Data · Latest available official statistics
Australian Economic & Investment Dashboard.
Inflation, interest rates, growth, jobs, wages, population, incomes and property — the numbers that move Australian investments, straight from the ABS and RBA, with the date beside every figure and a plain-English reading of what they suggest.
01Australia now
Latest available data · checked 27 October 2026The latest official figure for each indicator, grouped by theme: how it changed, the period it describes and when it was released. Periods differ by design — the period is printed on every card. Arrows show direction only: up is not automatically good, and down is not automatically bad.
Prices & interest rates
Inflation (CPI)
ABSTrimmed mean inflation
ABSRBA cash rate
RBA10-year bond yield
RBAGrowth, jobs & wages
GDP growth, year
ABSGDP per person, year
ABSUnemployment rate
ABSWage growth, year
ABSPeople & housing
Population
ABSPopulation growth
ABSDwelling approvals
ABSMean dwelling price
ABSAustralian Economic Conditions
Direction of each indicator against the comparison shown. A summary of the data, not a forecast or a recommendation.
Population growth remains positive but has slowed (1.4% in the year to March 2026, compared with 1.5% a year earlier).
Underlying (trimmed mean) inflation is 3.6%, above the RBA's 2–3% target range and higher than three months earlier (3.5%). Headline CPI inflation is 4.0% (year to August 2026).
The RBA cash rate target is 4.60%, 1.00 percentage point higher than a year earlier. The most recent change was +0.25 percentage points, effective 30 September 2026.
Real GDP grew 2.1% over the year to June 2026 (0.4% in the June quarter 2026 alone) — a slower pace than the previous quarter's annual rate of 2.5%.
The unemployment rate is 4.7% (September 2026), up from 4.4% a year earlier.
Wages grew 3.2% over the year to June 2026 (Wage Price Index), 0.7 points behind inflation over the same period, so real wages fell.
Dwelling approvals totalled 208,145 in the 12 months to August 2026, 9.5% more than the previous 12 months.
New investor housing loan commitments were $37.1bn in the June quarter 2026, 8.1% higher than a year earlier and 10.2% lower than the previous quarter.
The mean price of a residential dwelling was $1,100,400 in the June quarter 2026, 6.8% higher than a year earlier and 0.7% lower than the previous quarter (ABS Total Value of Dwellings).
Generated automatically from the statistics on this page each time new data is verified.
Commentary · generated from the figures above
What the data suggests.
A plain-English reading of the latest releases, rebuilt automatically each time new data is verified (last rebuilt 27 October 2026). It describes what the numbers show and how they fit the RBA's framework. It is not a forecast and not advice.
Inflation
Underlying inflation — the trimmed mean, which strips out the most extreme price moves each month — is 3.6% in the 12 months to August 2026, above the RBA's 2–3% target band and higher than three months earlier (3.5%). Headline CPI is 4.0%, above the underlying rate, with electricity prices (13.2%) the fastest-rising single category.
What it suggests: price pressures are building rather than fading. The trimmed mean sits 1.1 points above the 2.5% midpoint the RBA aims for, so this is not only an energy or food story — it is showing up across the basket.
Interest rates
The cash rate target is 4.60%, 1.00 percentage points higher than a year ago after 4 rises and 0 cuts. Against underlying inflation of 3.6%, the real cash rate is about +1.0% — a restrictive setting, because borrowing costs exceed the rate at which prices are rising.
The 10-year government bond yield is 5.28%, above the cash rate by 0.68 points. A long-term rate above the cash rate usually means investors expect rates to stay elevated, or want extra compensation for lending for a decade — either way, the market is not pricing a quick return to cheap money. The average rate on new owner-occupier mortgages is 6.20% (August 2026), 0.70 points higher than a year earlier.
What it suggests: with underlying inflation above the band, the RBA's framework points one way — hold policy restrictive, and tighten further if inflation is not falling back towards the midpoint. Lower rates depend on the trimmed mean moving back inside 2–3%, not on growth slowing by itself. The next scheduled decision is on 3 November 2026.
Growth
Real GDP grew 2.1% over the year to June 2026 (+0.4% in the latest quarter). Per person, output grew 0.7% — most of the headline growth is population growth rather than higher output per person.
What it suggests: growth of 2.1% is around the 2–2½% a year that economists commonly treat as Australia's trend. Growth around trend neither adds to nor subtracts much from inflation pressure. Households are saving 6.5% of their disposable income (June quarter 2026, up from 6.4%), a moderate buffer. Business investment is growing 10.4% a year.
