for the first time on 28 January 2026, with the release of the December 2025 quarterly data.
TABLE 17. CPI: Quarterly All Groups, Index numbers and Percentage change
TABLE 18. CPI: Quarterly Group, Sub-group and Expenditure Class, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities
Appendix 1
APPENDIX 1a. CPI: Quarterly Analytical Series and Seasonal Adjustment Factors on pre-October 2025 basis
APPENDIX 1b. CPI: Quarterly pre-October 2025 basis Expenditure Class Weights, Average of Eight Capital Cities, December quarter 2024
Appendix 2
APPENDIX 2. CPI: Index Points contribution April 2024 to December 2024
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