Rates

Rates help us provide the essential services and facilities the whole community can enjoy, including footpaths and roads, cycleways, playgrounds, libraries, and waste management.

Rates Quick Links

Get your Rates by email - Register for an eNotices account to receive your notices via email, and to view past instalment notices.
Pay your rates - You can pay online, with Australia Post Billpay, direct debit, BPay, mail or in person. Find a payment method that suits you.
Change your address - Update your postal address for your Rates notice.
Section 603 certificates - Identify if there are any outstanding debts such as rates or waste charges on a property.
Pensioner concession application - Pension card holders can save on rates. Check your eligibility and apply now.
Set up or amend Direct Debit - Enjoy the flexibility and peace of mind of having your rates payments set up for automatic payment.

Your Rates Explained

Understand your bill and learn how rates are calculated.

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City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.