Jobs, wages & incomes
Unemployment is 4.7% (September 2026), up from 4.4% a year earlier, with 66.8% of adults in work or looking for it and employment +1.2% over the year.
What it suggests: RBA estimates of the unemployment rate consistent with full employment — where the jobs market neither adds to nor subtracts from inflation — have centred on about 4.5%. At 4.7% the labour market is around that estimate — neither clearly adding to inflation nor clearly easing it. Wages grew 3.2% over the year to June 2026 — 0.7 points behind inflation over the same period, so real pay fell. That is inside the 3–3½% range the RBA has described as compatible with its target if productivity grows at its long-run pace of about 1% a year. Full-time adults earned $2,083.70 a week on average in May 2026 (+3.7% over the year).
Incomes differ by state: median personal income was highest in the ACT ($75,643) and lowest in TAS ($53,479) in 2022–23, a gap of 41%. Full-time weekly earnings are highest in the ACT and WA (May 2026).
Housing
208,145 dwellings were approved in the 12 months to August 2026, 9.5% more than the previous 12 months. Set against population growth, that is 508 approvals for every 1,000 people added over the 12 months to March 2026. With about 2.5 people per household, roughly 400 dwellings per 1,000 new residents are needed just to house population growth — before replacing homes that are demolished. What it suggests: approvals are running a little ahead of the bare population requirement, which is roughly what it takes once demolitions and approvals that never get built are allowed for — supply is about keeping pace, not catching up.
The ABS mean dwelling price was $1,100,400 in the June quarter 2026, 0.7% down over the quarter and 6.8% up over the year. Over the year, prices rose fastest in WA (+22.9%) and were flat in VIC (0.0%). The mean dwelling costs about 10.2 years of full-time ordinary-time earnings.
Investors committed to $37.1bn of new housing loans in the June quarter 2026, 8.1% more than a year earlier — 38.0% of all new housing lending. What it suggests: investor demand is growing at a moderate pace. Rents in the CPI are rising 3.6% a year nationally (August 2026).
Bottom line
Taken together, the latest releases describe inflation above target and rising, a restrictive cash rate, growth driven mainly by population, a balanced jobs market and housing approvals roughly matching population growth.
For anyone with debt, the practical reading is that borrowing costs are set to stay high until underlying inflation is back inside 2–3% — and the trimmed mean is the number that decides it. For savers, a positive real cash rate means cash is earning more than inflation.
These are readings of the latest official statistics, not forecasts, and every figure above is revised over time. They are general information only and not financial advice.
What to watch next
- 28 Oct 2026Consumer Price Index (monthly) · CPI by capital city (monthly)
- 2 Nov 2026Building approvals
- 3 Nov 2026RBA cash rate decision
- 11 Nov 2026Housing lending (new loan commitments)
- 18 Nov 2026Wage Price Index
- 19 Nov 2026Labour force
02Inflation
12 months to August 2026 · ABSHeadline CPI, annual
ABSTrimmed mean, annual
ABSHeadline vs trimmed mean
Headline CPI measures the change in prices of everything in the basket. The trimmed mean drops the most extreme price changes each period, so it shows the underlying trend and is the measure the RBA watches most closely. Both are shown against the 2–3% target below.
The target range and what the RBA does in each case
The Government and the RBA have agreed that monetary policy should keep consumer price inflation between 2% and 3%, and the RBA Board sets policy so that inflation is expected to return to the 2.5% midpoint. Where underlying inflation sits relative to that band largely determines the direction of interest rates.
Above the band
Above 3%What it meansPrices are rising faster than the economy can sustain; the real value of cash, wages and fixed incomes is being eroded faster than intended.
What the RBA typically doesKeeps the cash rate at a restrictive level — above inflation — and raises it further if inflation is not expected to return to the midpoint in a reasonable time. Rate cuts wait until underlying inflation is clearly heading back inside the band.
Inside the band
2% to 3%What it meansInflation is low enough that it does not distort decisions, and high enough to keep the economy clear of deflation. The RBA aims for the 2.5% midpoint, not just the band.
What the RBA typically doesHolds, and moves gradually. With inflation inside the band the Board weighs its second objective — full employment — more heavily: a soft jobs market can justify cuts, a tight one can justify keeping rates where they are.
