Category history
Hard drives price history in Australia
Explore observed Australian prices by year, brand and capacity. Each point belongs to a dated source.
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13calendar years
Observed-price median
Product mix may change. These medians describe the collected offers, not market-wide inflation.
| Year | Median AUD | Observations |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $132.50 | 8 |
| 2015 | $181.00 | 16 |
| 2016 | $174.00 | 46 |
| 2017 | $185.99 | 38 |
| 2018 | $160.50 | 30 |
| 2019 | $165.00 | 30 |
| 2020 | $169.50 | 20 |
| 2021 | $198.00 | 30 |
| 2022 | $237.98 | 29 |
| 2023 | $227.48 | 30 |
| 2024 | $339.45 | 24 |
| 2025 | $310.95 | 33 |
| 2026 | $299.95 | 41 |
By brand and size
| Brand | Capacity | Year | Count | Median | Low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADATA | 1 TB | 2026 | 4 | $184.45 | $166.95 / $187.95 |
| ADATA | 2 TB | 2026 | 4 | $206.45 | $199.00 / $207.95 |
| ADATA | 4 TB | 2026 | 2 | $385.95 | $356.95 / $414.95 |
| ADATA | 5 TB | 2026 | 1 | $408.95 | $408.95 / $408.95 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2016 | 2 | $94.99 | $74.99 / $114.98 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2017 | 2 | $81.99 | $74.99 / $88.98 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2018 | 1 | $63.99 | $63.99 / $63.99 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2019 | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 / $64.00 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2020 | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 / $64.00 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2021 | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 / $64.00 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2022 | 1 | $53.00 | $53.00 / $53.00 |
| Seagate | 1 TB | 2023 | 1 | $69.00 | $69.00 / $69.00 |
| Seagate | 10 TB | 2017 | 1 | $699.00 | $699.00 / $699.00 |
| Seagate | 10 TB | 2018 | 1 | $529.00 | $529.00 / $529.00 |
| Seagate | 10 TB | 2019 | 1 | $548.00 | $548.00 / $548.00 |
| Seagate | 16 TB | 2022 | 1 | $799.00 | $799.00 / $799.00 |
| Seagate | 16 TB | 2023 | 1 | $799.00 | $799.00 / $799.00 |
| Seagate | 16 TB | 2024 | 1 | $899.00 | $899.00 / $899.00 |
| Seagate | 16 TB | 2025 | 1 | $910.95 | $910.95 / $910.95 |
| Seagate | 16 TB | 2026 | 1 | $531.95 | $531.95 / $531.95 |
| Seagate | 18 TB | 2022 | 1 | $934.98 | $934.98 / $934.98 |
| Seagate | 18 TB | 2023 | 1 | $693.95 | $693.95 / $693.95 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2016 | 4 | $138.49 | $106.99 / $148.98 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2017 | 3 | $127.98 | $104.99 / $214.99 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2018 | 2 | $136.50 | $83.99 / $189.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2019 | 2 | $138.50 | $88.00 / $189.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2020 | 2 | $138.50 | $88.00 / $189.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2021 | 1 | $98.00 | $98.00 / $98.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2022 | 1 | $85.00 | $85.00 / $85.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2023 | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 / $99.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2024 | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 / $99.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2025 | 1 | $119.00 | $119.00 / $119.00 |
| Seagate | 2 TB | 2026 | 2 | $124.00 | $119.00 / $129.00 |
| Seagate | 20 TB | 2026 | 1 | $590.95 | $590.95 / $590.95 |
| Seagate | 24 TB | 2026 | 1 | $549.00 | $549.00 / $549.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2016 | 2 | $157.99 | $145.99 / $169.99 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2017 | 1 | $134.99 | $134.99 / $134.99 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2018 | 1 | $118.00 | $118.00 / $118.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2019 | 2 | $123.50 | $108.00 / $139.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2020 | 1 | $119.00 | $119.00 / $119.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2021 | 1 | $128.00 | $128.00 / $128.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2022 | 1 | $103.00 | $103.00 / $103.00 |
