index (ABS CPI) - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's water & sewerage index (cpi) was 104.2 index (ABS CPI) as of April 2026. ABS Consumer Price Index for water and sewerage - the third essential utility bill after electricity and gas. Published as an index number. Water and sewerage charges are unavoidable for every household, and their increases rarely attract the attention electricity does. Data is sourced from ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Water and sewerage sub-index, quarterly (national) and updated quarterly.
ABS Consumer Price Index for water and sewerage - the third essential utility bill after electricity and gas. Published as an index number.
Water and sewerage charges are unavoidable for every household, and their increases rarely attract the attention electricity does.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Water and sewerage sub-index, quarterly (national)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) - Water and sewerage 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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