Below the band
Below 2%What it meansDemand is weak: businesses cannot lift prices, wage growth usually slows, and the risk shifts to falling prices and rising real debt burdens.
What the RBA typically doesCuts the cash rate to lift demand, and has in the past used other tools (bond purchases, forward guidance) when the cash rate was already near zero.
Source: Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy (Australian Government and RBA, December 2023). The RBA judges inflation mainly on the trimmed mean and on its own forecasts, so the live reading is a guide to the pressure on policy, not a mechanical rule.
Quarterly CPI, seasonally adjusted, and trimmed mean. Shaded band: RBA target range of 2–3%; dotted line: the 2.5% midpoint the Board aims for.
The ABS complete monthly CPI begins in 2025, so this chart is short. Shaded band: RBA target range; dotted line: 2.5% midpoint.
End-of-quarter cash rate target, trimmed mean inflation (annual %), and the gap between them — the real cash rate. When the purple line sits above the orange one, borrowing costs exceed underlying inflation and policy is restrictive; the reverse is accommodative.
- Electricity 13.2% prev. 6.1%
- Housing 5.7% prev. 5.0%
- Transport 5.6% prev. 1.6%
- Insurance 5.6% prev. 4.2%
- Education 4.7% prev. 4.8%
- Health 3.9% prev. 3.8%
- Rents 3.6% prev. 3.6%
- Food and non-alcoholic drinks 3.0% prev. 3.2%
- Recreation and culture 2.9% prev. 2.6%
Original series, % change on the same month a year earlier. "Prev." is the previous month's annual rate. Electricity prices are affected by the timing of government rebates.
- TAS4.8%
- SA4.7%
- NT4.5%
- WA4.3%
- QLD4.1%
- ACT4.1%
- NSW3.9%
- VIC3.5%
Australia: 4.0%
Monthly CPI, all groups, original. State codes stand for their capital cities (NSW = Sydney, VIC = Melbourne and so on); the ABS measures the CPI in the eight capitals. Tap a name to show or hide it.
03Interest rates
RBA · APRA- 12 months ago
- 3.60%
- Moves in the past 12 months
- 4 up · 0 down
- Real cash rate
- +1.00%Cash rate less trimmed mean inflation · restrictive
- Next scheduled decision
- 3 November 2026Announced at 2:30pm AEDT/AEST on the final day of the meeting
Each marker is a change in the target: ▲ increase, ▼ decrease. Targets announced in early 1990 were ranges; the mid-point is shown.
Owner-occupier rate, new loans
RBA/APRAInvestor rate, new loans
RBA/APRAReal cash rate
RBA10-year government bond
RBAAverage interest rates on housing loans, all lenders. Monthly, from July 2019 (when APRA's current collection began).
Monthly average. The daily yield appears in Markets below.
End of quarter. Positive bars: policy restrictive (borrowing costs above underlying inflation). Negative bars: accommodative. richer.au calculation from RBA and ABS data.
When the 10-year yield sits above the cash rate, markets are not pricing a quick fall in rates; when it drops below, they usually are.
| Effective | Change | New target |
|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2026 | +0.25 pts | 4.60% |
| 6 May 2026 | +0.25 pts | 4.35% |
| 18 March 2026 | +0.25 pts | 4.10% |
| 4 February 2026 | +0.25 pts | 3.85% |
| 13 August 2025 | −0.25 pts | 3.60% |
| 21 May 2025 | −0.25 pts | 3.85% |
| 19 February 2025 | −0.25 pts | 4.10% |
| 8 November 2023 | +0.25 pts | 4.35% |
04The economy
June quarter 2026 · ABSReal GDP, quarter
ABSReal GDP, year
ABSGDP per capita growth, year
ABSReal GDP per person
ABSHousehold saving ratio
ABSTerms of trade
ABSHousehold consumption, year
ABSBusiness investment, year
ABSGrowth against trend
Economists commonly treat about 2–2½% a year as Australia's trend (or potential) growth — the pace the economy can sustain without adding to inflation. Growth per person is the better guide to living standards when population growth is high.
Above trend
Above about 2½%What it meansDemand is growing faster than the economy's capacity. Unemployment tends to fall and wage and price pressures build.
What it usually means for policyMakes it harder for inflation to fall; the RBA is less likely to cut and more likely to tighten if inflation is also above target.
Around trend
About 2–2½%What it meansThe economy is growing at roughly its sustainable pace. Unemployment and inflation pressures are broadly stable.
