Australia Inflation Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

3.2

Units In

2.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
23.9 Dec 1951	-1.3 Jun 1962	4.85 %	1951-2025	Australian Bureau of Statistics

In Australia, the most important categories in the consumer price index are housing (22.3 percent of the total weight), food and non–alcoholic beverages (16.8 percent), recreation and culture (12.6 percent), transport (11.6 percent), furnishings, household equipment and services (9.1 percent), alcohol and tobacco (7.1 percent), health (5.3 percent) and insurance and financial services (5.1 percent). Clothing and footwear, education and communication account for remaining 10.2 percent of total weight.

Latest Updates

Australia’s annual inflation rate jumped to 3.2% in Q3 2025 from 2.1% in Q2, marking the highest figure since Q2 2024 and surpassing market estimates of 3.0%. Goods inflation surged to a five-quarter peak (3.0% vs 1.1% in Q2), driven by a 23.6% spike in automotive fuel and a faster rise in the cost of electricity (9% vs 8.1%). Price pressures also intensified across some categories, including food (3.1% vs 3.0%), alcohol and tobacco (5.9% vs 5.7%), clothing (2.4% vs 1.2%), housing (4.7% vs 2.0%), health (4.2% vs 4.1%), and recreation (2.3% vs 1.7%), while transport costs rebounded (0.8% vs -2.6%). Meantime, inflation held steady for household services (at 1.0%), but slowed for insurance and financial services (2.6% vs 3.1%) and education (5.3% vs 5.5%). Simultaneously, services inflation accelerated to 3.5% from a three-year low of 3.3% in Q2, due to rises in certain services. The RBA’s trimmed mean climbed 3.0% yoy, above consensus of 2.7%, pointing to the highest print since Q4 2024.