Bulk billing in Innisfail - Cassowary Coast

In Apr–Jun 2026, 79.0% of GP visits by people living in Innisfail - Cassowary Coast were bulk billed. That ranks 231st of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 3.0 percentage points below Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed: 79.0%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year: +0.9 ptsfrom 78.1%
Gap fee: $54.04when not bulk billed
Cost per visit: $11.35Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

A year earlier the rate was 78.1%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Innisfail - Cassowary Coast 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 5.4 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

Aloomba, Babinda, Bamboo Creek, Bartle Frere, Basilisk, Bellenden Ker, Belvedere, Bilyana, Bingil Bay, Birkalla, Bombeeta, Boogan, Bramston Beach, Bulgun, Camp Creek, Cardstone, Cardwell, Carmoo, Carruchan, Coconuts, Comoon Loop, Cooroo Lands, Coorumba, Coquette Point, Cowley, Cowley Beach, Cowley Creek, Cullinane, Currajah, Damper Creek, Daradgee, Daveson, Deeral, Dingo Pocket, Djarawong, Djiru, Dunk, East Feluga, East Innisfail, East Palmerston, East Russell, Eaton, El Arish, Ellerbeck, Etty Bay, Eubenangee, Euramo, Feluga, Fishery Falls, Fitzgerald Creek, Flying Fish Point, Friday Pocket, Garners Beach, Garradunga, Germantown, Goolboo, Goondi, Goondi Bend, Goondi Hill, Granadilla, Gulngai, Hinchinbrook, Hudson, Hull Heads, Innisfail, Innisfail Estate, Jaffa, Japoonvale, Jarra Creek, Jubilee Heights, Kennedy, Kooroomool, Kurrimine Beach, Lower Cowley, Lower Tully, Lumholtz, Maadi, Mamu, Maria Creeks, Martyville, McCutcheon, Mena Creek, Merryburn, Midgenoo, Midgeree Bar, Mighell, Mirriwinni, Mission Beach, Moresby, Mount Mackay, Mourilyan, Mourilyan Harbour, Mundoo, Munro Plains, Murray Upper, Murrigal, Nerada, New Harbourline, Ngatjan, No 4 Branch, No 5 Branch, No 6 Branch, O'Briens Hill, Pin Gin Hill, Rockingham, Rungoo, Sandy Pocket, Shell Pocket, Silkwood, Silky Oak, South Innisfail, South Johnstone, South Mission Beach, Stockton, Stoters Hill, Sundown, Tam O'Shanter, Tully, Tully Heads, Upper Daradgee, Utchee Creek, Vasa Views, Walter Hill, Walter Lever Estate, Wangan, Wanjuru, Warrami, Warrubullen, Waugh Pocket, Webb, Wongaling Beach, Woopen Creek, Wooroonooran.

Postcodes: 4849, 4852, 4854, 4855, 4856, 4858, 4859, 4860, 4861.

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.

See Innisfail - Cassowary Coast on the map →

Bulk billing in Innisfail - Cassowary Coast

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Suburbs and postcodes in this area

Finding a clinic that bulk bills

Every area in Queensland