Logan City Council has today adopted its 2025/26 Budget, investing $1.22 billion in essential infrastructure and services for Queensland’s fastest-growing city.
The bottom-line of the rates notices for properties on the minimum general rate will increase by 6.42 per cent or $3.90 a week.
Mayor Jon Raven said Council had listened to months of community feedback and worked hard to find savings for residents in a tough economic climate.
“Logan now tops 400,000 people, and like many households, Council is feeling the pinch from rising costs. Things like construction services and materials, electricity, and depreciation have jumped dramatically, some as much as 25 per cent,” Mayor Raven said.
“We listened. We found $32 million in savings and said no to a further $32 million in new spending, targeting funding to projects and services that matter most, and keeping the bottom-line rate increase as low as we can.
“This budget is about need-to-haves, instead of nice-to-haves, as we set the foundations for Logan’s long-term future.”
Council will invest more than $827 million in the major essential infrastructure of roads, water and wastewater, parks and community infrastructure over the next 12 months.
Important community programs and services including mowing, litter collection, tip vouchers, free green waste disposal and kerbside cleanup will be maintained.
There will also be investment into expanding our response to potholes to improve safety on local roads and lower long-term maintenance costs.
Mayor Raven said Council had made some big changes to the way rates are charged to make them fairer for residents.
“The community services charge, which helps fund the cost of libraries, community and neighbourhood centres and social programs, has been rolled into the general rate charge,” he said.
“This will share the cost more fairly across the city and more than 116,000 property owners – including 80,000 owner-occupiers – will be better off than they would have been without this change.
“That’s 84.5 per cent of our ratepayers.”
Logan has introduced new categories for vacant land, based on rateable values ($850,000 or less; $850,000 to $1.5 million; and more than $1.5 million), to encourage property owners to build faster.
“We want to incentivise construction and generate surrounding infrastructure during a national housing crisis,” Mayor Raven said.
“Councillors and staff have worked hard to keep Queensland’s fastest-growing city moving while carefully managing costs for our community.”
More information about the rates and charges for 2025/26 is online at Budget, fees and charges.
Anyone experiencing financial difficulty in paying a rates account is encouraged to contact Council to arrange a payment plan or other support.
Customers can contact Council via phone on 07 3412 3412 (Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm), email at council@logan.qld.gov.au or Facebook.