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1. Rating year
The period relating to this notice, effective from 1 July to 30 June each year.
2. Date of issue
This is the date that the notice was printed and issued.
3. Property ID
Council’s identification of your property. Please have this handy when making enquiries regarding your rates notice.
4. Amount due and due date
Provides the first instalment amount with the due date. If you are on Direct Debit, or have an arrangement with Council, this will be noted in this section. If you are on Direct Debit, Council will debit your payment.
5. Notices by email
If you would like to receive your notices via email, register online.
6. Property location details
This section has your property address, title particulars, the Australian Valuation Property Classification Code (AVPCC) and the owner's details. The AVPCC is assigned to your property according to the use of your land.
7. Property valuation details
- Capital Improved Value (CIV) – The total market value of the property including land, buildings and other improvements. This is used in Manningham to calculate rates.
- Site Value (SV) – The Site Value is the value of the land only, assuming any improvements had never existed. This is used by the State Revenue Office to calculate Land Tax.
- Net Annual Value – For residential properties this is 5% of the CIV, and for non-residential properties it is the greater of the annual rental value or 5% of the CIV.
- Level of Value Date – This is the date that the property was assessed and valued at.
- Valuation Effective Date – This is the date that the Valuation has been used to calculate the rates.
8. Details of rates and charges
- General Rate – Rate in the dollar is 0.00155331 cents, this is then multiplied by the CIV to get the Rates amount.
- Standard Waste charge – Waste service charge for a Standard residential property.
- Fire Services Levy – State Government charges collected by Council. This levy is made up of a fixed charge and a variable charge which is calculated on the CIV.
- Pension Rebate/Low Income Health Care Card Reduction – If you are receiving a rebate, it will appear in this section of the notice. If you are eligible for a rebate and it is not showing on the notice, you will need to apply for the rebate.
9. Payments/Changes message
If you have made any changes or payments that were received by Council after this date, they may not be shown on this rates notice.
10. Total amount due
This is the total amount due on your account (including any arrears). If you have any arrears, please pay the arrears amount immediately.
11. Instalment payments
Your rates and charges amount due in instalments by the respective dates.
- Four instalments – Payment of the 1st instalment must be received by 30 September. Council does not provide the option to pay in full in February. Late payments will incur interest charges.
- 10 instalments – Only available via Direct Debit
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The valuation process
All properties in Victoria are valued on 1 January each year.
Valuations are not done by councils. Valuations are completed by certified practising valuers on behalf of the Valuer-General Victoria (VGV).
Valuations are then provided to councils to use for the calculation of rates.
How valuers calculate property valuations
Valuers must return three valuations of each property which are:
- Capital Improved Value (CIV).
- Site Value, which relates to the market value of land only.
- Net Annual Value, which is the current value of the property’s net annual rent. This is set at five per cent for residential properties, but could be higher for commercial assessments.
For more information about property valuations, please go to the Victorian Government's website.
How to lodge a valuation objection
If you believe that the valuation does not reflect market value of your property at 1 January of the relevant year, you may lodge an objection.
For more information about lodging an objection, please go to the Victorian Government's Rating valuation objections portal.
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Prepare your documentation
Prior to lodging an objection, you will need to have a current annual valuation and rates notice or a supplementary valuation and rates notice.
- The annual valuation and rates notice is issued in August each year.
- Supplementary valuation notices are issued during the year if there is a change to your valuation.
Your objection must be submitted within two months of the issue date of the valuation and rates notice.
The issue date is located in the top right hand corner of your Rate Notice above the property ID
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Lodge an objection
To make an objection:
Please contact us if you require a hardcopy form.
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Continue to pay your instalment
You will still need to pay your rate instalment.
You are still required to pay the rate instalment/s by the due date/s, even if you have lodged a formal valuation objection.
If payment is not made by the due date/s, you will incur penalty interest charges.
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Amendments to the rate amount
If there is an adjustment to the valuation, there will be an amendment to the rate amount and you will receive a refund if there is a credit.
You can find out the statutory requirements and obligations within the Valuation of Land Act 1960 and the Valuation of Land Regulations 2014.
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How we calculate your rates
Rates are our primary means of raising revenue to pay for all the services and infrastructure we provide to the Manningham community.
Each year:
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We work out how much rate revenue will be required to fund these services and infrastructure.
This amount changes every year.
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We then divide this amount by the total value of all the properties within our municipality.
This gives us the rate in the dollar amount – currently $0.00155331.