What it usually means for policyNeutral: policy is driven by inflation and the labour market rather than by growth itself.
Below trend
Below about 2%What it meansSpare capacity is opening up. Unemployment tends to rise over time and inflation pressure eases — slowly when population growth is strong.
What it usually means for policySupports lower rates once inflation allows; the RBA will accept below-trend growth while inflation is above target.
Trend growth is an estimate, not an official target, and it changes as population growth and productivity change.
Nominal GDP — the dollar value of everything produced — was $2.93 trillion over the year to June 2026, up 5.6% on the previous year. Much of that rise is higher prices. Real GDP strips out price changes and grew 2.1% over the same period. This dashboard uses real, seasonally adjusted measures for economic growth.
All annual % change, quarterly. Inflation: CPI, seasonally adjusted. Nominal GDP: current prices. Real GDP: chain volume, seasonally adjusted. Nominal growth is roughly real growth plus the rise in prices across the whole economy. Shaded band: RBA 2–3% inflation target.
Bars: quarterly % change. Line: annual % change. Chain volume, seasonally adjusted. Shaded band: commonly cited trend growth of 2–2½%.
Negative bars mean output per person fell: the economy grew only because the population did.
Export prices relative to import prices. Index, 2023–24 = 100.
05Jobs & the labour market
September 2026 · ABSUnemployment rate
ABSEmployed people
ABSEmployment growth, month
ABSParticipation rate
ABSUnderemployment rate
ABSHours worked, month
ABSFull employment and what the RBA does in each case
The RBA's second objective is full employment: the lowest unemployment rate that can be sustained without pushing inflation up. RBA staff estimates of that rate have centred on about 4½%, with wide uncertainty. Where unemployment sits relative to it shapes how much weight the Board gives to jobs versus inflation.
Tighter than full employment
Unemployment below about 4¼%What it meansWorkers are scarce. Wages grow faster, which supports incomes and rents but also feeds inflation.
What the RBA typically doesTreats the labour market as a source of inflation pressure: holds rates higher for longer, and is reluctant to cut even if growth is slow.
Around full employment
About 4¼–4¾%What it meansThe jobs market is roughly balanced — neither adding to inflation nor clearly easing it.
What the RBA typically doesLets inflation decide: with inflation above target it keeps policy restrictive; with inflation inside the band it can hold or ease.
Looser than full employment
Unemployment above about 4¾%What it meansSpare capacity is building. Wage growth slows and household incomes come under pressure.
What the RBA typically doesGives more weight to jobs: cuts the cash rate if inflation is at or heading back to target, and tolerates inflation returning to the midpoint more slowly rather than pushing unemployment higher.
The full-employment estimate is unobservable and is revised; the RBA publishes its thinking in each Statement on Monetary Policy.
Seasonally adjusted. Dotted line: the RBA's approximate estimate of the unemployment rate consistent with full employment.
Unemployment rate by state
Unemployment rate, September 2026, trend. ABS trend estimates are used for every state because the NT and ACT are not seasonally adjusted.
Tap or select a state to see its figures.
- TAS5.2%
- VIC5.1%
- NT4.8%
- NSW4.5%
- QLD4.5%
- WA4.3%
- SA4.3%
- ACT4.2%
Australia: 4.6%
- WA+2.9%
- QLD+1.7%
- NSW+1.5%
- VIC+0.9%
- ACT+0.8%
- SA+0.6%
- NT0.0%
- TAS−2.4%
Australia: +1.4%
06Wages & incomes
year to June 2026 · ABSThree different measures, three different periods. The Wage Price Index tracks the price of the same job over time (quarterly). Average weekly earnings is what full-time adults actually earn, including the effect of people moving between jobs (twice a year). Personal income is what people declared to the ATO, by state (annual, with a lag of about two and a half years).
Wage growth (WPI), year
ABSWage growth (WPI), quarter
ABSReal wage growth, year
ABSAverage weekly earnings, full-time
ABSMedian personal income
ABSReading wages against inflation
Real wages — pay growth minus inflation — decide whether households are getting ahead. RBA officials have described wage growth of about 3–3½% as compatible with the 2–3% inflation target if productivity grows at its long-run pace of about 1% a year; faster wage growth without productivity gains tends to feed back into prices.
Wage growth and the inflation target
Wages are the biggest cost in the economy, so the RBA watches whether pay growth is consistent with inflation settling at 2–3%. The answer depends on productivity: the faster output per hour grows, the faster wages can grow without lifting prices.
