CPI

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Consumer Price Index (CPI)

New CPI figures are released each quarter by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The release dates are: mid April, July, October, January.

Percentage Change (from previous financial year)

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Darwin Canberra Weighted av. of eight capital cities
2004-05 2.5 2.0 2.6 2.3 3.2 3.2 2.2 2.3 2.4
2005-06 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2
2006-07 2.7 2.7 3.3 2.6 4.0 2.6 4.4 3.0 2.9
2007-08 3.0 3.5 4.1 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.4


Percentage Change (from corresponding quarter of previous year)

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Darwin Canberra Weighted av. of eight capital cities
2004
June 2.3 2.1 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.2 2.9 2.5
Sept. 2.7 1.7 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.3
Dec. 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.3 1.9 2.4 2.6
2005
March 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.2 3.4 3.5 2.1 2.2 2.4
June 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.2 3.8 3.1 2.6 2.1 2.5
Sept. 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.0 4.1 3.5 2.8 2.9 3.0
Dec 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 4.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.8
2006
March 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 4.2 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.0
June 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.7 3.5 4.2 4.8 4.0
Sept 3.7 3.4 4.4 3.8 4.8 3.3 4.9 4.2 3.9
Dec 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.0 4.4 2.5 5.0 3.1 3.3
2007                  
March 2.2 2.2 2.9 1.8 3.5 2.1 4.0 2.4 2.4
June 1.7 2.0 2.6 1.7 3.1 2.2 3.7 2.0 2.1
Sept 1.3 2.1 2.7 1.4 2.6 1.8 3.2 2.1 1.9
Dec 2.4 3.3 3.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.0
2008                  
March 3.9 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.3 3.8 3.9 4.6 4.2
June 4.3 4.4 5.1 4.6 4.5 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.5


Percentage Change (from previous quarter)

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Darwin Canberra Weighted av. of eight capital cities
2004
June 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.5
Sept. 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4
Dec. 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.5 0.8
2005
March 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7
June 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6
Sept. 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.9
Dec 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5
2006
March 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
June 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.3 1.8 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.6
Sept 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.7 0.7 0.9
2007                  
March -0.1 0.2 0.4 -0.3 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1
June 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Sept 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.8 0.7
Dec 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.9
2008                  
March 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.3
June 1.5 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.5

Footnote: The Foundation's publication Forecasts for the Consumer Price Index was last produced in 1999.

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