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The Capital Improved Value of each property is multiplied by the rate in the dollar amount.
This is used to calculate the amount each property owner will pay.
For more information about what your rates help pay for, see our Rates Notice brochure.
The formula used for calculating General Rates
The term General Rates refers to the amount you are charged before any additional charges are applied.
The formula for calculating your General Rates is:
Capital Improved Value x Rate in the dollar = General Rates
For a property where the Capital Improved Value is $1,270,000 the calculations would be:
| Capital Improved Value |
$1,270,000 |
|---|---|
| Rate in the dollar |
$0.00155331 |
| Calculation |
$1,270,000 x $0.00155331 = $1,972.70 |
The Victorian Government's Local Government website has more information about how rates are calculated.
Other charges on your rates notice
In addition to the general rates levy, your rates notice will also include:
- a waste services charge
- the State Government fire services property levy
- any overdue rates (arrears) from previous years.
Why do rates vary between councils?
If you own property in another local government area and wonder why some rates are more or less than others, this is because each council has different budgetary requirements for:
- capital works
- proposed works
- ongoing costs to maintain services in the local government area.
What is rate capping?
The State Government has capped rate increases at 3.5 per cent for 2023/2024. We have elected to apply this 3.5 per cent increase rather than seek an exemption from the cap.
It is important to remember that the cap of 3.5 per cent applies to the overall rate revenue raised by the council and not each individual property.
Most properties will experience rate increases that are slightly lower or higher than 3.5 per cent. If your Valuation has either decreased or increased more than the average, it is likely you will see a rate increase lower or higher than 3.5 per cent.
Breakdown of 2023/24 rate changes
The tables below outline the number of properties with an increase or decrease to their rates and show the changes according to suburb.
Properties with a decrease in rates
The number of properties which had a decrease in rates for the current period.
| Change in Annual Rates | More than -10 per cent | From -5 per cent to -10 per cent | From 0 per cent to -5 per cent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of properties | 1,417 | 2,983 | 8,176 |
Properties with an increase in rates
The number of properties which had an increase in rates for the current period.
| Change in Annual Rates | From 0 to +2 per cent | From +2 per cent to +5 per cent | From +5 per cent to +10 per cent | From +10 per cent to +20 per cent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of properties | 7,545 | 25,922 | 6,163 | 845 |
Rate changes by suburb
Rate changes by suburb for the current period compared to the previous year.
| Postcode | Suburb | Number of properties | 2022/2023 Rates average | 2023/2024 Rates average | Average change dollar amount | Average change per cent |
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| 3105 | Bulleen | 4,963 | $1,796 | $1,806 | $9 | 0.52 per cent |
| 3108 | Doncaster | 12,792 | $1,782 | $1,820 | $38 | 2.14 per cent |
| 3109 | Doncaster East | 12,972 | $1,726 | $1,797 | $71 | 4.13 per cent |
| 3111 | Donvale | 4,951 | $1,895 | $2,004 | $109 | 5.76 per cent |
| 3131 | Nunawading | 146 | $1,537 | $1,666 | $129 | 8.41 per cent |
| 3114 | Park Orchards | 1,277 | $2,627 | $2,886 | $259 | 9.86 per cent |
| 3134 | Ringwood North | 127 | $2,395 | $2,526 | $132 | 5.5 per cent |
| 3106 | Templestowe | 6,609 | $2,202 | $2,286 | $84 | 3.82 per cent |
| 3107 | Templestowe Lower | 5,804 | $1,788 | $1,812 | $24 | 1.32 per cent |
| 3113 | Warrandyte | 2,084 | $2,158 | $2,262 | $104 | 4.82 per cent |
| 3134 | Warrandyte South | 216 | $2,821 | $2,956 | $135 | 4.79 per cent |
| 3115 | Wonga Park | 1,110 | $2,365 | $2,503 | $138 | 5.85 per cent |
| ALL | ALL | 53,051 | $1,885 | $1,951 | $66 | 3.5 per cent |
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For ownership/residency confirmation
If you require written confirmation that you are the current owner(s) of the property, select 'Request now' to complete the Ownership/Residency Confirmation form.
You will need to make payment at the time of application. The cost is $42 per application.
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For fencing purposes
If you require the owner’s name and postal address of a property in relation to fencing matters, select 'Request now' to complete the Request for ownership details - fencing purposes form.
The property you are requesting the information for must share a fence boundary with the property that you own. We will only provide information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act and Council's Information Privacy Policy.
