Will your next GP visit be bulk billed?
Every quarter, Medicare counts how many GP visits were bulk billed in each of Australia’s 332 local areas. Find yours.
Hexagon map of Australia’s 332 local areas, one hexagon each, coloured by the share of GP visits bulk billed. The full figures are in the table further down the page.
Each hexagon is one local area (an ABS SA3), so a Sydney suburb gets the same space as the Kimberley. Tap one to see it.
Bulk billing slid for two years, then turned around
- 1November 2023. The government tripled the incentive GPs get for bulk billing children under 16 and concession card holders.
- 2November 2025. The incentive was extended to every Medicare card holder, and practices that bulk bill every eligible patient started receiving an extra 12.5% on top.
Figure 1.Share of GP visits bulk billed, Australia, by quarter
Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, state and territory. Quarters by date the claim was processed. The line at 90% is the government’s target for 2030.
Adults of working age are now catching up
Figure 2.Share of GP visits bulk billed, Australia, by patient age
Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, bulk billing by Primary Health Network.
Every state is up on a year ago
Figure 3.Share of GP visits bulk billed, by state, a year apart
Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, state and territory.
All 332 areas
Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, Statistical Area (SA3) summary. Select a row to see that area at the top of the page.
About the numbers
What is counted
- The rate is the share of GP visits (Medicare’s “GP non-referred attendances”) that were bulk billed. It counts visits, not people or clinics.
- “Average paid” is the average amount a patient paid out of pocket for a GP visit that was not bulk billed, outside hospital.
- Visits are placed in the area of the patient’s Medicare address, not the clinic’s.
- Quarters are by the date Medicare processed the claim, not the date of the visit.
Limits
- Local areas are the ABS’s 2021 Statistical Areas Level 3. Four pairs are combined by Medicare (for example Wollongong with the Illawarra Catchment Reserve). External territories are left out.
- Suburbs and postcodes are matched to the area containing their centre, so a postcode on a boundary may be shown in a neighbouring area.
- Electorate figures aren’t published every quarter, so this site uses local areas instead.
Sources
- Medicare quarterly statistics, SA3 summary (June quarter 2025–26), Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Medicare quarterly statistics, state and territory (June quarter 2025–26).
- Medicare quarterly statistics, bulk billing by Primary Health Network, for the age groups.
- Boundaries, suburbs and postcodes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (2021), CC BY 4.0.
- Policy dates: Minister for Health announcement on the Bulk Billing Incentive Program.
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Updates
Medicare publishes new figures every quarter, about two months after the quarter ends. The site is rebuilt and checked automatically as soon as the new files are added.
Type
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