Bulk billing in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton

In Apr–Jun 2026, 91.2% of GP visits by people living in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton were bulk billed. That ranks 79th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 5.5 percentage points above Victoria overall (85.7%).

Bulk billed: 91.2%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year: +10.8 ptsfrom 80.4%
Gap fee: $56.15when not bulk billed
Cost per visit: $4.94Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

A year earlier the rate was 80.4%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton sits in the second least disadvantaged fifth of areas. Visits are counted by where the patient lives, not where the clinic is.

Over the past year, residents had about 7.1 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

Argyle, Ashbourne, Axe Creek, Axedale, Barfold, Baringhup, Baringhup West, Barkers Creek, Baynton, Bradford, Cadello, Campbells Creek, Carlsruhe, Castlemaine, Chewton, Chewton Bushlands, Costerfield, Derrinal, Eastville, Eddington, Edgecombe, Elphinstone, Emu Creek, Eppalock, Faraday, Fryerstown, Glenluce, Golden Point, Gower, Green Gully, Greenhill, Harcourt, Harcourt North, Heathcote, Irishtown, Joyces Creek, Kimbolton, Knowsley, Kyneton, Kyneton South, Ladys Pass, Lake Eppalock, Langley, Lauriston, Leichardt, Lockwood, Lockwood South, Maldon, Malmsbury, Mandurang, Mandurang South, Marong, McKenzie Hill, Metcalfe, Metcalfe East, Mia Mia, Moonlight Flat, Mount Camel, Muckleford, Muckleford South, Myrtle Creek, Neereman, Newham, Newstead, Nuggetty, Pastoria, Pastoria East, Pipers Creek, Ravenswood, Ravenswood South, Redesdale, Sandon, Sedgwick, Shelbourne, Sidonia, Spring Hill, Strangways, Strathlea, Sutton Grange, Taradale, Tarilta, Tarrengower, Trentham East, Tylden, Vaughan, Walmer, Welshmans Reef, Werona, Wilsons Hill, Woodend, Woodend North, Yandoit Hills, Yapeen.

Postcodes: 3442, 3444, 3447, 3448, 3450, 3451, 3453, 3462, 3463, 3515, 3523, 3551.

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

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Bulk billing in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Suburbs and postcodes in this area

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