Australia household electricity
A price index and the latest movement, not a made-up tariff.
Follow the ABS household electricity price index for the weighted average of eight capital cities, alongside the latest national CPI movement.
Index snapshots through June 2024; latest CPI movement July 2026 · ABS index points; latest movement in % · snapshot checked 2026-09-22
What this measure means
The long-run series is the ABS household electricity price index for the average of eight capital cities. The latest movement is the ABS national CPI electricity change: +6.1% year-on-year and -1.6% month-on-month in July 2026.
An index or percentage movement is not a retail cents/kWh price, a wholesale price or a household bill. It should not be combined with the absolute price views above.
Published observations
| Index period | Household electricity index |
|---|---|
| Jun 2012 | 101.0 index points |
| Jun 2013 | 118.4 index points |
| Jun 2014 | 124.5 index points |
| Jun 2015 | 119.8 index points |
| Jun 2016 | 117.4 index points |
| Jun 2017 | 126.6 index points |
| Jun 2018 | 139.8 index points |
| Jun 2019 | 138.4 index points |
| Jun 2020 | 135.0 index points |
| Jun 2021 | 127.0 index points |
| Jun 2022 | 127.2 index points |
| Jun 2023 | 144.2 index points |
| Jun 2024 | 152.9 index points |
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), CPI and household electricity price index · ABS index series to June 2024; CPI July 2026 release. Open the official source.
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Do not rank a retail rate, household bill, index and percentage movement as though they were the same measure. See methodology and refresh notes.