Forget the ABS. This is the economy you actually feel. Flat whites, chooks, servo fuel, pub schooners — what does it actually cost to live here?
The same basket, six cities, one brutal truth. Click a city for the full breakdown.
Watch the basket grow. Hover for exact values. Events annotated.
Six categories. One rising cost of living.
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat white Top Impact | $5.80 | ↑ Up | $29.00/wk | +11.7% |
| Smashed avo toast | $22.00 | ↑ Up | $11.00/wk | +13.0% |
| Vegemite 380g | $7.50 | — Stable | $0.15/wk | +3.5% |
| Up & Go 3pk | $5.20 | ↑ Up | $5.20/wk | +8.4% |
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolies roast chicken Top Impact | $12.00 | — Stable | $6.00/wk | +4.4% |
| Bread loaf | $3.80 | ↑ Up | $3.80/wk | +13.6% |
| Dozen eggs | $7.20 | ↑ Up | $3.60/wk | +14.4% |
| 2L full cream milk | $3.60 | ↑ Up | $3.60/wk | +12.6% |
| Shapes BBQ | $3.50 | ↑ Up | $0.88/wk | +7.8% |
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunnings sausage sizzle | $3.50 | — Stable | $3.50/wk | 0.0% |
| Carton VB | $58.00 | ↑ Up | $5.80/wk | +7.5% |
| Meat pie | $6.50 | ↑ Up | $6.50/wk | +11.2% |
| Fish & chips Top Impact | $18.50 | ↑ Up | $9.25/wk | +12.3% |
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unleaded per litre | $1.89 | ↓ Down | $18.90/wk | -1.6% |
| Myki single trip Top Impact | $5.30 | ↑ Up | $21.20/wk | +7.1% |
| Uber 5km | $14.20 | ↑ Up | $7.10/wk | +10.6% |
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median 1BR rent/wk Top Impact | $520.00 | ↑ Up | $520.00/wk | +10.8% |
| Electricity bill/qtr | $380.00 | ↑ Up | $29.26/wk | +12.7% |
| NBN 50 plan | $79.00 | — Stable | $19.75/wk | 0.0% |
| Panadol 20pk | $5.80 | ↑ Up | $0.58/wk | +7.5% |
| Item | Current Price | Trend | Weekly Impact | 1yr Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie ticket | $24.00 | ↑ Up | $6.00/wk | +9.2% |
| Pub schooner Top Impact | $12.50 | ↑ Up | $12.50/wk | +13.8% |
| Spotify | $13.99 | ↑ Up | $3.50/wk | +7.8% |
| Netflix standard | $18.99 | ↑ Up | $4.75/wk | +8.7% |
We read the data so you don't have to. The vibe is not great, chief.
Eggs stabilising after the Great Egg Crisis, but your landlord didn't get the memo. Rent up for the 18th consecutive month. The Bunnings snag remains Australia's last affordable meal — and the line at Bunnings has never been longer. Make of that what you will.
Valentine's Day drove avo toast prices to record highs. Meanwhile, Woolies quietly shrunk the roast chook by 50g. Shrinkflation is real, people — you're paying the same but getting less bird. If you served that chook at a dinner party three years ago, your guests would politely ask if it's a quail.
Summer petrol prices surprisingly flat — enjoy it while it lasts. Netflix hiked again, because apparently they can. The real cost of living crisis is your streaming stack. For the first time in our index history, total entertainment GDP now exceeds transport GDP. You're paying more to watch stuff than to go places.
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