| Seagate | 3 TB | 2023 | 1 | $147.95 | $147.95 / $147.95 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2016 | 5 | $237.98 | $194.99 / $239.98 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2017 | 3 | $229.98 | $177.99 / $339.00 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2018 | 2 | $196.00 | $152.99 / $239.00 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2019 | 2 | $203.50 | $158.00 / $249.00 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2020 | 2 | $229.99 | $164.99 / $294.98 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2021 | 1 | $129.00 | $129.00 / $129.00 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2022 | 2 | $177.99 | $118.00 / $237.98 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2023 | 2 | $188.50 | $158.00 / $219.00 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2024 | 2 | $235.95 | $160.95 / $310.95 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2025 | 2 | $247.98 | $179.00 / $316.95 |
| Seagate | 4 TB | 2026 | 2 | $239.48 | $179.00 / $299.95 |
| Seagate | 5 TB | 2016 | 1 | $272.98 | $272.98 / $272.98 |
| Seagate | 5 TB | 2017 | 1 | $258.99 | $258.99 / $258.99 |
| Seagate | 500 GB | 2016 | 1 | $69.99 | $69.99 / $69.99 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2017 | 2 | $364.49 | $319.98 / $409.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2018 | 3 | $338.00 | $296.98 / $469.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2019 | 2 | $304.50 | $254.00 / $355.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2020 | 1 | $248.00 | $248.00 / $248.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2021 | 1 | $189.00 | $189.00 / $189.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2022 | 1 | $168.00 | $168.00 / $168.00 |
| Seagate | 6 TB | 2023 | 1 | $225.95 | $225.95 / $225.95 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2016 | 1 | $369.00 | $369.00 / $369.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2017 | 3 | $561.98 | $358.99 / $569.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2018 | 2 | $448.50 | $398.00 / $499.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2019 | 3 | $339.00 | $328.00 / $439.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2020 | 2 | $327.00 | $315.00 / $339.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2021 | 2 | $363.99 | $258.00 / $469.98 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2022 | 2 | $312.99 | $194.00 / $431.98 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2023 | 2 | $299.00 | $229.00 / $369.00 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2024 | 2 | $330.48 | $215.00 / $445.95 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2025 | 2 | $339.98 | $208.00 / $471.95 |
| Seagate | 8 TB | 2026 | 2 | $372.98 | $299.00 / $446.95 |
| Toshiba | 1 TB | 2016 | 1 | $74.98 | $74.98 / $74.98 |
| Toshiba | 1 TB | 2017 | 1 | $74.99 | $74.99 / $74.99 |
| Toshiba | 1 TB | 2018 | 1 | $81.98 | $81.98 / $81.98 |
| Toshiba | 2 TB | 2016 | 1 | $99.95 | $99.95 / $99.95 |
| Toshiba | 2 TB | 2017 | 1 | $99.99 | $99.99 / $99.99 |
| Toshiba | 2 TB | 2018 | 1 | $91.99 | $91.99 / $91.99 |
| Toshiba | 2 TB | 2019 | 1 | $83.00 | $83.00 / $83.00 |
| Toshiba | 3 TB | 2017 | 1 | $126.99 | $126.99 / $126.99 |
| Toshiba | 3 TB | 2019 | 1 | $147.98 | $147.98 / $147.98 |
| Toshiba | 4 TB | 2017 | 1 | $221.98 | $221.98 / $221.98 |
| Toshiba | 4 TB | 2021 | 1 | $198.99 | $198.99 / $198.99 |
| Toshiba | 5 TB | 2019 | 1 | $219.99 | $219.99 / $219.99 |
| Toshiba | 6 TB | 2019 | 1 | $269.00 | $269.00 / $269.00 |
| Toshiba | 6 TB | 2021 | 1 | $307.99 | $307.99 / $307.99 |
