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The 2024 Advent Index, Australia: the season in Australian dollars
Every advent calendar we listed for 2024 with a price in Australia — 39 of them, 6 with a written verdict and 15 with an itemised manifest — priced at the lowest offer we hold there, in Australian dollars, and set against the season before on the boxes printed in Australian dollars both years.
- 39
- calendars priced in Australia
- A$2.63
- median price of a door · of 39
Every figure carries the number it is drawn from. Prices are the lowest offer we hold in Australia, in Australian dollars, on the day the offers were read; a box with no price there is not on this shelf. Frozen: a past season, recomputed as the archive improves.
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By kind, and by who it is for
How each one is countedOnly this season’s boxes are measured. Door price is the price on the box over its doors; value is what the contents come to at retail over that price; new brands had no calendar in any earlier season. The change on the year is the median per-door move across the boxes we hold for both seasons. Prices are the lowest offer in Australia, in Australian dollars.The definitions, one by one →| Kind, or who it is for | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every calendar | 39 | A$63.10 of 39 | A$2.63 of 39 | — | — |
| For kidsrecipient | 21 | A$47.98 of 21 | A$2.00 of 21 | — | — |
| Toys | 16 | A$51.49 of 16 | A$2.15 of 16 | — | — |
| For teensrecipient | 16 | A$63.28 of 16 | A$2.64 of 16 | — | — |
| For womenrecipient | 15 | A$160.63 of 15 | A$6.69 of 15 | — | — |
| Beauty | 12 | A$211.91 of 12 | A$8.83 of 12 | — | — |
| Franchise | 9 | A$56.07 of 9 | A$2.34 of 9 | — | — |
Sort any column; the first row is the whole shelf and stays put, and a kind’s name opens its archive at the figures. A dash is a figure the records cannot support for that row, and each figure says how many it is drawn from. Full size is a beauty measure: 63% of the 5 beauty boxes with their sizes marked are full size.
What they cost, and what a door costs
How door price is countedPrice in Australia, in Australian dollars — 39 priced, median A$63.10
Under A$2513%
A$25 to A$501128%
A$50 to A$1001436%
A$100 to A$200513%
A$200 to A$500615%
A$500 and up25%
The lowest offer we hold in Australia for each box, whichever shop.
The cheapest door — of 39
| Calendar | Per door |
|---|---|
| Halloween CountdownUnknown · 31 doors | A$0.90 |
| English Tea Shop OrganicEnglish Tea Shop · 25 doors | A$0.99 |
| Littlest Pet Shop 2024Littlest Pet Shop · 24 doors | A$1.05 |
| Nativity Advent CalendarNativity · 24 doors | A$1.07 |
| Wicked The Official Insight EditionsWicked · 25 doors | A$1.12 |
| Hot Wheels 2024Hot Wheels · 24 doors | A$1.17 |
And the dearest
| Calendar | Per door |
|---|---|
| Swarovski Annual Edition 2024Swarovski · 25 doors | A$75.52 |
| Dior Le Mini 30 Montaigne 2024Dior · 4 doors | A$69.41 |
| Dior Le 30 Montaigne 2024Dior · 24 doors | A$49.66 |
| Charlotte's Beauty Treasure Chest of LoveCharlotte Tilbury · 12 doors | A$28.35 |
| Victoria’s Secret 2024Victoria’s Secret · 12 doors | A$23.37 |
| Kendra Scott 12 Days of Joy BestsellersKendra Scott · 12 doors | A$19.28 |
Dearer here than in another country
How the gap is readFor each box, the lowest priced offer in each country, converted to dollars at rough rates; the gap is this country against the cheapest one. Quoted only where three or more countries carry a price. Shipping, duty and a shop’s own sale are not in it: it is the shelf price, on the day the offers were read.What Australia pays most over the odds for — of 39 priced in two or more countries
| Calendar | Here | Cheapest | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swarovski Annual Edition 2024Swarovski · 4 countries | A$1887.90 | $60 United Kingdom | +1982% |
| Sephora Collection Moving Lights Premium 2024Sephora · 5 countries | A$140.21 | $47 United Kingdom | +95% |
| LEGO Spider-Man 2024LEGO · 6 countries | A$75.57 | $28 Germany | +81% |
| Cinereplicas Harry Potter 2024Harry Potter · 5 countries | A$64.88 | $25 United States | +71% |
| Gilmore GirlsInsight Editions · 5 countries | A$53.29 | $21 United Kingdom | +66% |
| Cinereplicas Stranger ThingsCinereplicas · 4 countries | A$55.87 | $25 United States | +48% |
| Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate ChunksCadbury · 4 countries | A$28.33 | $13 United Kingdom | +41% |
| Wicked The Official Insight EditionsWicked · 6 countries | A$28.04 | $14 Germany | +31% |
| LEGO Harry Potter 2024LEGO · 6 countries | A$62.34 | $32 Germany | +29% |
| MAC Cosmetics The 2024 'Gift of Gold'MAC · 6 countries | A$462.69 | $237 United Kingdom | +29% |
Where the shelf is priced — boxes with a price, by country
A box is counted once per country it has a priced offer in, whichever shop. 39 of the 39 carry a price in more than one country; a country with its own Index is linked.
Who makes it, who sells it, and what is inside
Brands with the most boxes — 30 brands across 39LEGO5Harry Potter4Sephora2Dior2Benefit1Funko1Cinereplicas1Cadbury1
What is behind the doors — 296 items across 15 boxesJewellery14Serum10Eau de parfum10Lipstick8Cream8Eyeliner7Not yet typed93
How many doors — all 3924 doors74%25 doors13%12 doors8%Other sizes5%
New to the shelf: 30 brands making their first
Every brand, A to ZBenefitCadburyCharlotte TilburyCinereplicasDiorDisneyEnglish Tea ShopEssenceFunkoHarry PotterHot WheelsInsight EditionsKendra ScottLEGOLittlest Pet ShopMACMinecraftNativityNetflixPokemonRed BullRevolutionSephoraSquishmallowsSwarovskiUltaUnknownVictoria’s SecretWickedYesStyle
A brand is new when it has a 2024 record and none in any earlier season we hold; a brand we simply had not listed before counts, so this overstates first calendars and never understates them.