Fuel prices: what we cover
Service stations near a postcode, suburb or town, by the pump price each reported to its state government’s fuel price scheme. Free, no sign-up.
The states
| State | Scheme | Prices | Stations listed | Last read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | FuelCheck | Each change, as the station reports it | 3,217 (2,334 with a price) | 9:25pm today |
| The ACT | FuelCheck | Each change, as the station reports it (in NSW’s list) | 69 (63 with a price) | 9:25pm today |
| Queensland | Fuel Prices QLD | Each change, within 30 minutes of it | 1,806 (1,777 with a price) | 8:25pm today |
| South Australia | South Australia’s Fuel Pricing Information Scheme | Each change, within 30 minutes of it | 728 (698 with a price) | 8:55pm today |
| Tasmania | FuelCheck TAS | Each change, within 30 minutes of it | 291 | 9:25pm today |
| The Northern Territory | MyFuel NT | The price at the pump, with no time given: shown as checked | 215 (209 with a price) | 7:56pm today |
| Western Australia | FuelWatch | Set the day before, fixed for 24 hours from 6am | 995 | 6:25pm today |
| Victoria | Not covered yet. The Victorian Government shows every Victorian station’s price in Servo Saver, in the Service Victoria app. Servo Saver › | |||
A station is listed while its scheme still lists it. A station with no price is listed with none to show: New South Wales lists EV chargers at 0 c/kWh, which is not stored as a price. Times are each state’s own. Every scheme is read every hour.
How a list is worked out
Distances are straight lines, not road distances, from one point for the postcode: the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ point for its postal area or, where that point lies more than 5 km from every service station in the area, the middle of the area’s main group of stations (in a big rural postcode the ABS’s point can be far from the town: for 6725 it is 138 km from Broome). Of 2,641 postal areas, 390 use the middle of their stations.
A list can also be from a suburb or town, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ name for it, measured the same way from the ABS’s point for it: of 15,329 suburbs and towns, 254 use the middle of their stations. Or from your location: the page rounds it to about 100 metres, and LookFirst does not store it.
Sorted by price, then distance. Each price is the one the station last reported to its state’s fuel price scheme, as reported. In New South Wales and Tasmania a station must keep that price matching the price at its pump, so a price reported days ago is still its price. In Queensland a station must report a price change within 30 minutes of it, so a price reported days ago is still its price. In South Australia a station must report a price change within 30 minutes of it, so a price reported days ago is still its price. In the Northern Territory a station must keep its price on MyFuel NT the same as the price at the pump. MyFuel NT does not say when a price was set, so each price shows when we last checked it. In Western Australia, FuelWatch fixes each day’s prices from 6am.
The NSW and Tasmanian schemes report each station’s standard retail price, which NSW Fair Trading defines as the price available to anyone, without discounts or other special offers.
“Lowest price listed” goes on every station at a list’s lowest price, and on none when fewer than two stations are listed or all show one price. Members only: the retailer sells fuel to its members alone. Costco’s Member Privileges and Conditions say “only Costco members may purchase items”.
What this page does not do
No price is estimated, averaged or forecast, and no saving is claimed. Distances are straight lines, not road distances. No fuel retailer pays to appear on this list or for its place in it.
The map
Each list’s map shows the stations the list shows, drawn with Leaflet on OpenStreetMap’s tiles; the list works without it. What your browser sends those two services is on the privacy page.
The data
Prices in New South Wales and the ACT: FuelCheck, NSW Government (NSW Fair Trading), through its Fuel API on api.nsw.gov.au. Data.NSW lists FuelCheck under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au
Prices in Tasmania: FuelCheck TAS, Consumer Affairs Tasmania, through the NSW Government’s Fuel API. www.fuelcheck.tas.gov.au
Prices in Queensland: Fuel Prices QLD, the Queensland Government’s fuel price reporting scheme. www.treasury.qld.gov.au/policies-and-programs/fuel-in-queensland
Prices in South Australia: Based on or contains data provided by the State of South Australia (Office of Consumer and Business Services) 2021-2023. Copyright of the State of South Australia. www.sa.gov.au/fuel-pricing
Prices in the Northern Territory: MyFuel NT, the Northern Territory Government’s fuel price reporting scheme. myfuelnt.nt.gov.au
Prices in Western Australia: FuelWatch, Government of Western Australia. www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au
Postcode points: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 postal areas, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The ABS’s standard
Suburb and town names and points: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 suburbs and localities, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The ABS’s standard