Above the consistent range
WPI growth above about 3½%What it meansPay is rising faster than prices plus productivity can absorb. Good for real incomes in the short run; a source of inflation pressure if it persists.
What the RBA typically doesReads it as evidence the labour market is too tight, and leans towards holding or raising rates until wage growth slows.
Inside the range
About 3–3½%What it meansWage growth consistent with the target, provided productivity grows at roughly 1% a year. Real wages rise modestly once inflation is at target.
What the RBA typically doesNeutral on wages; policy is set by where inflation and unemployment are.
Below the range
WPI growth below about 3%What it meansWages are lagging. Household budgets tighten, especially when inflation is above target and real pay is falling.
What the RBA typically doesTakes it as a sign of spare capacity in the labour market, which supports lower rates once inflation allows.
Productivity growth is the swing factor: if it is weaker than 1% a year, the wage growth consistent with the target is lower too.
Annual % change, quarterly. Wage Price Index (all sectors, seasonally adjusted) and CPI (seasonally adjusted). When the green line is below the orange, real wages are falling.
Annual wage growth minus annual CPI inflation, same quarter. Positive: pay growing faster than prices. richer.au calculation from ABS data.
Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings, persons, seasonally adjusted. Published for May and November each year. Tap a state to show or hide it.
Wage Price Index, original series, % change on a year earlier. Tap a state to show or hide it.
Earnings and incomes by state and territory
Full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings, May 2026, seasonally adjusted (ABS Average Weekly Earnings).
Tap or select a state to see its figures.
- ACT$2,293.30
- WA$2,227.40
- NSW$2,108.80
- QLD$2,042.20
- VIC$2,041.10
- NT$1,984.10
- SA$1,970.20
- TAS$1,846.30
Australia: $2,083.70
- ACT$75,643
- NT$66,831
- WA$62,207
- NSW$58,909
- VIC$57,907
- QLD$56,708
- SA$55,782
- TAS$53,479
Australia: $58,216
07Population & migration
31 March 2026 · ABSPopulation at 31 March 2026, with growth and its components measured over the year to March 2026. Overseas migration and natural increase come from ABS quarterly estimates published in thousands, so state figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
Population by state and territory
Estimated resident population at 31 March 2026.
Tap or select a state to see its figures.
- WA+2.1%
- QLD+1.6%
- VIC+1.6%
- NT+1.5%
- ACT+1.3%
- NSW+1.1%
- SA+1.0%
- TAS+0.6%
Australia: +1.4%
Tap a state name to show or hide it. Quarterly, % change on a year earlier.
Australia in 10 years
Projected population, 2036
ABSAt today's growth rate
ABSHow to read these
The ABS projection shows what happens under set assumptions about births, deaths and migration. It is not a forecast. It was built from 2022 data, and Australia has already grown faster than its medium path: 27.92m actual at 31 March 2026 against 27.81m projected for 30 June 2026. The second figure simply compounds the latest annual growth rate for 10 years.
Solid: actual population. Dashed: ABS projections at 30 June each year (Series A high, B medium, C low; 2022 base) and a richer.au extrapolation of the latest annual growth rate.
Net interstate migration sums to zero across the states. Tap a state name to show or hide it.
08Property market
ABS prices, approvals & lendingPrices and values from the ABS Total Value of Dwellings (quarterly, built from CoreLogic sales data), the supply pipeline from building approvals (monthly) and credit from lending indicators (quarterly). Prices are a national mean across houses and units, so they move more slowly than any one suburb's median.
Mean dwelling price, Australia
ABSTotal value of dwellings
ABSPrice to full-time earnings
ABSABS mean price of residential dwellings, quarterly, seasonally adjusted. The latest quarter is preliminary. Tap a state to show or hide it.
Change in the ABS mean dwelling price on the same quarter a year earlier (richer.au calculation from ABS data).
- WA+22.9%
- QLD+15.4%
- NT+14.7%
- SA+12.9%
- TAS+8.8%
- ACT+3.0%
- NSW+1.9%
- VIC0.0%
Australia: +6.8%
- NSW11.9×
- QLD10.6×
- WA9.7×
- SA9.6×
- VIC8.7×
- ACT8.2×
- TAS7.6×
- NT6.0×
Australia: 10.2×
Supply pipeline and credit
Dwelling approvals, month
ABSApprovals, past 12 months
ABSHouses, past 12 months
ABSApartments & other, 12 months
ABSHousing lending, quarter
ABSOwner-occupier lending
ABSInvestor lending
ABSFirst-home-buyer lending
ABSOriginal series (not seasonally adjusted). Stacked: houses and apartments/other.
