Bulk Billing Tracker

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Bulk billing in Gladstone

In Apr–Jun 2026, 84.1% of GP visits by people living in Gladstone were bulk billed. That ranks 170th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 2.1 percentage points above Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed
84.1%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year
+11.1 ptsfrom 73.0%
Gap fee
$62.11when not bulk billed
Cost per visit
$9.88Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

60%70%80%90%202220242026Gladstone84.1%Australia84.1%Qld82.0%

A year earlier the rate was 73.0%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Gladstone 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 6.3 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

Agnes Water, Aldoga, Ambrose, Baffle Creek, Barney Point, Beecher, Benaraby, Berajondo, Bororen, Boyne Island, Boyne Valley, Boynedale, Bracewell, Burua, Byellee, Callemondah, Calliope, Captain Creek, Clinton, Colosseum, Curtis Island, Darts Creek, Deepwater, Diglum, East End, Euleilah, Eurimbula, Foreshores, Gindoran, Gladstone Central, Gladstone Harbour, Glen Eden, Iveragh, Kin Kora, Kirkwood, Lowmead, Machine Creek, Miriam Vale, Mount Alma, Mount Larcom, Mount Maria, Mount Tom, New Auckland, O'Connell, Oyster Creek, Raglan, River Ranch, Rodds Bay, Rosedale, Round Hill, Rules Beach, Seventeen Seventy, South Gladstone, South Trees, Sun Valley, Tablelands, Tannum Sands, Taragoola, Targinnie, Taunton, Telina, The Narrows, Toolooa, Turkey Beach, West Gladstone, West Stowe, Wooderson, Wurdong Heights, Yarwun.

Postcodes: 4674, 4676, 4677, 4678, 4680, 4694, 4695, 4697.

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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