Bulk Billing Tracker

Bulk Billing Tracker / All areas / Queensland

Bulk billing in Whitsunday

In Apr–Jun 2026, 80.2% of GP visits by people living in Whitsunday were bulk billed. That ranks 211th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 1.8 percentage points below Queensland overall (82.0%).

Bulk billed
80.2%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year
+8.6 ptsfrom 71.6%
Gap fee
$56.78when not bulk billed
Cost per visit
$11.24Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

60%70%80%90%202220242026Australia84.1%Qld82.0%Whitsunday80.2%

A year earlier the rate was 71.6%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Whitsunday 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 5.1 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

Airlie Beach, Andromache, Brandy Creek, Breadalbane, Cannon Valley, Cannonvale, Cape Conway, Cape Gloucester, Conway, Crystal Brook, Dittmer, Flametree, Foxdale, Glen Isla, Goorganga Creek, Goorganga Plains, Gregory River, Gunyarra, Hamilton Plains, Hideaway Bay, Jubilee Pocket, Kelsey Creek, Lake Proserpine, Lethebrook, Mandalay, Mount Julian, Mount Marlow, Mount Pluto, Mount Rooper, Myrtlevale, Palm Grove, Pauls Pocket, Preston, Proserpine, Riordanvale, Shute Harbour, Silver Creek, Strathdickie, Sugarloaf, Thoopara, Whitsundays, Wilson Beach, Woodwark.

Postcodes: 4800, 4802.

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 Whitsunday on the map →

Every area in Queensland