Value per quarter, seasonally adjusted, excluding refinancing. First home buyers are a subset of owner-occupiers.
Prices, supply and credit by state
ABS mean price of residential dwellings, June quarter 2026.
Tap or select a state to see its figures.
This is a richer.au calculation, not an official statistic. It divides dwelling approvals by population growth over the same 12 months (the 12 months to March 2026), so both sides describe the same period. With an average household of about 2.5 people, roughly 400 approvals per 1,000 new residents would be needed just to house population growth, before replacing demolished homes. It does not count existing vacant homes, projects that are approved but never built, or regional differences within a state — so a low reading does not by itself mean a housing shortage, and a high one does not mean an oversupply. It is a prompt for further research, not a buy or sell signal.
- SA810
- TAS719
- ACT693
- NSW540
- QLD504
- VIC495
- WA394
- NT189
Australia: 508
- NT43.4%
- NSW42.0%
- TAS39.6%
- QLD39.5%
- SA39.1%
- WA38.1%
- VIC33.0%
- ACT27.6%
Australia: 38.0%
09State comparison
Sort by any columnHighest and lowest values in each column are marked. They are statistical extremes, not recommendations. Periods differ by column and are shown in each heading.
| NSW | 8.67m | +1.1% | −20,818 | +84,600 | 4.5% | +1.5% | 53,443 | 540 | $29.99bn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIC | 7.15m | +1.6% | +82 | +81,700 | 5.1% | +0.9% | 57,002 | 495 | $23.42bn |
| QLD | 5.74m | +1.6% | +14,718 | +55,200 | 4.5% | +1.7% | 47,774 | 504 | $21.85bn |
| WA | 3.10m | +2.1% | +10,314 | +41,600 | 4.3% | +2.9% | 26,493 | 394 | $11.25bn |
| SA | 1.92m | +1.0% | −1,208 | +17,500 | 4.3% | +0.6% | 15,958 | 810 | $6.18bn |
| TAS | 581k | +0.6% | −98 | +3,200 | 5.2% | −2.4% | 2,854 | 719 | $1.45bn |
| ACT | 490k | +1.3% | −1,401 | +4,900 | 4.2% | +0.8% | 3,751 | 693 | $1.98bn |
| NT | 269k | +1.5% | −1,589 | +3,600 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 870 | 189 | $0.57bn |
| AUS | 27.92m | +1.4% | – | +292,100 | 4.6% | +1.4% | 208,145 | 508 | $97.65bn |
| NSW | $1.30m | +1.9% | +4.6% | $2,108.80 | +2.8% | 3.1% | $58,909 | 11.9× | 3.9% | 3.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIC | $918k | 0.0% | +1.0% | $2,041.10 | +4.2% | 3.1% | $57,907 | 8.7× | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| QLD | $1.13m | +15.4% | +12.2% | $2,042.20 | +4.4% | 3.4% | $56,708 | 10.6× | 4.1% | 4.7% |
| WA | $1.12m | +22.9% | +14.0% | $2,227.40 | +3.4% | 3.3% | $62,207 | 9.7× | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| SA | $980k | +12.9% | +12.5% | $1,970.20 | +4.0% | 3.6% | $55,782 | 9.6× | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| TAS | $733k | +8.8% | +5.1% | $1,846.30 | +3.0% | 2.9% | $53,479 | 7.6× | 4.8% | 3.1% |
| ACT | $982k | +3.0% | +2.1% | $2,293.30 | +2.6% | 3.3% | $75,643 | 8.2× | 4.1% | 1.4% |
| NT | $614k | +14.7% | +5.5% | $1,984.10 | +3.0% | 2.8% | $66,831 | 6.0× | 4.5% | 6.3% |
| AUS | $1.10m | +6.8% | +6.2% | $2,083.70 | +3.7% | 3.2% | $58,216 | 10.2× | 4.0% | 3.6% |
Highest in column Lowest in column · Approvals per 1,000, five-year price growth and price ÷ earnings are richer.au calculations from ABS data, not official statistics. Inflation and rents are measured in each state's capital city. Approvals per 1,000 population increase is not shown where population fell.
