Statistics about finances of the general government and public non-financial corporations sectors for the various levels of government in Australia ...

Household spending rose 1.1 per cent in July 2026, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This follows a rise of 1.0 per cent in June and ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5%, down from 3.8% in the 12 months to June 2026. The largest contributors to annual inflation were Housing (+5.0%), Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.2%) and ...

The Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the June quarter 2026 and 3.2 per cent annually (seasonally adjusted), according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.

At 30 June 2026 there were 2,814,778 actively trading businesses in the Australian economy, with 996,203 of these businesses being employing.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to June 2026, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The largest contributor to annual inflation ...

Released: 28/07/2026 Current media commentary about the 2026 Census misrepresents the questions on sex at birth, sexual orientation and gender. The 2026 Census includes a question about a person’s sex ...

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 ...

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.0 per cent in the 12 months to May 2026, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Rachael McCririck, ABS head of prices ...

When prices for some items change significantly, such as automotive fuel, measures of underlying inflation like the Trimmed mean can give more insights into how inflation is trending. Trimmed mean ...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.3 per cent in March, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Sean Crick, ABS head of labour statistics, ...