Townsville City Council rates calculator
owner-occupied principal place of residence
Council rates in the Townsville City Council area are $1,343 a year for 2026-27, being the minimum residential general rate. Across the 99 suburbs in this council area the full annual running cost averages $12,394 once water ($2,099), the driving commute ($5,264) and building insurance ($3,688) are counted. Pick your suburb below for its own figures.
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Each line is marked Official, 2026-27 where it comes from the council or utility that sets it, Modelled, 2026-27 for the commute, calculated at the ATO rate, and Estimated where there is no official figure, such as insurance and body corporate. The total excludes electricity, which is estimated separately. How to read these labels.
What this calculator can and cannot tell you
Queensland councils publish a minimum residential general rate for an owner-occupied principal place of residence. It is a floor, not a typical bill, and most owner-occupiers pay more scaled to their land value. Townsville City Council sets that minimum at $1,343 for 2026-27.
It can estimate the general rate on your notice, not reproduce the notice. Leave the value blank and the rates line is the council's own published residential figure for 2026-27. Enter the land value from your valuation notice and it becomes Townsville City Council's 2026-27 rate in the dollar applied to that value, subject to the minimum, with the sum shown so you can check it. It covers the general rate and any special rate the council charges on every property, not waste or other separate charges.
Water and sewerage is the 2026-27 figure for the relevant utility, except for New South Wales suburbs without a Sydney Water or Hunter Water tariff, where it is estimated. The driving commute is modelled at the ATO 2026-27 rate of 91 cents per kilometre, with trip frequency tapering as distance rises, and is a commute estimate rather than total household driving. Building insurance is estimated from ACCC 2026 premium rates for a standard $600,000 house, and unit contents cover and body corporate are AI-estimated. All are labelled as estimates wherever they appear. No property prices, land valuations or capital growth figures appear anywhere on SuburbCost.
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Last updated July 2026 · source: Townsville City Council 2026-27 budget / revenue statement