Bulk billing in Cairns - South
In Apr–Jun 2026, 88.0% of GP visits by people living in Cairns - South were bulk billed. That ranks 123rd of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 6.0 percentage points above Queensland overall (82.0%).
- Bulk billed
- 88.0%Australia 84.1%
- Change on a year
- +5.2 ptsfrom 82.8%
- Gap fee
- $66.89when not bulk billed
- Cost per visit
- $8.03Australia $9.60
Since Jul–Sep 2021
Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter
A year earlier the rate was 82.8%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Cairns - South sits among the 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 5.9 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
Bayview Heights, Bentley Park, Bungalow, Cairns City, Cairns North, Earlville, East Trinity, Edge Hill, Edmonton, Fitzroy Island, Glen Boughton, Goldsborough, Gordonvale, Green Hill, Green Island, Kanimbla, Lamb Range, Little Mulgrave, Manoora, Manunda, Mooroobool, Mount Peter, Mount Sheridan, Packers Camp, Parramatta Park, Portsmith, Westcourt, White Rock, Whitfield, Woree, Wrights Creek.
Postcodes: 4865, 4868, 4869, 4870.
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.
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- Far North95.2%
- Maryborough95.1%
- Hervey Bay94.3%
- Outback - South94.1%
- Beaudesert94.0%
- Ipswich Hinterland93.5%
- Bribie - Beachmere93.2%
- Beenleigh92.6%
- Browns Plains91.8%
- Forest Lake - Oxley91.7%
- Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham91.2%
- Burnett90.9%
- Rocklea - Acacia Ridge90.7%
- Springwood - Kingston90.6%
- Sunnybank90.0%
- Springfield - Redbank89.6%
- Gympie - Cooloola89.2%
- Darling Downs - East88.7%
- Bundaberg88.6%
- Gold Coast - North88.6%
- Granite Belt88.4%
- Southport88.4%
- Biloela88.2%
- Loganlea - Carbrook88.1%
- Outback - North88.1%
- Cairns - South88.0%
- Caboolture87.6%
- Ormeau - Oxenford87.4%
- Jimboomba87.3%
- Nerang87.3%
- Ipswich Inner87.0%
- Townsville86.4%
- Toowoomba86.0%
- Gold Coast Hinterland85.9%
- Robina84.9%
- Rockhampton84.3%
- Gladstone84.1%
- North Lakes84.1%
- Port Douglas - Daintree83.6%
- Cairns - North83.3%
- Surfers Paradise83.0%
- Narangba - Burpengary82.8%
- Mt Gravatt82.7%
- Sunshine Coast Hinterland82.4%
- Caboolture Hinterland82.3%
- Broadbeach - Burleigh81.0%
- Coolangatta80.8%
- Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera80.5%
- Whitsunday80.2%
- Mackay79.7%
- Nathan79.5%
- Strathpine79.5%
- Centenary79.2%
- Innisfail - Cassowary Coast79.0%
- Redcliffe79.0%
- Nambour77.8%
- Cleveland - Stradbroke77.5%
- Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa77.2%
- Tablelands (East) - Kuranda76.0%
- Noosa Hinterland75.5%
- Bowen Basin - North74.5%
- Holland Park - Yeronga73.1%
- Maroochy72.8%
- Capalaba72.4%
- Sandgate71.8%
- Caloundra71.3%
- Central Highlands (Qld)71.3%
- Buderim70.6%
- Bald Hills - Everton Park70.3%
- Kenmore - Brookfield - Moggill69.4%
- Brisbane Inner69.3%
- Chermside67.9%
- Sherwood - Indooroopilly67.7%
- Nundah67.1%
- Carindale65.9%
- Noosa65.1%
- The Hills District64.8%
- Wynnum - Manly64.4%
- The Gap - Enoggera62.1%
- Brisbane Inner - East59.3%
- Brisbane Inner - North58.6%
- Brisbane Inner - West58.6%