AUD millions - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's household spending was $82,341 as of August 2026. Total monthly household spending across all categories in Australia, seasonally adjusted. Based on aggregated bank card transaction data from major Australian banks. Replaced the ABS Retail Trade publication (ceased June 2025). Household spending is the largest component of GDP. A sustained decline signals households are pulling back, which flows through to business revenue, employment, and tax receipts. Data is sourced from ABS Monthly Household Spending Indicator (Cat. 5682.0). Aggregated bank card transactions data. and updated monthly.
Total monthly household spending across all categories in Australia, seasonally adjusted. Based on aggregated bank card transaction data from major Australian banks. Replaced the ABS Retail Trade publication (ceased June 2025).
Household spending is the largest component of GDP. A sustained decline signals households are pulling back, which flows through to business revenue, employment, and tax receipts.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Monthly Household Spending Indicator (Cat. 5682.0). Aggregated bank card transactions data.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Monthly Household Spending Indicator (Cat. 5682.0). Aggregated bank card transactions data.), 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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