The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures household inflation and includes statistics about price change for categories of household expenditure.

Approvals for townhouses were also down, falling 20.7 per cent to 2,546 dwellings in original terms, after a 10.3 per cent rise last month. The August result is 11.3 per cent lower than the average ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.0 per cent in the 12 months to August 2026, up from 3.5 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are at heightened risk of more severe outcomes from acute respiratory diseases. There are several reasons for this, including higher rates of ...

Household spending was unchanged in August, after rising in both July (+1.1 per cent) and June (+0.9 per cent). Household spending was 6.8 per cent higher than the same time last year. Tom Lay, ABS ...

Dr Mish Tan, ABS head of finance statistics, said: ‘Strong growth in superannuation assets in the June quarter 2026 has led to growth in household wealth. Superannuation assets grew by 5.2 per cent ...

“There were 12 million less hours worked this month, with those employed full-time working 7 million less hours, and those employed part-time working 5 million less hours”, Mr Crick said. New South ...

Annual wage growth in the public sector outpaced growth in the private sector for the sixth quarter in a row. “Rises paid to state government public service jobs were the main driver of public sector ...

Average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults were $2,083.70 in May 2026, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Sean Crick, ABS head of labour ...

The job mobility rate has continued to decline into 2026, according to new data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Robert Long, ABS head of labour statistics, said: “Just ...

The ABS is modernising how it collects data in the Labour Force Survey, including moving to new systems and further developing our suite of Labour Force products. “The transition to our new system ...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.4 per cent in May, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Sean Crick, ABS head of labour statistics, said: ...