Land tax in Western Australia on $1,000,000 of land owned by an individual is $1,750 a year, on the WA revenue office's 2026/27 land tax year rates. A company pays $1,750 and a family trust $1,750 on the same land. The calculator below works it out for any land value in WA.
Rates as at NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT read on 22 October 2026 (the 2026 land tax year in NSW and Victoria, 2026/27 elsewhere); the Northern Territory has no land tax
$1,750
land tax a year on $1,000,000 of land owned by an individual in WA.
$1,750
for a family trust on the same land in WA.
Land tax in WA, a year
$6,250
0.42% of the land value
Land tax on the state's rates
$6,250
Worked out
On the land you own at midnight on 30 June
About each week
$120
In the Perth metropolitan region the metropolitan region improvement tax adds 0.14% of the value above $300,000 (not included).
WA does not impose an absentee or foreign owner surcharge on land tax.
Presm's Land Tax Calculator on each revenue office's published rates. Estimates only: exemptions and concessions beyond these boxes are not checked here. The WA revenue office
What an individual, a company, a family trust and a foreign individual pay a year in Western Australia at seven land values. Every figure is worked out by the calculator above.
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Land tax a year in WA at common land values, 2026/27
Land value
Individual
Company
Family trust
Foreign individual, with surcharge
$500,000
$500
$500
$500
$500
$750,000
$1,125
$1,125
$1,125
$1,125
$1,000,000
$1,750
$1,750
$1,750
$1,750
$1,500,000
$6,250
$6,250
$6,250
$6,250
$2,000,000
$12,550
$12,550
$12,550
$12,550
$3,000,000
$30,550
$30,550
$30,550
$30,550
$5,000,000
$66,550
$66,550
$66,550
$66,550
Presm's Land Tax Calculator, the WA revenue office's 2026/27 land tax year rates. Land value: all the taxable land the owner holds in the state, not the home they live in. Family trust: a discretionary trust. Estimates only.
In a trust or a company
Land tax a year on $1,000,000 of land in WA in your own name, a family trust or a company, 2026/27
Held by
Land tax a year
Your own name
$1,750
A family trust
$1,750
A company
$1,750
On $1,000,000 of land in Western Australia, your own name, a family trust and a company all pay the same. The Entity Land Tax Simulator compares all seven ways to hold land, in every state.
How WA works it out
Western Australia taxes the land value of what an owner holds above a threshold, on its own scale; some owners have a scale of their own. These are the scales as the calculator applies them, then the calculator's own notes.
Individual, Company, Family trust
WA land tax scale for individual, company, family trust, 2026/27
Land value
Land tax a year
$0 to $300,000
Nil (below the threshold)
$300,001 to $420,000
$300
$420,001 to $1,000,000
$300 plus 0.25% of the value above $420,000
$1,000,001 to $1,800,000
$1,750 plus 0.9% of the value above $1,000,000
$1,800,001 to $5,000,000
$8,950 plus 1.8% of the value above $1,800,000
$5,000,001 to $11,000,000
$66,550 plus 2% of the value above $5,000,000
$11,000,001 and over
$186,550 plus 2.67% of the value above $11,000,000
In the Perth metropolitan region the metropolitan region improvement tax adds 0.14% of the value above $300,000 (not included).
WA does not impose an absentee or foreign owner surcharge on land tax.
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