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Rates & fees

Rates & fees

Rates are the main way residents fund the council. Each year an independent regulator (IPART) sets a 'rate peg' — the maximum percentage the council can lift its total rates income. Here's the current figure, how it compares across NSW, and the things that actually change your bill in Berrigan Shire.

New to these terms? Read them in plain English
Rate peg
The cap on how much a council's TOTAL rates income can rise this year.
Core peg
The rate peg before the population top-up — the part driven by rising costs.
Population factor
An extra slice of the rate peg for fast-growing councils.
Special Rate Variation (SRV)
Permission for a council to raise rates by more than the peg.
Land valuation
Your land's value, set by the state, used to split the rates bill between properties.
Pensioner rebate
A discount on rates for eligible pensioners.
Domestic waste charge
A separate annual fee for your bins — NOT part of the rate peg.
IPART
Sets the rate peg and reviews council pricing.
See the full explainer, with formulas →

Rates at a glance

2.8%Set by IPART — a core peg of 3.0% plus and minus small adjustment factors (population, emergency services levy and other components), netting to 2.8%. It caps the council's total rates income, not your individual bill.
4.6%IPART's rate peg for Berrigan for 2025–26: a base peg of 3.6% plus adjustments.
~$867 / year (2024–25)About 28% below the NSW average of ~$1,203 (OLG data). A separate domestic waste charge applies.
Instalment due dates
31 August, 30 November, 28 February and 31 MayThe four standard NSW quarterly instalments. Council can send your rates notice by email — request it at rates@berriganshire.nsw.gov.au or via the online form.
Overdue interest (2026–27)
9.5% per annumA NSW-wide maximum set each year by the Minister for Local Government under the Local Government Act and applied by councils to overdue rates instalments. It is 9.5% for 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 (down from 10.5% in 2025–26); the rate is calculated as the Reserve Bank cash rate plus 6%, rounded to the nearest half per cent.
Concessions
Pensioner Concession Card and DVA card holders may be eligible for a rebateApplies to your primary residence only, and the card must show that address. A rates rebate automatically carries over onto your water account. NSW does not grant concessions on Health Care Cards. Apply at the Council office or via Council's Pensioner Discount Application Form.
Land revaluations
Every three years in Berrigan ShireLand values are set by the NSW Valuer General (Property NSW Valuation Services), not the council; Council applies the updated valuations from 1 July of the following financial year. You can object to a valuation through the Valuer General.
Special rate variation (SRV)
No multi-year SRV in force; a one-off 2.0% Additional Special Variation was approved for 2022–23In June 2022 IPART approved Berrigan's application for a permanent Additional Special Variation of 2.0% in 2022–23 (1.1% above that year's 0.9% rate peg), under a statewide ASV process the OLG opened that year — an estimated $0.06 million of extra income kept permanently in the rate base.

The rate peg limits the council's total rates income, not each household's bill. How your individual rates change depends mostly on how your land value moved relative to other properties at the latest revaluation.

Sources — check it yourself

Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.