The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1983. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1983. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thriller | 1 | 11 (pkd #1 in 1983 & 84) | ||
| 2. | 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 | 3 | |||
| 3. | Too Low for Zero | 2 | |||
| 4. | Let's Dance | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5. | Flashdance | Original Soundtrack | 1 | 3 | |
| 6. | Love Over Gold | 1 | 14 (pkd #1 in 1982 & 83) | ||
| 7. | The Key | 4 | |||
| 8. | Spirit of Place | 2 | |||
| 9. | Synchronicity | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10. | True | 4 | |||
| 11. | An Innocent Man | 3 | |||
| 12. | Business as Usual | 1 | 9 (pkd #1 in 1981 & 82) | ||
| 13. | Greatest Hits vol 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14. | Cargo | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15. | The Breakers '83 | Various Artists | 1 | 2 | |
| 16. | Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17. | Desperate | 5 | |||
| 18. | 1983 The Hot Ones | Various Artists | 1 | 4 | |
| 19. | Sweet Dreams | 5 | |||
| 20. | Escapade | 8 | |||
| 21. | IV | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22. | Shabooh Shoobah | 5 | |||
| 23. | The John Lennon Collection | 1 | 5 | ||
| 24. | Faster Than the Speed of Night | 3 | |||
| 25. | Colour by Numbers | 1 | 7 (pkd #1 in 1983 & 84) |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.