Council rates in Australia
 

Council rates

I've just received my Rates bill in for the next quarter, so I thought I'd share the info (i'll share the bill as well if I get any takers :D )

Total Rates for the Quarter, here in Redlandshire QLD, is $452.73

The breakdown is:
General rate $184.49
Environmental charge $ 15.00
Landfill charge $3.00
State Government Fire Levy $32.20

Water Access Charge $ 43.35
Water consumption $49.69 (1,075 litres per day average)
Sewerage $ 109.06
Waste/Recycling service $ 43.75

less discount for early payment -$27.91


Rates are calculated on the size of land you have, and the location, NOT on the house size etc.

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Good! Despite all the 'its too expensive here' threads that works out cheaper than the UK ( unless you live in a shoe box:))

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I just got mine as well, I was shocked to see it was $529 for the quarter which I thought was quite high compared to Brisbane City Council which would be around the $450 mark.

But then I looked a bit closer at the breakdown & found that they have charged $61 for tranfer of ownership fee :rolleyes: , so if you take that off its about the price I expected afterall :) .

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This particular land size is 738sqm. The house size doesn't affect the cost.

For a land size of 706sm, the total Quarterly cost is $431.07

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I just worked out ours (less the $61) is $435 if paid by the due date for a 668sqm block.

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Ours are $498.24 per year including £20 fire levy and $50 waste levy that's for 2.25 ha. Ooooer madam, it is the back of Hicksville though :eek:

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What's that saying: "Location, Location, Location" and with it come the higher rates bills :D

2.25 ha does equal 5.5 acres doesn't it ? That's about 30 times the size of my land :D

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I think I'm right in saying that in SA you get a rebate for taking your own waste to the tip - is that correct?

Also, do you get rebates if you have your own water supply?

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I love it here, Deb and I were sat outside last night after the storm and it was so quiet and peaceful, just the sound of the cicadas. I grew up in a very small village in rural Lincolnshire, lived in Grimsby after we were married and always hankered for the village lifestyle again. In 14 yrs I never really got used to the noise of people and traffic.
Guess you can take the boy out of the country but not the country out of the boy ;)

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Bet you wore shoes back in Lincolnshire though.......bit chillier on the tootsies there :D

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Rates on our place in Williamstown, Melbourne (Hobson's Bay Council) $1,245 for 2004/05. It is based on land size and a thing called, I think, capital improved value of the building. I would estimate that this is roughly under 0.2% of the property value. Council tax (in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, based on property value banding) £90 per month, £1,080 or $2,650 p.a (probably 1% of property value). Of course councils in the UK have a statutory duty to deliver more services than their Australian counterparts (often what the council does here, the state or federal govt does there).

OzTennis :)