Moonee Valley (VIC) Council budget and finances

Budget & finances

Every Victorian council reports the same set of financial measures to the state each year, under the Local Government Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF). The state doesn't set pass marks for these measures. So we show Moonee Valley's figure for 2024–25 next to the median of all Victorian councils. The median is the middle value: half of councils are above it and half below. The median is a point of reference, not a target.

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Operating result (surplus / deficit): Income minus expenses for the year's normal operations.
Average residential rate: The typical yearly general-rates bill for a home in the area.

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The numbers

Average rate per property (2024–25): $2,027General rates plus the municipal charge, divided by all property assessments (homes and businesses). The Victorian median is $1,937.
Adjusted underlying result (2024–25): 8.3% surplusThe operating result without capital grants and contributions, as a share of that revenue. The Victorian median is 0.56%.
Borrowings: $2.0 million of new borrowing budgeted in 2026/27The budget also carries over $39.6 million of approved borrowing from the prior year. The council says its borrowing table shows its approved maximum limit ($45.68 million at 30 June 2027) rather than loans actually drawn, and that its actual borrowing balance was $7.21 million in February 2026 (budget s. 4.2.3).
2026/27 capital works: $46.52 million of new funding ($51.18 million with carried-forward projects)Highlights include $6.58m for the Early Years Building Blocks program (Coronation and Milleara Gardens kindergartens), $5.56m for local roads and traffic management, $2.82m for pedestrian and shared paths, $2.73m for drainage and $1.60m for tree planting (adopted budget, 29 June 2026).

Measure (2024–25)	Moonee Valley	Victorian median
	8.3%	0.56%
Current assets ÷ current liabilities (short-term liquidity)	1.55×	2.17×
Unrestricted cash ÷ current liabilities (free cash)	0.12×	0.26×
Loans and borrowings ÷ rates	5.1%	13.2%
Loan repayments ÷ rates	0.47%	1.4%
Non-current liabilities ÷ own-source revenue	4.2%	16.7%
Asset renewal and upgrade ÷ depreciation	125.2%	94.9%
Rates ÷ adjusted underlying revenue (reliance on rates)	62.1%	57.8%
Rates ÷ property values	0.24%	0.28%
Expenses per property assessment	$3,576	$4,100
Average rate per property assessment	$2,027	$1,937

Moonee Valley City Council, LGPRF financial measures, 2024–25, next to the median of the 79 Victorian councils reporting each measure. Source: Local Government Victoria, LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (Nov 2025 release), CC BY 4.0. The median is CouncilBeacon's own calculation.

The LGPRF has no official benchmarks, and Local Government Victoria says its data shouldn't be used for simplistic league tables. So we don't mark any figure as a pass or a fail, and we don't rank councils. The Victorian median is CouncilBeacon's own calculation, taken across the Victorian councils that report each measure in the 2024–25 data set. A figure above or below the median isn't good or bad in itself. Councils differ in size, assets and services, and the council's annual report explains its own results. The 2025–26 figures are due in about November 2026.

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