Contact us to get a hard copy.
For protection works
If you require the owner's name and postal address of a property in relation to protection works, select 'Request now' below to complete the Request for ownership details - protection works form.
You will need to make payment at the time of application. The cost is $32 per application.
We will only provide information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act and Council's Information Privacy Policy.
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Meeting Date: 27 June 2023
Meeting Time: 7.00pm
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
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Time Stamps
| Timecode | Item |
|---|---|
| 4:20 | 4. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES |
| 5. PRESENTATIONS | |
| 5:00 | 5.1 Acknowledgement of Hunter Valley Bus Crash |
| 6:50 | 5.2 King's Birthday 2023 honours list |
| 8:15 | 7. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME |
| 10. CITY PLANNING | |
| 21:00 | 10.1 Integrated Water Management and Flood Mapping Update (Page 3) |
| 24:40 | 10.2 Draft Affordable Housing Policy (Page 31) |
| 11. CONNECTED COMMUNITIES | |
| 33:15 | 11.1 2023 Annual Grant Program Recommendations (Page 57) |
| 37:45 | 11.2 Health and Wellbeing Action Plan 2021-2023 Progress Report (Page 75) |
| 14. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |
| 41:10 | 14.1 2023 General Valuation Return |
| 50:30 | 14.2 Recreational Lands - Charges in Lieu of Rates 2023-24 |
| 51:30 | 14.3 10 Year Financial Plan 2023/24 to 2032/33 (Page 95) |
| 01:08:30 | 14.4 2023/24 Budget Adoption and Declaration of Rates and Charges |
| 01:54:40 | 14.5 Audit and Risk Committee Independent Member Reappointment (Page 247) |
| 01:55:10 | 14.6 Appointment of Authorised Officer - Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Page 249) |
| 01:55:45 | 14.7 Informal Meetings of Councillors (page 254) |
| 01:56:20 | 14.8 Documents for Sealing (Page 266) |
| 01:56:45 | 15. URGENT BUSINESS |
| 01:56:50 | 16. COUNCILLORS REPORTS AND QUESTION TIME |
| 02:14:05 | 17. CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS |
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Meeting Date: 28 June 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
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Agenda item timestamps
| Timecode | Item |
|---|---|
| 5. PRESENTATIONS | |
| 00:04:50 | 5.1 Acknowledgement of the Hon. Kevin Andrews for 30 years of Service |
| 00:06:08 | 5.2 Queens Birthday Honours List 2022 |
| 00:16:43 | Public Question Time |
| 00:33:17 | Admission of urgent business |
| 00:33:22 | Planning permit applications |
| 10. CITY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY | |
| 00:33:30 | 10.1 Draft Reconciliation Action Plan 2022-24 |
| 00:43:20 | 10.2 Health and Wellbeing Action Plan 2021-2023 |
| 00:47:54 | 10.3 2022 Annual Grant Program Recommendations |
| 01:25:25 | 10.4 Reconsideration of two Doncaster Hill DCP Transport Projects (Bayley Grove road extension and Frederick Street/Clay Drive pedestrian link) |
| 11. CITY SERVICES | |
| 01:26:09 | 11.1 Asset Plan and Policy Final Endorsement |
| 01:30:19 | 11.2 Proposed Leisure Services Tender |
| 01:42:40 | 11.3 Draft Wonga Park Reserve Masterplan |
| 01:54:38 | 11.4 Donvale Indoor Sports Centre Draft Masterplan |
| 01:58:31 | Experience and Capability |
| 13. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |
| 01:58:40 | 13.1 2022 General Valuation Return |
| 02:05:12 | 13.2 Recreational Lands - Charges in Lieu of Rates 2022-23 |
| 02:07:01 | 13.3 10 Year Financial Plan 2022/23 to 2031/32 |
| 02:10:03 | 13.4 2022/23 Budget Adoption and Declaration of Rates and Charges |
| 03:02:35 | 13.5 Appointment of Authorised Officer - Planning and Environment Act 1987 |
| 03:03:20 | 13.6 Informal Meetings of Councillors |
| 03:03:36 | 13.7 Documents for Sealing |
| 14. NOTICES OF MOTION | |
| 03:04:02 | 14.1 Notice of Motion by Cr Stephen Mayne (NOM No. 2/2022) |
| 03:16:59 | Urgent Business |
| 03:17:04 | Councillors' Question Time |