Consumer Price Indices (CPI) & Household healthcare Expenditure

25 July 2024

CONSUMER PRICE INDICES (CPI) 1

	2022	2023	2024
General CPI	93.2	97.7	100.0
Healthcare CPI	92.1	96.2	100.0

Notes:
¹Based on latest CPI series with base year of 2024

HOUSEHOLD HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE

	2007/08	2012/13	2017/18
Proportion of monthly Household Expenditure spent on Healthcare ^1,2(%) (by income quintiles)
► All Households	5.3	4.5	5.5
► Lowest 20%	6.0	5.6	7.8
► 2nd quintile	5.5	4.4	5.7
► 3rd quintile	5.5	4.9	5.7
► 4th quintile	5.3	4.6	5.0
► Highest quintile	4.8	4.0	4.8

Notes:
¹Based on Resident Households
²Income quintiles are based on ranking of households by their monthly household
income from all sources per household member

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Consumer Price Indices (CPI)
Household Healthcare Expenditure