c/kWh - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's average electricity price was 33.5 c/kWh as of January 2026. The long-term trend is getting worse, though the recent 12-month direction is broadly stable. Average retail electricity price paid by households, shown nationally with drill-down by state. Electricity costs affect household budgets and business competitiveness. Australia has among the highest electricity prices in the OECD. Data is sourced from AER Retail Energy Data; ABS Selected Living Cost Indexes and updated monthly.
Ranked by latest value (lower is better)
| Rank | State | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TasmaniaTAS | 28c/kWh | 12mo |
| 2 | VictoriaVIC | 29c/kWh | 12mo |
| 3 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 31c/kWh | 12mo |
| 4 | QueenslandQLD | 33c/kWh | 12mo |
| 5 | Northern TerritoryNT | 33c/kWh | |
| 6 | Western AustraliaWA | 33.5c/kWh | |
| 7 | New South WalesNSW | 36.5c/kWh | 12mo |
| 8 | South AustraliaSA | 44c/kWh | 12mo |
Average retail electricity price paid by households, shown nationally with drill-down by state.
Electricity costs affect household budgets and business competitiveness. Australia has among the highest electricity prices in the OECD.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (AER Retail Energy Data; ABS Selected Living Cost Indexes), updated monthly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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