Pay Your Rates

Ways to pay your rates safely and conveniently.
This page outlines the different ways you can pay your rates, including online payments, bill smoothing, BPAY, Post Billpay, in person or by mail.

Pay your rates with Payable

A secure and easy-to-use platform to make a rates payment.

Go to Payable

Ways to pay your rates

Council offers different ways to pay your rates:

Pay online using Payble, a secure and easy-to-use platform to make a rates payment. You can choose to pay your rates in full or quarterly. Alternatively, bill smoothing option allows flexible payment plans that suits you.

Setting up is quick and easy:

  1. Scan the QR code on your rates notice, or click the Set Up Your Preferred Payment Option button below
  2. Enter your mobile number. You will be sent a secure SMS code number to validate your account set-up
  3. Select a payment option that works for you
  4. Select how you want to pay: credit card, debit card or set up a direct debit
  5. Receive an SMS reminder before each payment, so you can make sure there are enough funds in your account
  6. Payments will be made automatically according to the schedule of your selected payment option.

Set Up Your Preferred Payment Option

You will need a current and active mobile phone number to use the Payble service
0.75% fee applied to all credit and debit card transactions.

Click here to learn more about bill smoothing 

You can pay by BPAY from a cheque or savings account (credit cards are excluded).

Contact your financial institution for details. The BPAY customer reference number and biller code are printed on your rates notice.

You can make a payment through Australia Post's Postbillpay service:

Make sure you have your rates notice with you, as you'll need your reference details

Pay by EFTPOS, cash or cheque at one of our service centres below.

Our Cashier Hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm for each Service Centre.

Pay in person at any Australia Post office by EFTPOS, cash, or cheque.

You'll need your rates notice when making the payment.

Send a cheque (payable to Inner West Council) along with the tear-off slip from your rates notice to:

Inner West Council
PO Box 14, Petersham NSW 2049

All Other Non-Rate Payments

To make other payments click the link below.

Make All Other Council Payments

0.75% fee applied to all credit and debit card transactions.

Page last updated: 16 Mar 2026