10Financial markets
Daily · select a market for its chartAUD/USD, AUD/CNY and the 10-year yield are official RBA figures (exchange rates at 4pm AEST; yields as published). A basis point (bp) is 0.01 percentage points. ASX 200, gold, iron ore and oil are delayed exchange prices from Yahoo Finance: iron ore and Brent are front-month futures, and gold is COMEX futures converted to Australian dollars. Market prices are indicative and may lag the live market.
11Data sources & update schedule
Checked 27 October 2026| Data | Source | Latest period | Released | Next release | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated resident population | National, state and territory population | March 2026 | 17 Sep 2026 | 17 Dec 2026 | Quarterly |
| Consumer Price Index (monthly) | Consumer Price Index, Australia | August 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 28 Oct 2026 | Monthly |
| CPI by capital city (monthly) | Consumer Price Index, Australia — capital cities | August 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 28 Oct 2026 | Monthly |
| Labour force | Labour Force, Australia | September 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 | 19 Nov 2026 | Monthly |
| National accounts | Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product | June 2026 | 2 Sep 2026 | 2 Dec 2026 | Quarterly |
| Building approvals | Building Approvals, Australia | August 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 2 Nov 2026 | Monthly |
| Housing lending (new loan commitments) | Lending indicators | June Quarter 2026 | 14 Aug 2026 | 11 Nov 2026 | Quarterly |
| Average weekly earnings | Average Weekly Earnings, Australia | May 2026 | 13 Aug 2026 | 25 Feb 2027 | Twice a year (May and November) |
| Wage Price Index | Wage Price Index, Australia | June 2026 | 19 Aug 2026 | 18 Nov 2026 | Quarterly |
| Personal income by state (ATO data) | Personal Income in Australia (Data by Region) | 2022-23 | 14 Nov 2025 | – | Annual (income year) |
| Residential dwelling prices and values | Total Value of Dwellings | June Quarter 2026 | 8 Sep 2026 | 1 Dec 2026 | Quarterly |
| Population projections (ABS, 2022 base) | Population Projections, Australia, 2022 (base) – 2071 | 2022 (base) - 2071 | 23 Nov 2023 | – | Irregular (about every 5 years) |
| Cash rate target decisions | Statistical table A2: Changes in monetary policy | Change effective 30 Sep 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | – | As announced |
| Housing lending rates | Statistical table F6: Housing lending rates | August 2026 | 8 Oct 2026 | – | Monthly |
| Australian Government 10-year bond yield | Statistical tables F2 (daily) and F2.1 (monthly): Capital market yields | 21 October 2026 | 23 Oct 2026 | – | Daily |
| Exchange rates | Statistical table F11.1: Exchange rates (4pm AEST indicative) | 26 October 2026 | 26 Oct 2026 | – | Daily |
| ASX 200, gold, iron ore, Brent oil | Yahoo Finance (delayed exchange prices) | Latest trading day | – | – | Daily |
How this dashboard works
- Figures are pulled automatically from the ABS Data API and RBA statistical tables. Markets are checked hourly; monthly and quarterly releases are checked several times a day and every 30 minutes once a scheduled release date arrives.
- Every update is checked before it goes live: required series must be present, values must sit in a plausible range, and the latest period can never move backwards. If a check fails, the previous verified figure stays on the page and the failure is logged for review — an unverified number is never shown.
- Every figure carries its own reference period. Population, GDP, wages (WPI), lending and dwelling prices are quarterly; CPI, jobs and approvals are monthly; average weekly earnings is twice-yearly; personal income by state is annual with a lag of about two and a half years. Periods differ across the page by design.
- The scenario panels compare each figure with a published reference point — the 2–3% inflation target and its 2.5% midpoint, the RBA's approximate full-employment estimate, the wage growth it has described as consistent with the target, and commonly cited trend growth — and the commentary is assembled from those comparisons by fixed rules. It is regenerated whenever the data changes and is never edited by hand.
- Growth rates use real (inflation-adjusted), seasonally adjusted series where the ABS publishes them. Building approvals by state are only published in original terms, so they are compared over 12-month totals.
- Calculated indicators (annual growth from levels, 12-month totals, approvals per 1,000 people, GDP per person over four quarters, gold in A$) are labelled as richer.au calculations.
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About these figures: compiled by richer.au from Australian Bureau of Statistics, Reserve Bank of Australia and APRA data and delayed market prices. Official statistics are revised over time. This page is general information only and is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any investment.