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Rates & fees

Rates & fees

Rates are one of the ways residents fund the council — in Weddin's case a smaller share than in most, with council stating rates make up roughly 25% of its total revenue and 17% of its operating expenditure. 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 Weddin compares across NSW, and the things that actually change your bill.

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

4.2%Set by IPART — a core peg of 3.0% plus population and other adjustment factors, netting to 4.2%. Council applied the same 4.2% figure in its Long-Term Financial Plan. It caps the council's total rates income, not your individual bill.
4.6%IPART's rate peg for Weddin for 2025-26 — a base peg of 3.6% plus adjustment factors.
~$734 / year (2024-25)About 39% below the NSW average of ~$1,203 (OLG data). This reflects local land values and the council's rating structure.
Rating categories and other charges
Residential, business, farmland and mining — plus waste and sewer chargesCouncil also levies a waste management / rural garbage charge, and a sewer charge on all sewered land in the Grenfell town area. Land values come from the NSW Valuer General every three years.
Instalment dates (2026-27)
31 Aug 2026, 30 Nov 2026, 28 Feb 2027, 31 May 2027Paying in full also falls due 31 August 2026. Overdue instalments accrue interest daily. Payments can be made at the Grenfell office, at Quandialla Post Office, by BPAY, by direct deposit or by post.
Overdue interest (2026-27)
9.5% per annumA NSW-wide maximum set annually by the Minister for Local Government (cash rate plus 6%, rounded to the nearest half per cent) and applied by every council to overdue rates instalments. Weddin's own rates page does not publish a figure — it states only that overdue instalments accrue interest daily.
Concessions
Eligible pensioners can claim a rebateComplete the Pensioner Concession Rate Rebate form and present your pension card at the council office; the form is also available at the office.
Special rate variation (SRV)
None in force, and none proposedCouncil's Long-Term Financial Plan 2026/2027-2035/2036 states that 'Council currently has no plans to collect a SRV'. Weddin was not among the councils whose special variation applications IPART determined on 2 June 2026.

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 Valuer General revaluation. Council publishes a Rates and Land Values FAQ that walks through the calculation.

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.