New South Wales (NSW)
Full first home buyer exemption to $800,000, then a reduced rate to $1,000,000.
$500,000 property
Standard: $16,687
FHB: $0
$600,000 property
Standard: $21,187
FHB: $0
$700,000 property
Standard: $25,687
FHB: $0
$800,000 property
Standard: $30,187
FHB: $0
$900,000 property
Standard: $34,687
FHB: $19,594
$1,000,000 property
Standard: $39,187
FHB: $39,187
$1,200,000 property
Standard: $48,187
FHB: $48,187
Victoria (VIC)
Full first home buyer exemption to $600,000, then a reduced rate to $750,000.
$500,000 property
Standard: $21,970
FHB: $0
$600,000 property
Standard: $31,070
FHB: $0
$700,000 property
Standard: $37,070
FHB: $24,713
$800,000 property
Standard: $43,070
FHB: $43,070
$900,000 property
Standard: $49,070
FHB: $49,070
$1,000,000 property
Standard: $55,000
FHB: $55,000
$1,200,000 property
Standard: $66,000
FHB: $66,000
Queensland (QLD)
Full first home buyer exemption to $700,000, then a reduced rate to $800,000. New builds have no price cap.
$500,000 property
Standard: $8,750
FHB: $0
$600,000 property
Standard: $12,850
FHB: $0
$700,000 property
Standard: $17,350
FHB: $0
$800,000 property
Standard: $21,850
FHB: $21,850
$900,000 property
Standard: $26,350
FHB: $26,350
$1,000,000 property
Standard: $30,850
FHB: $30,850
$1,200,000 property
Standard: $42,350
FHB: $42,350
Western Australia (WA)
Full first home buyer exemption to $500,000, then a reduced rate to $700,000.
$500,000 property
Standard: $17,765
FHB: $0
$600,000 property
Standard: $22,515
FHB: $13,630
$700,000 property
Standard: $27,265
FHB: $27,260
$800,000 property
Standard: $32,316
FHB: $32,316
$900,000 property
Standard: $37,466
FHB: $37,466
$1,000,000 property
Standard: $42,616
FHB: $42,616
$1,200,000 property
Standard: $52,916
FHB: $52,916
South Australia (SA)
First home buyers pay $0 on new or off-the-plan homes, with no price cap. Established homes pay the standard rate.
$500,000 property
Standard: $21,330
FHB: $21,330
$600,000 property
Standard: $26,830
FHB: $26,830
$700,000 property
Standard: $32,330
FHB: $32,330
$800,000 property
Standard: $37,830
FHB: $37,830
$900,000 property
Standard: $43,330
FHB: $43,330
$1,000,000 property
Standard: $48,830
FHB: $48,830
$1,200,000 property
Standard: $59,830
FHB: $59,830
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
First home buyers pay $0 at any price. The ACT abolished first-home conveyance duty on 1 July 2026, with no income test and no price cap.
How these are calculated. Every figure comes from each state revenue office's current transfer-duty scale and first-home-buyer rules for 2026, applied by our reconciled formulas. They exclude the foreign-buyer surcharge and absentee-owner levies. Buying at a price we have not listed? Use the calculator