Bulk billing in Toowoomba

In Apr–Jun 2026, 86.0% of GP visits by people living in Toowoomba were bulk billed. That ranks 149th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 4.0 percentage points above Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed: 86.0%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year: +4.5 ptsfrom 81.5%
Gap fee: $64.45when not bulk billed
Cost per visit: $9.02Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

A year earlier the rate was 81.5%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Toowoomba 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 7.0 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

Adare, Ballard, Birnam, Black Duck Creek, Blanchview, Blue Mountain Heights, Buaraba South, Cabarlah, Caffey, Cambooya, Carpendale, Cawdor, Centenary Heights, Charlton, Cotswold Hills, Cranley, Cutella, Darling Heights, Derrymore, Drayton, East Haldon, East Toowoomba, Egypt, Fifteen Mile, Finnie, Flagstone Creek, Fordsdale, Gatton, Geham, Glencoe, Glenvale, Gowrie Junction, Gowrie Mountain, Grantham, Harlaxton, Harristown, Helidon, Helidon Spa, Highfields, Hodgson Vale, Ingoldsby, Iredale, Junction View, Kearneys Spring, Kleinton, Lawes, Lefthand Branch, Lilydale, Lilyvale, Lockyer, Lower Tenthill, Ma Ma Creek, Meringandan, Meringandan West, Middle Ridge, Mount Kynoch, Mount Lofty, Mount Rascal, Mount Sylvia, Mount Whitestone, Murphys Creek, Newtown, North Toowoomba, Placid Hills, Postmans Ridge, Preston, Prince Henry Heights, Rangeville, Redwood, Ringwood, Rockmount, Rockside, Rockville, Ropeley, Seventeen Mile, Silver Ridge, South Toowoomba, Spring Bluff, Stockyard, Toowoomba City, Top Camp, Torrington, Upper Flagstone, Upper Lockyer, Upper Tenthill, Vale View, Veradilla, Vinegar Hill, Wellcamp, Westbrook, White Mountain, Wilsonton, Wilsonton Heights, Winwill, Withcott, Woodbine, Woodlands, Woolmer, Wyreema.

Postcodes: 4343, 4344, 4347, 4350, 4358.

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 Toowoomba

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Suburbs and postcodes in this area

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