| Toshiba | 8 TB | 2021 | 1 | $399.99 | $399.99 / $399.99 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2014 | 2 | $83.50 | $68.00 / $99.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2015 | 3 | $90.00 | $69.00 / $99.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2016 | 4 | $97.50 | $72.99 / $121.99 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2017 | 3 | $98.99 | $74.99 / $108.99 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2018 | 3 | $84.00 | $61.99 / $101.99 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2019 | 3 | $104.99 | $59.00 / $108.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2020 | 2 | $97.50 | $69.00 / $125.99 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2021 | 3 | $95.00 | $62.00 / $124.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2022 | 3 | $83.00 | $65.00 / $119.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2023 | 3 | $91.00 | $65.00 / $119.00 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2024 | 2 | $111.95 | $89.95 / $133.95 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2025 | 2 | $112.45 | $77.95 / $146.95 |
| Western Digital | 1 TB | 2026 | 2 | $133.95 | $107.95 / $159.95 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2017 | 1 | $945.98 | $945.98 / $945.98 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2021 | 2 | $530.99 | $524.99 / $536.98 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2022 | 2 | $439.49 | $438.99 / $439.99 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2023 | 2 | $431.45 | $404.95 / $457.95 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2024 | 2 | $455.98 | $422.95 / $489.00 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2025 | 2 | $480.45 | $427.95 / $532.95 |
| Western Digital | 10 TB | 2026 | 1 | $422.95 | $422.95 / $422.95 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2021 | 1 | $829.00 | $829.00 / $829.00 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2022 | 1 | $691.99 | $691.99 / $691.99 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2023 | 1 | $630.95 | $630.95 / $630.95 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2024 | 1 | $542.95 | $542.95 / $542.95 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2025 | 2 | $611.45 | $578.95 / $643.95 |
| Western Digital | 14 TB | 2026 | 1 | $572.95 | $572.95 / $572.95 |
| Western Digital | 16 TB | 2022 | 1 | $813.98 | $813.98 / $813.98 |
| Western Digital | 16 TB | 2023 | 1 | $677.95 | $677.95 / $677.95 |
| Western Digital | 16 TB | 2024 | 1 | $680.95 | $680.95 / $680.95 |
| Western Digital | 16 TB | 2025 | 1 | $626.95 | $626.95 / $626.95 |
| Western Digital | 16 TB | 2026 | 1 | $764.95 | $764.95 / $764.95 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2021 | 1 | $1,028.98 | $1,028.98 / $1,028.98 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2022 | 1 | $919.99 | $919.99 / $919.99 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2023 | 1 | $747.95 | $747.95 / $747.95 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2024 | 1 | $799.00 | $799.00 / $799.00 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2025 | 1 | $772.95 | $772.95 / $772.95 |
| Western Digital | 18 TB | 2026 | 1 | $833.95 | $833.95 / $833.95 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2014 | 2 | $117.00 | $99.00 / $135.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2015 | 3 | $129.00 | $99.00 / $175.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2016 | 4 | $139.00 | $104.99 / $189.99 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2017 | 4 | $159.99 | $104.99 / $259.98 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2018 | 3 | $110.00 | $88.00 / $168.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2019 | 3 | $107.00 | $79.00 / $189.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2020 | 2 | $140.00 | $88.00 / $191.99 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2021 | 3 | $108.00 | $88.00 / $197.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2022 | 2 | $130.00 | $85.00 / $175.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2023 | 2 | $139.00 | $89.00 / $189.00 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2024 | 2 | $167.45 | $101.95 / $232.95 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2025 | 2 | $154.45 | $111.95 / $196.95 |
| Western Digital | 2 TB | 2026 | 1 | $159.00 | $159.00 / $159.00 |
| Western Digital | 20 TB | 2023 | 1 | $784.95 | $784.95 / $784.95 |
| Western Digital | 20 TB | 2024 | 1 | $772.95 | $772.95 / $772.95 |
| Western Digital | 20 TB | 2025 | 1 | $854.95 | $854.95 / $854.95 |
| Western Digital | 22 TB | 2025 | 1 | $1,059.95 | $1,059.95 / $1,059.95 |
| Western Digital | 22 TB | 2026 | 1 | $1,076.95 | $1,076.95 / $1,076.95 |
