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Bulk billing in Shoalhaven

In Apr–Jun 2026, 92.2% of GP visits by people living in Shoalhaven were bulk billed. That ranks 64th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 4.7 percentage points above New South Wales overall (87.5%).

Bulk billed
92.2%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year
+4.3 ptsfrom 87.9%
Gap fee
$60.73when not bulk billed
Cost per visit
$4.74Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

70%80%90%100%202220242026Shoalhaven92.2%NSW87.5%Australia84.1%

A year earlier the rate was 87.9%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Shoalhaven 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 7.5 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

Back Forest, Bamarang, Bangalee, Barrengarry, Barringella, Basin View, Bawley Point, Beaumont, Beecroft Peninsula, Bellawongarah, Bendalong, Berrara, Berringer Lake, Berry, Berry Mountain, Bewong, Bolong, Bomaderry, Boolijah, Bream Beach, Brogers Creek, Brooman, Broughton, Broughton Vale, Browns Mountain, Brundee, Buangla, Budawang, Budgong, Bulee, Bundewallah, Burrier, Burrill Lake, Callala Bay, Callala Beach, Cambewarra, Cambewarra Village, Comberton, Comerong Island, Conjola, Conjola Park, Coolangatta, Coolumburra, Croobyar, Cudmirrah, Culburra Beach, Cunjurong Point, Currarong, Dolphin Point, Endrick, Erowal Bay, Ettrema, Falls Creek, Far Meadow, Fishermans Paradise, Greenwell Point, Huskisson, Hyams Beach, Illaroo, Jaspers Brush, Jerrawangala, Kangaroo Valley, Kinghorne, Kings Point, Kioloa, Lake Conjola, Lake Tabourie, Little Forest, Longreach, Manyana, Mayfield, Meroo Meadow, Milton, Mogood, Mollymook, Mollymook Beach, Mondayong, Moollattoo, Morton, Mount Kingiman, Mundamia, Myola, Narrawallee, North Nowra, Nowra, Nowra Hill, Numbaa, Old Erowal Bay, Orient Point, Parma, Pointer Mountain, Porters Creek, Pyree, Quiera, Red Rocks, Sanctuary Point, Sassafras, Shoalhaven Heads, South Nowra, St George, St Georges Basin, Sussex Inlet, Swanhaven, Tallowal, Tapitallee, Terara, Termeil, Tianjara, Tolwong, Tomerong, Touga, Tullarwalla, Twelve Mile Peg, Ulladulla, Upper Kangaroo River, Upper Kangaroo Valley, Vincentia, Wandandian, Watersleigh, Wattamolla, West Nowra, Wollumboola, Woodburn, Woodhill, Woodstock, Woollamia, Worrigee, Worrowing Heights, Wrights Beach, Yadboro, Yalwal, Yatte Yattah, Yerriyong.

Postcodes: 2535, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541.

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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