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Your rates are used to fund a wide range of services,
build and maintain facilities and run programs
in the local community.
Each year we ask our community to look
at our proposed budget.
It’s your chance to give us feedback
before we get to work.
For every $100 of
your rates, we spend...
Figures based on the 2023-24 budget.
Roads and footpaths - $33.51
Rubbish and waste - $10.35
Community safety - $9.73
Emergency and environmental management
Planning services
Local law and health
Parks and sporting facilities - $16.72
Parks and gardens
Sports, swimming and recreation
Community and family - $4.17
Maternal and child health
Youth services
Libraries
Children’s services
Infrastructure and projects - $21.29
Community and economic support
- $1.97
Community support
Economic and community development
Bridges, car parks and drainage - $2.25
Around 60% of the money that we need to deliver all of this
comes from rates.
You can find out more about our planned spending for this
financial year in our current budget.
To find out more about your options for paying your rates,
visit our pay your rates page.