| Western Digital | 24 TB | 2025 | 1 | $1,176.95 | $1,176.95 / $1,176.95 |
| Western Digital | 24 TB | 2026 | 1 | $1,366.95 | $1,366.95 / $1,366.95 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2014 | 2 | $154.50 | $130.00 / $179.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2015 | 3 | $163.00 | $129.00 / $219.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2016 | 4 | $174.00 | $153.99 / $253.99 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2017 | 2 | $149.99 | $134.99 / $164.99 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2018 | 2 | $131.50 | $124.99 / $138.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2019 | 2 | $129.00 | $119.00 / $139.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2020 | 2 | $138.00 | $128.00 / $148.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2021 | 2 | $136.50 | $128.00 / $145.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2022 | 1 | $115.00 | $115.00 / $115.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2023 | 1 | $123.00 | $123.00 / $123.00 |
| Western Digital | 3 TB | 2025 | 1 | $155.95 | $155.95 / $155.95 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2014 | 2 | $222.00 | $195.00 / $249.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2015 | 3 | $229.00 | $187.00 / $289.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2016 | 6 | $247.00 | $208.99 / $323.99 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2017 | 4 | $241.99 | $186.99 / $309.99 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2018 | 4 | $227.00 | $169.00 / $285.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2019 | 3 | $171.00 | $159.00 / $275.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2020 | 3 | $174.00 | $158.00 / $274.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2021 | 4 | $211.99 | $146.00 / $295.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2022 | 3 | $249.99 | $135.99 / $259.00 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2023 | 3 | $257.95 | $129.95 / $262.95 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2024 | 2 | $280.95 | $268.95 / $292.95 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2025 | 5 | $280.95 | $149.95 / $310.95 |
| Western Digital | 4 TB | 2026 | 4 | $290.95 | $185.95 / $306.95 |
| Western Digital | 5 TB | 2015 | 2 | $269.00 | $239.00 / $299.00 |
| Western Digital | 5 TB | 2016 | 2 | $294.50 | $269.99 / $319.00 |
| Western Digital | 500 GB | 2016 | 4 | $85.49 | $70.99 / $197.98 |
| Western Digital | 500 GB | 2017 | 2 | $90.98 | $79.98 / $101.98 |
| Western Digital | 500 GB | 2018 | 2 | $90.48 | $76.98 / $103.98 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2015 | 2 | $347.00 | $315.00 / $379.00 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2016 | 4 | $394.49 | $345.99 / $438.99 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2017 | 2 | $379.00 | $329.00 / $428.99 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2018 | 2 | $335.99 | $294.99 / $376.98 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2019 | 2 | $316.50 | $258.00 / $375.00 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2020 | 2 | $350.50 | $258.00 / $442.99 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2021 | 3 | $340.98 | $255.00 / $377.00 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2022 | 3 | $317.99 | $225.00 / $365.00 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2023 | 3 | $331.95 | $198.00 / $370.95 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2024 | 3 | $367.95 | $243.95 / $397.95 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2025 | 4 | $301.95 | $210.95 / $380.95 |
| Western Digital | 6 TB | 2026 | 3 | $368.95 | $283.95 / $409.95 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2021 | 1 | $453.98 | $453.98 / $453.98 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2022 | 2 | $412.00 | $394.99 / $429.00 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2023 | 2 | $285.45 | $208.95 / $361.95 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2024 | 3 | $376.95 | $249.00 / $445.95 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2025 | 4 | $343.95 | $253.95 / $436.95 |
| Western Digital | 8 TB | 2026 | 5 | $427.95 | $251.95 / $463.95 |