The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1981. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1981. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report".[1]
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Counting the Beat" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2. | "Stars on 45" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3. | "Antmusic" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4. | "Jealous Guy" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5. | "Devo Live (EP)" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6. | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7. | "Nine to Five (Morning Train)" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8. | "Endless Love" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9. | "Who Can It Be Now?" | 2 | |||
| 10. | "Kids in America" | 5 | |||
| 11. | "This Ole House" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12. | "Turn Me Loose" | 3 | |||
| 13. | "Start Me Up" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14. | "You Weren't in Love with Me" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15. | "Jessie's Girl" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16. | "Duncan" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17. | "Girls Can Get It" | 3 | |||
| 18. | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 19. | "You Drive Me Crazy" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 20. | "Keep on Loving You" | 3 | |||
| 21. | "Louise (We Get It Right)" | 2 | |||
| 22. | "Gotta Pull Myself Together" | 3 | |||
| 23. | "In the Air Tonight" | 3 | |||
| 24. | "Precious to Me" | 6 | |||
| 25. | "Jesse" | 4 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.
