Canberra median house price

Median house price, Canberra · Australian Bureau of Statistics · June quarter 2026

Canberra median house price $1,030,000 in the June quarter 2026, down 4.6% on the quarter and up 3.0% over the year.

Next release · Tue 1 Dec 2026, 11:30 AEDT · Total Value of Dwellings

June quarter 2026 preliminary
$1,030,000α
Quarter
down 4.6%β
Year
up 3.0%
5 years
up 13.8%
10 years
up 65.3%
2002 – 2026 · quarterly98 obs
Median house price, Canberra, latest $1,030,000 at June quarter 2026
median $551,900 preliminary   revised   final

What the numbers say

Canberra's median house price was $1,030,000 in the June quarter 2026, down 4.6% on the quarter from $1,080,000 in the March quarter 2026. It was up 3.0% over the year, up 13.8% over 5 years and up 65.3% over 10 years. The latest figure is 4.6% below the peak of $1,080,000 in the March quarter 2026, the highest since the series began in the March quarter 2002. Canberra is the third dearest of the eight capitals. The next dearer is Brisbane at $1,155,000 and the next cheaper is Perth at $1,010,000, with Sydney dearest at $1,487,600 and Hobart cheapest at $750,000. Canberra's median unit price was $615,000 in the June quarter 2026, so houses were $415,000 dearer, a gap equal to 67.5% of the unit price.

What is the median house price in Canberra?

Canberra's median house price was $1,030,000 in the June quarter 2026. That was down from $1,080,000 in the March quarter 2026.

Are Canberra house prices going up or down?

Canberra's median house price was down 4.6% on the quarter in the June quarter 2026, at $1,030,000. Over the year to the June quarter 2026 it was up 3.0%.

How much have Canberra house prices risen in 10 years?

Canberra's median house price was up 65.3% over the 10 years from the June quarter 2016 to the June quarter 2026. It was $1,030,000 in the June quarter 2026.

What is the latest median house price across Canberra as a whole?

The median house price across Canberra as a whole was $1,030,000 in the June quarter 2026. That makes Canberra the third dearest of the eight capitals.

Written from the figures on this page · updated 19 October 2026

Recent quarters

QuarterValueStatus
June quarter 2026$1,030,000 preliminary
March quarter 2026$1,080,000 revised
December quarter 2025$1,070,000 final
September quarter 2025$1,030,000 revised
June quarter 2025$1,000,000 final
March quarter 2025$975,000 final
December quarter 2024$1,000,000 final
September quarter 2024$998,900 revised

Full series · 98 quarters · CSV · JSON

Median house price, Canberra measures the middle transaction price of houses sold in the Canberra capital city area, expressed in thousands of Australian dollars. It is published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as part of its residential dwellings statistics, which report medians by capital city alongside means by state. The series is quarterly and runs from March quarter 2002 to the present, with the latest reading at $1,030,000 for June quarter 2026. Being a median for houses, it does not cover units, apartments or other attached dwellings, which are reported separately. Released under CC BY 4.0.

Also in this family

Related

Canberra Median unit price, CanberraAustralian Capital Territory Mean dwelling price, Australian Capital TerritoryCanberra Residential property price index, Canberra

Source

α
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS Residential Dwellings (medians by capital, means by state), retrieved 11 September 2026. CC BY 4.0.
γ
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS Residential Dwellings (medians by capital, means by state), retrieved 21 September 2026. CC BY 4.0.
β
Computed by Numbra from α.
The number in your inbox within minutes of each release, and a Monday digest.