Bulk billing in Stirling
In Apr–Jun 2026, 70.4% of GP visits by people living in Stirling were bulk billed. That ranks 282nd of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 6.4 percentage points below Western Australia overall (76.8%).
- Bulk billed
- 70.4%Australia 84.1%
- Change on a year
- +2.2 ptsfrom 68.2%
- Gap fee
- $60.75when not bulk billed
- Cost per visit
- $17.98Australia $9.60
Since Jul–Sep 2021
Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter
A year earlier the rate was 68.2%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Stirling 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 5.5 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
Balcatta, Balga, Carine, Churchlands, Coolbinia, Dianella, Doubleview, Gwelup, Hamersley, Herdsman, Innaloo, Joondanna, Karrinyup, Menora, Mirrabooka, Nollamara, North Beach, Osborne Park, Scarborough, Stirling, Trigg, Tuart Hill, Watermans Bay, Wembley Downs, Westminster, Woodlands, Yokine.
Postcodes: 6017, 6018, 6019, 6021, 6022, 6029, 6059, 6060, 6061.
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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- Kimberley89.5%
- Goldfields87.8%
- Gosnells87.6%
- Kwinana87.3%
- Bunbury85.7%
- Albany85.0%
- Wheat Belt - North84.6%
- Wheat Belt - South83.8%
- Canning83.7%
- Manjimup83.7%
- Rockingham83.5%
- Armadale83.0%
- Mid West82.4%
- Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton80.1%
- Esperance79.8%
- Mandurah79.2%
- Serpentine - Jarrahdale79.1%
- Swan78.8%
- Kalamunda75.8%
- East Pilbara75.2%
- Mundaring75.0%
- West Pilbara75.0%
- Wanneroo74.6%
- Belmont - Victoria Park73.6%
- Cockburn73.1%
- Stirling70.4%
- Bayswater - Bassendean70.1%
- South Perth68.6%
- Melville68.2%
- Fremantle67.8%
- Joondalup67.3%
- Perth City63.0%
- Cottesloe - Claremont56.8%