Consumer Price Index

Australia’s monthly CPI annual change is 4.0% in August 2026. That is up 0.5 percentage points from 3.5% in July 2026, and up 0.8 percentage points from 3.2% in August 2025. The series began in April 2025 and has 17 observations, with a median of 3.7%, a low of 1.9% in June 2025 and a high of 4.6% in March 2026, placing the August 2026 reading above the long-run median.

The monthly CPI monthly change is 0.4% in August 2026, down 0.6 percentage points from 1.0% in July 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from −0.1% in August 2025. On a seasonally adjusted basis the monthly change is 0.7% in August 2026, up 0.1 percentage points from 0.6% in July 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from 0.2% in August 2025.

The trimmed mean seasonally adjusted annual change is 3.6% in August 2026, unchanged from 3.6% in July 2026 and up 0.5 percentage points from 3.1% in August 2025. The food group annual change is 3.0% in August 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from 3.2% in July 2026 and unchanged from 3.0% in August 2025.

The housing group annual change is 5.7% in August 2026, up 0.7 percentage points from 5.0% in July 2026 and up 1.2 percentage points from 4.5% in August 2025. The recreation group annual change is 2.9% in August 2026, up 0.3 percentage points from 2.6% in July 2026 and up 1.5 percentage points from 1.4% in August 2025.

There are no revisions in this release. The next Consumer Price Index release is due Wed 28 Oct 2026, 11:30 AEDT. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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