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Estimate annual land tax on an investment property or vacant land by state
Enter the land value and state to estimate your annual land tax bill. Most states exempt your home, so this is most relevant for investment properties and vacant land.
Land value, not the property's total market value — check your council rates notice or state valuation.
Estimated annual land tax
$3,700.00
Effective rate: 0.28% of land value
Most states exempt your principal place of residence from land tax — this estimate is most relevant for investment properties, holiday homes and vacant land. Actual assessments may aggregate all land you own in that state and can include foreign owner or trust surcharges not modelled here.
Each example value is the total taxable land one individual holds in that state or territory. The figures exclude foreign-owner and absentee surcharges, trusts and companies, consistent with the estimate above. Land tax years differ: each card names the year its scale applies to.
2026 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $1,075,000
2026 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $50,000
2026–27 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $600,000
2026–27 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $300,000
2026–27 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $936,000
2026–27 land tax year
Tax-free threshold: $125,000
The ACT charges land tax as a fixed charge plus a tiered valuation charge on the property's average unimproved value (AUV, an average of up to five years of values), with no tax-free threshold, assessed quarterly, so it is not directly comparable to the other states' scales. An ACT investment property does owe land tax; it is not included in any figure here.
ACT Revenue OfficeThis calculator is not intended to be relied on for the purposes of making a decision in relation to a financial product. Before you make a financial decision, consider obtaining advice from someone who holds an Australian Financial Services Licence. We do not, and we cannot advise you.
Land tax is an annual state tax on the unimproved value of land you own, separate from council rates and stamp duty. It's assessed each year based on land value as at a fixed date set by each state.
Most states exempt your principal place of residence, so land tax mainly applies to investment properties, holiday homes, vacant land and commercial property. Thresholds and rates vary significantly by state.
No — every state exempts your principal place of residence from land tax. It generally only applies to investment properties, holiday homes, vacant land and commercial property.
Land value is the unimproved value of the land itself, excluding buildings and improvements. It's set annually by each state's valuer-general and is usually shown on your council rates notice.
It depends on the land value. Some states like Victoria have lower entry thresholds but a gentler curve, while others like NSW have a higher threshold but a steeper marginal rate at very high values.
No, the Northern Territory does not levy land tax at all.
Estimates only. Not financial or tax advice. Full disclaimer for your rights and our limitations of liability.
This calculator exists to show you the arithmetic. It applies published Australian rates, thresholds and formulas to the numbers you enter and shows the working, so you can check it. That is all it does — it produces a number and describes what the number is. It does not recommend anything and it holds no opinion about any financial product.
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This calculator is not intended to be relied on for the purposes of making a decision in relation to a financial product. Before you make a financial decision, consider obtaining advice from someone who holds an Australian Financial Services Licence. We do not, and we cannot advise you.