Cost of Living
How prices, wages and housing have moved over the past 25 years. Switch datasets below to compare trends.
ABS CPI, WPI & housing series · Last updated: 30 June 2025
House prices vs wages
572%
House prices have risen 572% since 2000 — while wages rose just 116%
Inflation (CPI)
2.9%
Year to 2025
Wage growth
3.4%
Year to 2025 (WPI)
House Price Index
726
Base 100 in 2000
Mortgage rate
3.9%
RBA cash rate, 2025
Prices, wages, house prices & rates — % change since 2000
Every series indexed to 100 in the base year. Tap a series to overlay or hide it.
To compare series measured in different units (an index, a dollar figure and an interest rate), each is rebased to 100 in 2000 and shown as its cumulative percentage change since then. Where the house-price line pulls away from the wages line, housing grew faster than pay over the period shown.