Total new capital expenditure in Australia grew by 6.4% qoq in Q3 2025, surpassing market expectations of a 0.5% expansion. This followed an upwardly revised 0.4% growth in the previous quarter, marking the largest increase since the March quarter of 2021. The increase was driven by an 11.5% surge in spending on equipment, plant, and machinery, along with a 2.1% rise in investment in buildings and structures. “The lift in investment was the result of a large rise in spending on data centres and investment in air transport,” said Tom Lay, ABS head of business statistics. By sector, non-mining industries rose 8.6%, while the mining industry grew 0.9%. Geographically, the Australian Capital Territory recorded the fastest increase at 35.3%, followed by South Australia (8.2%), Queensland (7.3%), Victoria (6.7%), and Tasmania (2.8%). In contrast, the Northern Territory posted a decline of 1.6%. On an annual basis, private capital expenditure advanced by 6.9% through the year to September. source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Private Investment in Australia increased to 6.40 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 0.40 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Private Investment in Australia averaged 1.25 percent from 1987 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 17.30 percent in the second quarter of 1996 and a record low of -8.20 percent in the third quarter of 2015. This page provides - Australia Private Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Private Capital Expenditure - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Private Investment in Australia increased to 6.40 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 0.40 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Private Investment in Australia is expected to be -0.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Australia Private Capital Expenditure is projected to trend around 0.40 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-28 01:30 AM
Private Capital Expenditure QoQ
Q2 0.2% -0.2% 0.7% 0.2%
2025-11-27 12:30 AM
Private Capital Expenditure QoQ
Q3 6.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
2026-02-26 12:30 AM
Private Capital Expenditure QoQ
Q4 6.4% 0.3%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Building Capital Expenditure 2.10 0.30 percent Sep 2025
Business Inventories -0.90 0.10 percent Sep 2025
Changes in Inventories -1916.00 1748.00 AUD Million Sep 2025
Company Gross Profits 125152.00 125185.00 AUD Million Sep 2025
Industrial Production -0.20 -0.30 percent Sep 2025
Industrial Production Mom 0.50 6.50 percent Sep 2025
Manufacturing Production -1.90 -3.90 percent Sep 2025
Mining Production 0.00 1.30 percent Sep 2025
Plant Machinery Capital Expenditure 11.50 0.70 percent Sep 2025
Private Capital Expenditure 6.40 0.40 percent Sep 2025


Australia Private Capital Expenditure
Private investment in Australia refers to quarter on quarter change in Private Capital Expenditure. The Capital Expenditure Survey in Australia includes the following industries: Mining, Manufacturing & Other selected industries such as Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services, Construction, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Transport, Postal and Warehousing, Information Media and Telecommunications Finance and Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6.40 0.40 17.30 -8.20 1987 - 2025 percent Quarterly
SA

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Australia’s Q3 Private Capex Growth Beats Forecasts
Total new capital expenditure in Australia grew by 6.4% qoq in Q3 2025, surpassing market expectations of a 0.5% expansion. This followed an upwardly revised 0.4% growth in the previous quarter, marking the largest increase since the March quarter of 2021. The increase was driven by an 11.5% surge in spending on equipment, plant, and machinery, along with a 2.1% rise in investment in buildings and structures. “The lift in investment was the result of a large rise in spending on data centres and investment in air transport,” said Tom Lay, ABS head of business statistics. By sector, non-mining industries rose 8.6%, while the mining industry grew 0.9%. Geographically, the Australian Capital Territory recorded the fastest increase at 35.3%, followed by South Australia (8.2%), Queensland (7.3%), Victoria (6.7%), and Tasmania (2.8%). In contrast, the Northern Territory posted a decline of 1.6%. On an annual basis, private capital expenditure advanced by 6.9% through the year to September.
2025-11-27
Australia Private Capex Rises Less than Expected in Q2
Total new capital expenditure in Australia rose by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 2025, falling short of market expectations for a 0.7% expansion. This followed an upwardly revised 0.2% decline in the previous quarter. The increase was driven by a 0.3% gain in spending on equipment, plant, and machinery, along with a 0.2% rise in investment in buildings and structures. Investment grew in non-mining industries (0.9%) while the mining sector fell (-1.4%). Geographically, Victoria recorded the fastest increase (7.0%), followed by New South Wales(2.4%), Northern Territory (0.6%), and Tasmania (0.2%). In contrast, the Australian Capital Territory (-6.8%), Queensland (-4.8%), South Australia (-3.5%), and Western Australia (-0.1%) posted declines. On an annual basis, private capital expenditure climbed by 1.7% through the year to June, following an upwardly revised 0.6% contraction in Q1.
2025-08-28
Australia Private Capex Unexpectedly Falls in Q1
Total new capital expenditure in Australia unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2025, missing market expectations of a 0.5% expansion and following a revised 0.2% increase in the previous quarter. The decline was driven by a 1.3% drop in spending on equipment, plant, and machinery, partially offset by a 0.9% rise in investment in buildings and structures. Investment fell in non-mining industries (-0.9%) but rose in the mining sector (1.9%). Geographically, the Northern Territory recorded the steepest decline (-13.2%), followed by Tasmania (-6.6%), Victoria (-5.3%), Queensland (-0.9%), and New South Wales (-0.1%). In contrast, South Australia (11.1%), the Australian Capital Territory (10.9%), and Western Australia (2.1%) posted significant gains. On an annual basis, private capital expenditure declined by 0.5% through the year to March, following an upwardly revised 1.0% increase in the fourth quarter.
2025-05-29