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Australia's education cost index (cpi) was 104.6 index (ABS CPI) as of April 2026. ABS Consumer Price Index for education - preschool, primary, secondary and tertiary education costs paid by households. Published as an index number (the ABS CPI reference period = 100). Education costs are a major household expense over a family's lifetime, and rising fees influence enrolment decisions and debt levels. Data is sourced from ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Education sub-index, quarterly (national) and updated quarterly.
ABS Consumer Price Index for education - preschool, primary, secondary and tertiary education costs paid by households. Published as an index number (the ABS CPI reference period = 100).
Education costs are a major household expense over a family's lifetime, and rising fees influence enrolment decisions and debt levels.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Education sub-index, quarterly (national)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Education sub-index, quarterly (national)), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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