Bulk billing in Bendigo
In Apr–Jun 2026, 90.9% of GP visits by people living in Bendigo were bulk billed. That ranks 82nd of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 5.2 percentage points above Victoria overall (85.7%).
- Bulk billed
- 90.9%Australia 84.1%
- Change on a year
- +13.7 ptsfrom 77.2%
- Gap fee
- $57.53when not bulk billed
- Cost per visit
- $5.24Australia $9.60
Since Jul–Sep 2021
Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter
A year earlier the rate was 77.2%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Bendigo sits in the second most disadvantaged fifth of areas. Visits are counted by where the patient lives, not where the clinic is.
Over the past year, residents had about 7.0 Medicare-funded GP visits each, against 6.5 across Australia. This uses 2021 Census population, so it runs high in fast-growing areas, and it leaves out care that isn’t billed to Medicare, such as many remote and Aboriginal community-controlled clinics.
“Gap fee” is the average paid out of pocket for a visit that was not bulk billed. “Cost per visit” spreads it across every GP visit, counting bulk-billed visits as $0. Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, SA3 summary.
Suburbs and postcodes in this area
Ascot, Bendigo, Big Hill, California Gully, Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, East Bendigo, Epsom, Flora Hill, Golden Gully, Golden Square, Huntly, Ironbark, Jackass Flat, Junortoun, Kangaroo Flat, Kennington, Long Gully, Maiden Gully, North Bendigo, Quarry Hill, Sailors Gully, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye, West Bendigo, White Hills.
Postcodes: 3550, 3555.
Suburbs and postcodes are matched to the area that contains their centre, so places on a boundary may also belong to a neighbour.
Finding a clinic that bulk bills
These are rates for the whole area, not for any one clinic. Ask when you book, or search healthdirect’s service finder, which lists practices and how they bill. More on getting bulk billed.
See Bendigo on the map →Every area in Victoria
- Latrobe Valley95.8%
- Wyndham95.7%
- Tullamarine - Broadmeadows95.5%
- Dandenong95.4%
- Casey - South95.0%
- Maryborough - Pyrenees94.9%
- Brimbank94.4%
- Grampians94.2%
- Loddon - Elmore94.0%
- Melton - Bacchus Marsh93.5%
- Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan93.2%
- Wellington92.4%
- Casey - North92.3%
- Glenelg - Southern Grampians92.3%
- Whittlesea - Wallan92.2%
- Moira92.0%
- Baw Baw91.9%
- Ballarat91.5%
- Upper Goulburn Valley91.5%
- Cardinia91.3%
- Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton91.2%
- Bendigo90.9%
- Gippsland - South West89.7%
- Shepparton89.4%
- Moreland - North88.1%
- Murray River - Swan Hill87.9%
- Monash87.4%
- Manningham - West87.1%
- Macedon Ranges87.0%
- Frankston86.9%
- Knox86.3%
- Mildura86.2%
- Sunbury86.1%
- Colac - Corangamite86.0%
- Darebin - North85.7%
- Wangaratta - Benalla85.5%
- Whitehorse - East84.8%
- Gippsland - East84.7%
- Barwon - West83.2%
- Wodonga - Alpine82.7%
- Hobsons Bay82.5%
- Whitehorse - West82.5%
- Keilor82.1%
- Maribyrnong81.9%
- Warrnambool81.9%
- Campaspe81.7%
- Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula80.8%
- Yarra Ranges80.3%
- Geelong79.8%
- Kingston79.3%
- Maroondah78.8%
- Manningham - East77.4%
- Melbourne City76.0%
- Essendon75.9%
- Banyule75.6%
- Glen Eira75.1%
- Mornington Peninsula73.5%
- Brunswick - Coburg73.2%
- Nillumbik - Kinglake73.0%
- Boroondara69.4%
- Darebin - South69.3%
- Yarra68.2%
- Port Phillip66.1%
- Stonnington - East65.0%
- Bayside64.2%
- Stonnington - West62.3%