Inflation Calculator Sydney

Inflation Calculator for Sydney

Prices paid by households in Sydney follow the national consumer price index for Australia, because official inflation is measured country-wide rather than city by city. In the latest month available, June 2026, annual consumer price inflation was 3.94% according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) series compiled from the national statistics office.

Facts that change the answer

• Latest annual inflation: 3.94% (June 2026)
• National CPI change, calendar years 2000 to 2025: prices up 99.6% in total (index 74.4 to 148.4)
• Ten years, 2015 to 2025: prices up 32.5%, so AUD 100 of 2025 buys what about AUD 75.5 bought in 2015
• Highest calendar-year inflation since 2001: 6.6% in 2022; lowest: 0.9% in 2020
• Reserve Bank of Australia policy rate: 4.6% (September 2026), which is above the latest national inflation rate of 3.94%
• Year by year: 2016 1.3%, 2017 1.9%, 2018 1.9%, 2019 1.6%, 2020 0.9%, 2021 2.9%, 2022 6.6%, 2023 5.6%, 2024 3.2%, 2025 2.8%
• Earlier years: 2001 4.4%, 2002 3.0%, 2003 2.8%, 2004 2.3%, 2005 2.7%, 2006 3.5%, 2007 2.4%, 2008 4.3%, 2009 1.8%, 2010 2.9%, 2011 3.4%, 2012 1.7%, 2013 2.4%, 2014 2.5%, 2015 1.5%
• Last 12 monthly readings: Sep 25 3.2%, Oct 25 3.6%, Nov 25 3.6%, Dec 25 3.6%, Jan 26 4.1%, Feb 26 4.1%, Mar 26 4.1%, Apr 26 3.9%, May 26 3.9%, Jun 26 3.9%

Worked example for Sydney

Enter AUD 1,500 as today's cost, 3.94% as the inflation rate and 10 years. If prices in Sydney kept rising at that pace, the same basket would cost AUD 2,208 in 2036, and AUD 1,500 left in cash would buy only what AUD 1,019 buys now. The figure of AUD 1,500 is just an example amount in Australian dollar; type your own rent, school fee or grocery bill instead.

The average of the ten calendar-year rates from 2016 to 2025 for Australia works out at 2.9%. Try that figure as well as the latest 3.94% reading: the gap between the two shows how sensitive a long-range plan in Sydney is to which rate you pick. For a 20-year horizon the difference between 2.9% and 3.94% changes the future cost of AUD 1,500 from AUD 2,639 to AUD 3,249.

Sources: BIS consumer price statistics · BIS central bank policy rates. Checked 5 November 2026. For how the maths works, see the Inflation Calculator guide.