Historical Prices in Melbourne

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Restaurants

Year	Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)
2023	26.84	121.32	14.09
2022	24.70	118.05	13.77
2021	20.13	95.65	12.54
2020	17.97	87.23	11.79
2019	17.74	84.98	11.51
2018	18.01	86.83	11.34
2017	17.28	88.23	10.39
2016	17.69	86.77	10.17
2015	16.99	86.27	9.17
2014	15.50	81.82	8.99
2013	15.72	79.96	8.47
2012	15.96	93.61	8.04
2011	16.57	71.11	8.04
2010	16.24	58.15	8.22

Year	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	Water (0.33 liter bottle)	Cappuccino (regular)
2023	11.86	10.83	3.67	3.50	5.09
2022	10.71	9.92	3.89	3.43	4.88
2021	9.33	9.60	3.20	2.63	4.42
2020	9.88	9.20	3.25	2.89	4.38
2019	8.83	9.31	3.13	2.84	4.30
2018	8.72	9.50	3.19	2.82	4.19
2017	8.51	8.89	3.27	2.70	4.02
2016	8.13	8.25	3.37	2.79	3.93
2015	7.81	8.04	3.23	2.62	3.90
2014	7.76	7.86	3.02	2.58	3.77
2013	6.89	7.22	3.20	2.66	3.76
2012	6.68	7.20	2.98	2.53	3.66
2011	5.88	6.83	3.03	2.72	3.49
2010	5.00	7.33	2.83	2.12	-

Markets

Year	Milk (regular), (1 liter)	Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	Eggs (regular) (12)	Water (1.5 liter bottle)	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)
2023	2.24	3.78	5.58	2.23	7.14	7.97
2022	1.95	3.42	5.42	2.46	6.24	6.20
2021	1.63	3.04	5.16	2.19	5.85	7.11
2020	1.57	3.03	4.74	2.08	5.97	5.81
2019	1.52	3.04	4.67	2.50	5.32	5.93
2018	1.29	2.72	4.05	2.15	3.87	5.89
2017	1.43	2.69	4.54	1.93	5.79	6.44
2016	1.36	2.67	5.20	2.82	5.61	5.60
2015	1.33	2.75	4.75	2.37	4.89	5.33
2014	1.36	2.90	4.46	1.86	4.50	5.11
2013	1.52	3.33	4.20	2.75	4.41	4.68
2012	1.50	2.82	4.10	2.61	4.95	4.83
2011	1.60	2.76	3.98	2.28	3.73	4.18
2010	1.80	3.47	5.00	1.73	2.10	3.29

Year	Apples (1kg)	Oranges (1kg)	Potato (1kg)	Lettuce (1 head)	Rice (white), (1kg)	Tomato (1kg)	Banana (1kg)	Onion (1kg)
2023	4.92	4.10	3.64	3.45	3.23	5.68	3.80	3.44
2022	4.48	4.19	3.92	5.22	3.27	7.90	3.67	3.27
2021	4.19	3.36	3.18	2.64	2.65	4.42	3.23	2.80
2020	4.48	3.43	3.12	2.88	2.65	5.00	3.24	2.53
2019	4.36	3.41	3.71	2.60	2.62	5.15	3.60	2.84
2018	3.98	3.36	3.17	2.58	2.93	4.81	3.03	2.63
2017	4.12	3.75	3.50	2.71	2.94	5.53	3.18	2.69
2016	3.77	3.50	2.85	2.54	2.78	4.58	2.93	2.75
2015	4.03	3.13	2.67	2.39	2.56	4.46	3.24	2.30
2014	3.92	3.43	3.11	2.34	2.17	4.90	-	-
2013	4.05	3.92	3.20	2.38	2.50	4.65	-	-
2012	4.16	3.18	3.13	2.46	3.00	6.62	-	-
2011	3.79	3.16	2.45	2.48	-	-	-	-
2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Local Cheese (1kg)	Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	Chicken Fillets (1kg)	Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)
2023	16.05	18.89	42.58	12.90	19.94
2022	13.89	21.03	40.02	12.87	22.79
2021	14.14	16.02	39.07	11.01	19.36
2020	12.62	17.79	37.29	11.22	16.36
2019	9.89	16.55	30.87	11.19	15.47
2018	10.10	17.14	30.88	10.24	13.88
2017	10.93	16.20	27.94	10.06	15.73
2016	10.87	17.47	25.50	11.24	16.47
2015	9.88	17.06	22.99	10.83	13.86
2014	10.35	16.37	21.16	12.19	-
2013	14.81	16.74	18.74	12.73	-
2012	11.94	15.85	17.07	12.40	-
2011	10.77	15.58	16.20	11.54	-
2010	15.00	14.67	16.88	8.74	-

