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Compare council rates across 227 QLD, NSW and Victorian councils
$1,373
QLD median minimum
$1,282
NSW median average
Residential rates for 148 Queensland and New South Wales councils, plus the average rate per property assessment for all 79 Victorian councils, listed separately below because it is a different statistic. QLD figures are the minimum general rate: the floor an owner-occupier pays, with most homes paying more, scaled to land value. NSW figures are the average residential rate each council reports to the Office of Local Government, uplifted by its IPART rate peg.
Last updated July 2026 · from official council budgets and revenue statements
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Queensland councils (22)
Brisbane City Council$950Cairns Regional Council$1,166Cassowary Coast Regional Council$1,415City of Gold Coast$1,359Douglas Shire Council$1,400Ipswich City Council$1,298Lockyer Valley Regional Council$1,395Logan City Council$1,699Mackay Regional Council$1,466Mareeba Shire Council$1,369Moreton Bay Regional Council$1,309Noosa Council$1,540Redland City Council$1,436Scenic Rim Regional Council$1,376Somerset Regional Council$1,284South Burnett Regional Council$1,189Southern Downs Regional Council$1,416Sunshine Coast Council$1,771Tablelands Regional Council$1,189Toowoomba Regional Council$1,444Townsville City Council$1,343Western Downs Regional Council$1,016
New South Wales councils (126)
Albury Council$1,631Armidale Regional Council$1,524Ballina Shire Council$1,384Balranald Council$555Bathurst Regional Council$1,341Bayside Council$1,265Bega Valley Council$1,829Bellingen Council$1,652Berrigan Council$891Blacktown City Council$1,360Blayney Council$969Blue Mountains Council$2,157Bogan Council$355Bourke Council$431Brewarrina Council$144Burwood Council$1,731Byron Council$1,649Cabonne Council$775Camden Council$1,573Campbelltown Council$1,497Canada Bay Council$1,268Canterbury-Bankstown Council$1,377Carrathool Council$528Central Coast Council$1,454Central Darling Council$348Cessnock Council$1,458Clarence Valley Council$1,439Cobar Council$2,387Coffs Harbour Council$1,490Coolamon Council$462Coonamble Council$598Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council$1,005Cowra Council$605Cumberland Council$1,083Dubbo Regional Council$1,270Dungog Council$1,712Edward River Council$1,216Eurobodalla Council$1,285Fairfield Council$1,030Federation Council$990Forbes Council$987Georges River Council$1,447Gilgandra Council$828Glen Innes Severn Council$1,216Goulburn Mulwaree Council$1,433Greater Hume Council$1,033Griffith Council$1,274Gunnedah Council$1,134Gwydir Council$853Hawkesbury City Council$1,848Hay Council$616Hilltops Council$736Hornsby Council$1,541Hunters Hill Council$2,446Inner West Council$1,401Inverell Council$1,207Junee Council$1,269Kempsey Council$1,492Kiama Council$1,959Ku-ring-gai Council$2,189Kyogle Council$1,320Lachlan Council$776Lake Macquarie Council$1,763Lane Cove Council$1,502Leeton Council$1,148Lismore Council$1,534Lithgow Council$1,186Liverpool Council$1,376Liverpool Plains Council$967Lockhart Council$417Maitland Council$1,970Mid-Coast Council$1,609Mid-Western Regional Council$1,122Moree Plains Council$1,288Mosman Council$1,766Murray River Council$1,028Murrumbidgee Council$399Muswellbrook Council$965Nambucca Valley Council$1,175Narrabri Council$1,178Narrandera Council$963Narromine Council$889Newcastle Council$1,858North Sydney Council$1,327Northern Beaches Council$1,766Oberon Council$1,007Orange Council$1,718Parkes Council$1,182Parramatta Council$1,156Penrith Council$1,604Port Macquarie-Hastings Council$1,370Port