Total Value of Dwellings

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Estimates of the total value, number and mean price of Australia's dwellings, as well as median prices and counts of residential property transfers

Reference period
June Quarter 2026
Released
8/09/2026
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Release date and time
08/09/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

  • The total value of residential dwellings in Australia fell by $34.1 billion to $12,688.9 billion this quarter.
  • The number of residential dwellings rose by 54,400 to 11,531,100 this quarter.
  • The mean price of residential dwellings fell by $8,200 to $1,100,400 this quarter.

Total value of dwelling stock

The preliminary estimate of the total value of residential dwellings in Australia in the June quarter 2026 was $12,688.9 billion, down $34.1 billion from $12,723.0 billion in the March quarter 2026.

Of the total value of residential dwellings, $12,183.3 billion was owned by households.

The total value of residential dwellings fell in New South Wales (-2.0% or $92.9b), Victoria (-1.6% or $44.3b), and the Australian Capital Territory (-0.7% or $1.4b), but rose in all other states and territories.

The number of residential dwellings in Australia rose by 54,400 to 11,531,100, and the mean price of residential dwellings fell by $8,200 to $1,100,400 this quarter.

Mean dwelling price

The mean price of residential dwellings in New South Wales ($1,304,900) remains the highest in the country, followed by Queensland ($1,130,600) and Western Australia ($1,123,700). The Northern Territory maintains the lowest mean price at $614,400.

Revisions and Changes

Revisions

All estimates for the current quarter are preliminary. Revisions apply to estimates for the second and third most recent quarters of the total value of dwelling stock and its components (see Revisions, under Total value of dwelling stock, in the Methodology page), and to median prices and transfers (see Revisions, under Dwelling transfer counts and median prices, in the Methodology page). Revisions to estimates for previous quarters are standard practice in these series. 

Previous catalogue number

The data in Table 1 and Table 2 were previously published under catalogue number 6416.0 'Residential Property Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities'. The Residential Property Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities publication ceased with the December quarter 2021 issue. Please see the ABS media release 'Update on the Australian Bureau of Statistics work program' for further information.

Data downloads

Time Series Spreadsheets

Table 1. Total value of dwellings, all series

Table 2. Median price and number of transfers (capital city and rest of state)

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