Rent Per Month

Year	Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre
2023	2210.90	1879.24	4367.76	2894.73
2022	2064.71	1654.35	3833.58	2531.24
2021	1607.06	1415.00	2966.15	2037.50
2020	1761.08	1401.46	3364.10	2384.70
2019	1883.73	1430.68	3403.72	2199.86
2018	1895.65	1480.62	3618.06	2264.05
2017	1769.74	1289.21	3140.33	1999.42
2016	1720.92	1321.04	3075.65	2132.10
2015	1678.13	1290.33	3373.56	2075.50
2014	1638.46	1139.31	3187.54	1864.44
2013	1741.47	1338.91	3107.69	2149.31
2012	1679.12	1425.00	3573.75	2041.25
2011	1933.33	1466.67	3300.00	1991.25
2010	1552.50	1502.50	2530.10	1980.83

Buy Apartment Price

Year	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre
2023	11001.15	9098.05
2022	10574.03	9794.44
2021	9171.43	5875.00
2020	9510.00	7878.75
2019	10111.11	8321.43
2018	9348.31	7521.00
2017	9125.00	6727.78
2016	7960.07	6041.57
2015	8498.88	6535.38
2014	9200.00	6000.00
2013	7923.46	5943.75
2012	8800.00	6325.00
2011	10833.33	8833.33
2010	6886.67	5000.00

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2023	4.91	1.96
2022	4.61	1.97
2021	4.81	1.52
2020	4.50	1.38
2019	4.40	1.44
2018	4.33	1.47
2017	4.12	1.34
2016	4.03	1.23
2015	3.81	1.34
2014	4.39	1.53
2013	4.08	1.49
2012	3.98	1.45
2011	3.74	1.40
2010	4.03	1.28

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data
2023	246.97	82.44	42.22
2022	251.04	78.66	-
2021	192.00	73.96	-
2020	194.16	71.28	-
2019	217.54	71.66	-
2018	207.00	71.85	-
2017	222.43	75.07	-
2016	171.72	71.91	-
2015	200.55	68.43	-
2014	213.24	70.15	-
2013	218.00	65.41	-
2012	178.37	52.39	-
2011	181.67	50.00	-
2010	181.43	47.99	-

Sports And Leisure

Year	Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat
2023	82.19	18.50	21.83
2022	70.46	26.17	22.34
2021	69.95	19.20	20.48
2020	65.27	22.92	19.69
2019	78.35	25.38	20.09
2018	67.76	25.62	20.31
2017	67.33	21.41	20.51
2016	72.39	26.76	19.42
2015	72.00	25.50	19.36
2014	85.46	14.67	17.93
2013	73.53	21.12	18.38
2012	67.22	26.25	17.97
2011	64.94	26.25	17.23
2010	70.00	20.00	16.25

Clothing And Shoes

Year	1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes
2023	128.58	73.52	164.50	184.88
2022	116.60	77.31	162.19	182.80
2021	102.17	61.67	139.70	153.32
2020	102.31	56.22	130.81	139.44
2019	100.79	61.01	123.89	141.02
2018	105.01	63.04	137.63	152.90
2017	101.00	68.76	137.19	155.58
2016	98.64	69.11	137.29	152.89
2015	100.84	63.14	137.89	152.17
2014	92.43	68.32	150.10	141.77
2013	119.71	86.71	152.45	164.74
2012	93.90	69.38	145.42	138.33
2011	97.14	79.80	150.00	185.00
2010	78.50	65.00	136.00	179.00

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