Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF
About this ETF
Tracks the S&P/ASX 300 Index, giving low-cost, broadly diversified exposure to around 300 of the largest companies and property trusts listed on the ASX.
Scout Score
An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.
Strengths
- Large, established fund — $26.7B in assets, bigger than 98% of Australian Shares funds.
- Highly liquid — 0.02% bid/ask spread, better than 96% of Australian Shares peers.
- Tight index tracking — 0.38% tracking error, tighter than 93% of Australian Shares peers.
Weaknesses
No notable weaknesses found relative to category peers.
Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)
Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.
Price history
Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.
Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)
Country (where the company is based).
AustraliaSector breakdown (as at 30 Sep 2026)
How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.
Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)
The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.
- 1.
BHP Group Ltd11.19%
- 2.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia9.15%
- 3.
National Australia Bank Ltd4.42%
- 4.
Westpac Banking Corp4.34%
- 5.
ANZ Group Holdings Ltd4.18%
- 6.
CSL Ltd3.20%
- 7.
Wesfarmers Ltd3.15%
- 8.
Macquarie Group Ltd3.04%
- 9.
Rio Tinto Ltd2.25%
- 10.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd2.20%
- 11.
Goodman Group2.01%
- 12.
Telstra Group Ltd1.95%
- 13.
Woolworths Group Ltd1.73%
- 14.
Transurban Group1.50%
- 15.
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd1.29%
- 16.
Northern Star Resources Ltd1.28%
- 17.
QBE Insurance Group Ltd1.26%
- 18.
Coles Group Ltd1.14%
- 19.
Santos Ltd1.01%
- 20.
Fortescue Ltd0.99%