Stephens Council$1,415Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council$1,805Randwick Council$1,723Richmond Valley Council$1,329Ryde Council$1,278Shellharbour Council$1,865Shoalhaven Council$1,547Singleton Council$1,341Snowy Monaro Regional Council$1,306Snowy Valleys Council$974Strathfield Council$1,309Sutherland Council$1,617Sydney Council$924Tamworth Regional Council$1,442Temora Council$743Tenterfield Council$969The Hills Council$1,261Tweed Council$1,799Upper Hunter Council$1,002Upper Lachlan Council$667Uralla Shire Council$930Wagga Wagga Council$1,294Walcha Council$804Walgett Council$460Warren Council$701Warrumbungle Council$698Waverley Council$1,344Weddin Council$764Wentworth Council$920Willoughby Council$1,341Wingecarribee Council$2,140Wollondilly Council$2,195Wollongong Council$1,819Woollahra Council$1,894Yass Valley Council$1,202
Victorian councils (79)
Victorian figures are the average rate per property assessment, indicator FIM-E4 of the Local Government Performance Reporting Framework, audited, for 2024-25. They cover every rateable property rather than houses alone and exclude waste and other service charges, so they are a different statistic from the two above and are never ranked against them. All 79 Victorian councils ranked.
Alpine Shire Council$1,945Ararat Rural City Council$2,002Ballarat City Council$2,086Banyule City Council$1,787Bass Coast Shire Council$1,727Baw Baw Shire Council$2,138Bayside City Council$2,086Benalla Rural City Council$2,119Boroondara City Council$2,253Borough of Queenscliffe$2,387Brimbank City Council$1,847Buloke Shire Council$2,140Campaspe Shire Council$2,035Cardinia Shire Council$1,880Casey City Council$1,767Central Goldfields Shire Council$1,555Colac Otway Shire Council$2,023Corangamite Shire Council$2,335Darebin City Council$1,764East Gippsland Shire Council$1,807Frankston City Council$1,795Gannawarra Shire Council$1,855Glen Eira City Council$1,577Glenelg Shire Council$1,852Golden Plains Shire Council$2,052Greater Bendigo City Council$1,949Greater Dandenong City Council$2,123Greater Geelong City Council$1,802Greater Shepparton City Council$2,449Hepburn Shire Council$1,748Hindmarsh Shire Council$1,660Hobsons Bay City Council$2,677Horsham Rural City Council$2,228Hume City Council$1,715Indigo Shire Council$1,828Kingston City Council$1,940Knox City Council$1,732Latrobe City Council$1,746Loddon Shire Council$1,353Macedon Ranges Shire Council$2,065Manningham City Council$2,000Mansfield Shire Council$1,697Maribyrnong City Council$2,450Maroondah City Council$1,715Melbourne City Council$2,345Melton City Council$1,779Merri-bek City Council$1,914Mildura Rural City Council$2,340Mitchell Shire Council$1,947Moira Shire Council$1,908Monash City Council$1,697Moonee Valley City Council$2,027Moorabool Shire Council$1,979Mornington Peninsula Shire Council$1,659Mount Alexander Shire Council$1,885Moyne Shire Council$1,613Murrindindi Shire Council$1,973Nillumbik Shire Council$2,696Northern Grampians Shire Council$1,730Port Phillip City Council$1,765Pyrenees Shire Council$1,584South Gippsland Shire Council$2,282Southern Grampians Shire Council$1,892Stonnington City Council$1,647Strathbogie Shire Council$2,476Surf Coast Shire Council$2,314Swan Hill Rural City Council$2,333Towong Shire Council$1,875Wangaratta Rural City Council$1,962Warrnambool City Council$2,162Wellington Shire Council$1,960West Wimmera Shire Council$1,709Whitehorse City Council$1,516Whittlesea City Council$1,899Wodonga City Council$2,188Wyndham City Council$1,997Yarra City Council$1,937Yarra Ranges Shire Council$2,161Yarriambiack Shire Council$1,795
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