Bulk billing in Darling Downs - East

In Apr–Jun 2026, 88.7% of GP visits by people living in Darling Downs - East were bulk billed. That ranks 107th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 6.7 percentage points above Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed: 88.7%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year: +6.3 ptsfrom 82.4%
Gap fee: $66.08when not bulk billed
Cost per visit: $7.47Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

A year earlier the rate was 82.4%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Darling Downs - East 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 6.2 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

Acland, Anduramba, Athol, Aubigny, Balgowan, Bell, Bergen, Biddeston, Blaxland, Bongeen, Boodua, Bowenville, Branchview, Bringalily, Brookstead, Broxburn, Brymaroo, Bulli Creek, Bunya Mountains, Captains Mountain, Cattle Creek, Cecil Plains, Cherry Creek, Clontarf, Coalbank, Condamine Farms, Condamine Plains, Cooranga, Cooyar, Cressbrook Creek, Crows Nest, Cypress Gardens, Dalby, Devon Park, Diamondy, Djuan, Doctor Creek, Domville, Douglas, Ducklo, Dunmore, East Cooyar, Emu Creek, Evanslea, Evergreen, Forest Ridge, Formartin, Gilla, Glenaven, Googa Creek, Goombungee, Gowrie Little Plain, Grapetree, Grassdale, Grays Gate, Greenwood, Groomsville, Haden, Halliford, Hampton, Highgrove, Highland Plains, Irongate, Irvingdale, Jandowae, Jimbour East, Jimbour West, Jinghi, Jondaryan, Jones Gully, Kaimkillenbun, Kelvinhaugh, Kilbirnie, Kincora, Kings Siding, Kingsthorpe, Kooralgin, Kooroongarra, Kulpi, Kumbarilla, Kurrowah, Lavelle, Lemontree, Linthorpe, Macalister, Maclagan, Malling, Malu, Merritts Creek, Millmerran, Millmerran Downs, Millmerran Woods, Millwood, Moola, Motley, Mount Binga, Mount Darry, Mount Emlyn, Mount Irving, Mount Luke, Mount Moriah, Mount Tyson, Mountain Camp, Mowbullan, Muldu, Muniganeen, Nandi, Nangwee, Narko, North Branch, North Maclagan, Norwin, Nukku, Nutgrove, Oakey, Palmtree, Pampas, Pechey, Peranga, Perseverance, Pierces Creek, Pinelands, Pirrinuan, Pittsworth, Plainby, Punchs Creek, Purrawunda, Quinalow, Rangemore, Ranges Bridge, Ravensbourne, Rocky Creek, Rosalie Plains, Rossvale, Sabine, Scrubby Mountain, Silverleigh, Southbrook, Springside, Springvale, St Aubyn, St Helens, St Ruth, Stonehenge, Stoneleigh, The Bluff, The Pines, Thornville, Tipton, Tuckerang, Tummaville, Turallin, Umbiram, Upper Cooyar Creek, Upper Pinelands, Upper Yarraman, Wainui, Warra, Wattle Ridge, West Prairie, Western Creek, Whichello, Woodleigh, Wutul, Yalangur, Yandilla, Yargullen, Yarraman, Yarranlea.

Postcodes: 4353, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4363, 4364, 4400, 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4407, 4408, 4410, 4411, 4614.

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 Darling Downs - East

Since Jul–Sep 2021

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