There are two ways to receive your rates notice electronically: through your online banking using BPAY View or by email through our eRates portal.
View our section on how to pay your rates in person, online, BPay, by mail, at the Post Office, by phone or direct debit arrangement. This area also has information on concession & payment assistance.
Council rates are a property based tax. Therefore, the rates you pay are based on the value of the property you own.
View our Rates Forms such as Name Change, Address Change, Personal Authority, Company Authority, Land Information Certificates, Rebates and more.
Learn more about: land sustainability rebates, heritage rebates, pension concessions (municipal rates concessions).
The provisions of the Valuation of Land Act 1960 specify that all Victorian Councils are required to separately rate each part of a property that is able to be separately occupied.
Property valuations are used to calculate how much you pay in rates. Government legislation requires the Council to assess the value of all properties every two years.
We are committed to ensuring that surplus Shire owned land is made available for redevelopment and proceeds of land sales are reinvested.