Real GDP growth
Quarterly
0.4%Annual
2.1%June quarter 2026 · Seasonally adjusted
Australia · National accounts
The economy.
Beyond the headline.
How much Australia produces, how that changes per person, and what growth means for national income and household saving.
June quarter 2026 publication edition · Seasonally adjusted · New releases are checked before updating
Real GDP per person
Quarterly
0.0%Annual
0.7%June quarter 2026 · Seasonally adjusted
Household saving ratio
6.5%Net saving as a share of net disposable income · June quarter 2026
Is Australia’s economy growing?
Real GDP changed by 0.4% in the June quarter and 2.1% over the year. Real GDP adjusts for price changes so we can see changes in the volume of production.
Are we better off per person?
Real GDP per person changed 0.0% in the quarter and 0.7% over the year. Population growth can lift total GDP even when output per person is flat. GDP per person is an average of output, not a measure of how evenly income is shared.
What’s driving growth?
Household spending, investment, government spending and trade can pull growth in different directions. Published contributions show how much each added to or subtracted from quarterly GDP growth.
What’s happening to national income?
Real net national disposable income changed 0.0% in the quarter. It reflects the purchasing power of national income, including the effect of export prices relative to import prices.
Are households saving more or less?
Households saved 6.5% of net disposable income in the June quarter. This is a sector-wide ratio; individual households can have very different experiences.
National accounts sources and methods · June quarter 2026 edition