Bulk Billing Tracker

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Bulk billing in Richmond Valley - Coastal

In Apr–Jun 2026, 85.8% of GP visits by people living in Richmond Valley - Coastal were bulk billed. That ranks 153rd of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 1.7 percentage points below New South Wales overall (87.5%).

Bulk billed
85.8%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year
+5.2 ptsfrom 80.6%
Gap fee
$64.01when not bulk billed
Cost per visit
$9.09Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

70%80%90%100%202220242026NSW87.5%Richmond Valley…85.8%Australia84.1%

A year earlier the rate was 80.6%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Richmond Valley - Coastal sits in the middle fifth of areas for disadvantage. Visits are counted by where the patient lives, not where the clinic is.

Over the past year, residents had about 6.8 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

Alstonvale, Alstonville, Bagotville, Ballina, Bangalow, Billinudgel, Binna Burra, Broadwater, Broken Head, Brooklet, Brunswick Heads, Bungawalbin, Byron Bay, Cabbage Tree Island, Coolgardie, Coopers Shoot, Coorabell, Cumbalum, Dalwood, Doonbah, East Ballina, East Wardell, Empire Vale, Eureka, Evans Head, Ewingsdale, Federal, Fernleigh, Goat Island, Goonengerry, Hayters Hill, Huonbrook, Keith Hall, Kinvara, Knockrow, Koonyum Range, Lennox Head, Lynwood, Main Arm, McLeods Shoot, Meerschaum Vale, Middle Pocket, Montecollum, Mullumbimby, Mullumbimby Creek, Myocum, Nashua, New Brighton, New Italy, Newrybar, Ocean Shores, Palmwoods, Patchs Beach, Pearces Creek, Pimlico, Pimlico Island, Possum Creek, Rileys Hill, Rous, Rous Mill, Skennars Head, Skinners Shoot, South Ballina, South Golden Beach, Suffolk Park, Swan Bay, Tabbimoble, Talofa, Teven, The Gap, The Pocket, Tintenbar, Tuckombil, Tyagarah, Upper Coopers Creek, Upper Main Arm, Upper Wilsons Creek, Uralba, Wanganui, Wardell, West Ballina, Wilsons Creek, Wollongbar, Woodburn, Yelgun.

Postcodes: 2472, 2473, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2481, 2482, 2483.

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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