The price index for residential properties for the weighted average of the eight capital cities rose 2.2% in the March quarter 2017. The index rose 10.2% through the year to the March quarter 2017.
The capital city residential property price indexes rose in Sydney (+3.0%), Melbourne (+3.1%), Adelaide (+1.5%), Canberra (+2.8%) and Hobart (+3.4%) and fell in Perth (-1.0%) and Darwin (-0.9%). Brisbane was flat (0.0%).
Annually, residential property prices rose in Sydney (+14.4%), Melbourne (+13.4%), Hobart (+11.3%), Canberra (+8.9%), Adelaide (+5.0%) and Brisbane (+3.5%) and fell in Darwin (-5.9%) and Perth (-3.5%).
TOTAL VALUE OF THE DWELLING STOCK
The total value of residential dwellings in Australia was $6,602,132.3m at the end of the March quarter 2017, rising $163,122.9m over the quarter.
The mean price of residential dwellings rose $13,900 to $669,700 and the number of residential dwellings rose by 39,800 to 9,858,400 in the March quarter 2017.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER)
Release Date
June 2017
19 September 2017
September 2017
12 December 2017
December 2017
20 March 2018
March 2018
19 June 2018
REVISIONS
Revisions apply to estimates for the second and third most recent quarters of the total value of dwelling stock (see paragraph 38 of the Explanatory Notes) and to median counts and transfers (see paragraph 44 of the Explanatory Notes).
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