AUD - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's median home price was $1,032,203 as of December 2025. The long-term trend is getting worse, though the recent 12-month direction is broadly stable. Median sale price of residential dwellings nationally, with optional drill-down by state. Housing affordability is one of the most significant quality-of-life issues in Australia. Rising prices make home ownership harder for younger Australians. Data is sourced from CoreLogic / ABS Housing Finance (Cat. 5609.0) and updated monthly.
Ranked by latest value (lower is better)
| Rank | State | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern TerritoryNT | 530,000AUD | 12mo |
| 2 | TasmaniaTAS | 560,000AUD | |
| 3 | South AustraliaSA | 720,000AUD | 12mo |
| 4 | Western AustraliaWA | 730,000AUD | 12mo |
| 5 | VictoriaVIC | 780,000AUD | |
| 6 | QueenslandQLD | 830,000AUD | 12mo |
| 7 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 870,000AUD | |
| 8 | New South WalesNSW | 1,120,000AUD | 12mo |
Median sale price of residential dwellings nationally, with optional drill-down by state.
Housing affordability is one of the most significant quality-of-life issues in Australia. Rising prices make home ownership harder for younger Australians.
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 (CoreLogic / ABS Housing Finance (Cat. 5609.0)), 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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