Bulk billing in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham

In Apr–Jun 2026, 91.2% of GP visits by people living in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham were bulk billed. That ranks 79th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 9.2 percentage points above Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed: 91.2%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year: +2.5 ptsfrom 88.7%
Gap fee: $64.60when not bulk billed
Cost per visit: $5.68Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

A year earlier the rate was 88.7%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham 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 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

Abergowrie, Airdmillan, Airville, Alabama Hill, Alva, Ayr, Bambaroo, Barratta, Basalt, Bemerside, Black Jack, Blackrock, Braemeadows, Brandon, Breddan, Broughton, Campaspe, Carstairs, Charters Towers City, Clare, Colevale, Columbia, Coolbie, Cordelia, Cromarty, Dalbeg, Dalrymple Creek, Dotswood, Eight Mile Creek, Foresthome, Forrest Beach, Fredericksfield, Gairloch, Garrawalt, Giru, Grand Secret, Greenvale, Groper Creek, Halifax, Hawkins Creek, Helens Hill, Hervey Range, Home Hill, Homestead, Horseshoe Lagoon, Ingham, Inkerman, Jarvisfield, Jerona, Kirknie, Lannercost, Llanarth, Long Pocket, Lucinda, Macknade, McDesme, Millaroo, Millchester, Mingela, Mona Park, Mosman Park, Mount Fox, Mount Kelly, Mount Surround, Mulgrave, Orient, Osborne, Palm Island, Paluma, Peacock Siding, Pentland, Queenton, Rangemore, Ravenswood, Richmond Hill, Rita Island, Seventy Mile, Shirbourne, Southern Cross, Swans Lagoon, Taylors Beach, Toll, Toobanna, Towers Hill, Trebonne, Upper Haughton, Upper Stone, Valley Of Lagoons, Victoria Plantation, Wallaman, Wangaratta, Wharps, Wunjunga, Yuruga.

Postcodes: 4806, 4807, 4808, 4809, 4816, 4817, 4820, 4850.

Suburbs and postcodes are matched to the area that contains their centre, so places on a boundary may also belong to a neighbour.

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Bulk billing in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Suburbs and postcodes in this area

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