Council rates calculator for Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT
calculator 148 councils with a published
2026-27 rate
Pick your council. 47 councils have a calculator that estimates your annual rates from the council's own 2026-27 figures, from your land or rateable value where its rate in the dollar is verified, and adds water, insurance and the commute for your suburb. Every other Queensland and New South Wales council has its published rate on its own page.
Councils marked calculator open the calculator. The rest open the council's page with its published rate.
Councils with a full calculator
Queensland (9)
New South Wales (28)
Victoria (10)
Australian Capital Territory (1)
How the general rate is worked out
Queensland. The council multiplies your property's rateable value by the rate in the dollar for its rating category. If that comes to less than the council's minimum general rate, the minimum is charged instead. The median minimum across the 22 Queensland councils here is $1,373.
New South Wales. The council applies a rate in the dollar to your land value, often on top of a fixed base amount, and IPART caps how much the council's total rates income may rise each year. The median average residential rate across the 126 New South Wales councils here is $1,282.
Victoria. The council multiplies your property's capital improved value, the land and the home on it, by the rate in the dollar for its class of land. Glen Eira uses net annual value instead. Some councils add a fixed municipal charge, and the state's rate cap limits how much a council's average rates may rise each year.
Australian Capital Territory. The ACT has no councils. The ACT Revenue Office charges every house a $884 fixed charge and a valuation charge on the property's average unimproved land value, plus two levies, $1,412 before the valuation charge. Units pay a share of the whole block's charge. The ACT rates calculator works it out from your land value.
The three states publish different figures, a minimum in Queensland and an average in New South Wales and Victoria, so they are explained side by side here and never compared. How council rates are calculated walks through both in full.
Questions
Can this work out the exact figure on my rates notice?
No. SuburbCost holds no land valuations, so it cannot reproduce a rates notice. Where a council's rate in the dollar is verified you can enter your own valuation and get an estimate of the general rate; otherwise the estimate starts from the council's published residential figure. The figure on your notice is the one that counts.
Why does my council not have a calculator?
A calculator is built where people search for one by that council's name. Every Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian council has its published 2026-27 rate on its own page, and the picker above takes you there.
What else do the calculators add?
Each calculator adds water and sewerage, home insurance (an estimate) and the cost of the commute for the suburb you choose, so the rates sit next to the other costs of running the home. Waste and other separate charges billed on the rates notice are not included.
Last updated July 2026 · rates from official council budgets, revenue statements and the NSW Office of Local Government