General Economic Statistics

Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin Statistical Tables

Reserve Bank of Australia Historical Australian Economic Statistics 1949–50 TO 1996–97

House Prices and House Price Indices

ABS House Price Indexes, Median Price (unstratified) and Number of Established House Transfers. Capital cities only, detached houses only. Updated quarterly.

New South Wales State Government Department of Housing Rent and Sales Report. Contains NSW median sales price by Local Government Area (LGA) based on transfers. By Houses only, Units only, All sales. Updated quarterly.

Residex House price indices and median prices for houses/units by capital city. Updated monthly.

Real Estate Institute of Victoria Quarterly Median Prices. Median house prices by suburb. Updated quarterly.

RP Data - Rismark Derivatives Indices. Prices by capital city and dwelling type. Updated monthly.

Rents, Vacancies and Rent Indices

Victorian State Government Office of Housing Rental Report. Contains Victorian median rents by suburb based on bond lodgements. Updated quarterly.

New South Wales State Government Department of Housing Rent and Sales Report. Contains NSW median rents by Local Government Area (LGA) based on bond lodgements. Updated quarterly.

Queensland State Government Rental Housing Vacancy Rates. Contains vacancy rates for five regions of QLD. Updated Quarterly.

Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority Median Weekly Rents by dwelling type, region. Based on bond lodgements. Updated quarterly.

Historical House Price Data

Long term housing prices in Australia and some economic perspectives by Nigel Stapledon of the University of NSW School of Economics. Various measures (nominal/real/constant quality) of house prices in Australia from 1880 to 2006. This data is in spreadsheet format along with Schiller's for the US here.

Some charts and data on house prices, rents and wages from 1861-1890 based on work by economic historian Noel Butlin in Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861 – 1900.

Housing Prices in Australia: 1970 to 2003; Peter Abelson and Demi Chung; Macquarie University Department of Economics; 2004.

Census Data

Australian Bureau of Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau

Japan's Statistics Bureau

UK National Statistics

Charts

Interest.com.au displays a constantly updated set of charts on many aspects of the Australian economy. Useful if you need a quick chart but don't have time to make one from source.