Calculate land tax on residential investment land in every Australian state and territory, using each revenue office's published rates, thresholds and foreign owner surcharges.
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Total land tax
$0
0.00% of taxable value
Base land tax
$0
Threshold: $1,075,000
Foreign surcharge
Not applicable
Taxable value
$500,000
This property's land
The same land values and owner under each state's published schedule. The ACT taxes each parcel on its own; the NT has no land tax.
Land tax is an annual state tax on land you own other than your home. Unlike stamp duty it is charged every year, and in every state except the ACT it is worked out on the combined land value of all your taxable land in that state, so a second property can push the total over the threshold. Thresholds differ widely: Victoria charges from $50,000 of land for individuals, Queensland from $600,000, South Australia from $936,000 (2026-27) and NSW from $1,075,000 (2026). The ACT charges every rented residential parcel with no threshold, and the Northern Territory has no land tax at all. This calculator applies each revenue office's published schedule and foreign owner surcharge to the land values you enter.
The average new owner-occupier home loan was $842,000 in NSW and $664,000 in Victoria in the June quarter 2026, from the ABS. A two-bedroom unit on a new lease in NSW rents for a typical $785 a week.
An Australian individual with one NSW investment property, land value $650,000.
Below the $1,075,000 NSW threshold, so no land tax. Buying a second NSW property with $500,000 of land takes the combined value to $1,150,000 and the bill to $1,300 ($100 plus 1.6% of $75,000).
The same $650,000 of land, owned by an Australian individual.
Victoria: $2,550 ($2,250 plus 0.6% of $50,000). Queensland: $1,000 ($500 plus 1% of $50,000).