Levy zone map

• The levy zone covers 39 out of 77 local government areas (LGAs) in Queensland.
• The exclusion of some LGAs recognises the different waste management needs of rural and regional Queensland, and removes the costs of administering, remitting and reporting against the levy in these areas.
• Measures are in place to ensure that these areas outside the levy zone do not become ‘dumping grounds’ in efforts to avoid paying the levy.
• The levy zone is divided into two areas
  • the metropolitan zone—comprising of the 10 south-east Queensland LGAs
  • the regional zone—made up of the remaining 29 LGAs in the current levy zone.

While the interactive levy zone map is currently unavailable. The LGAs and their levy zones are listed below:

• Metropolitan zone LGAs:
  1. Brisbane
  2. Gold Coast
  3. Ipswich
  4. Lockyer Valley
  5. Logan
  6. Moreton Bay
  7. Noosa
  8. Redland
  9. Scenic Rim
  10. Sunshine Coast
• Regional levy zone LGAs:
  1. Banana
  2. Bundaberg
  3. Burdekin
  4. Cairns
  5. Cassowary Coast
  6. Central Highlands
  7. Charters Towers
  8. Douglas
  9. Fraser Coast
  10. Gladstone
  11. Goondiwindi
  12. Gympie
  13. Hinchinbrook
  14. Isaac
  15. Livingstone
  16. Mackay
  17. Maranoa
  18. Mareeba
  19. Mount Isa (shifting to non-levy zone from 1 July 2027)
  20. North Burnett
  21. Rockhampton
  22. Somerset (from 1 July 2026)
  23. South Burnett
  24. Southern Downs
  25. Tablelands
  26. Toowoomba (from 1 July 2026)
  27. Townsville
  28. Western Downs
  29. Whitsunday