How much does a funeral cost in the ACT?

The ACT is a small market. Canberra has fewer funeral directors than the big state capitals, and we have found published prices for only a handful of them.

As of 26 September 2026, two local operators (Tender Funerals Canberra Region and Simple Goodbyes Funerals) publish their own price lists, as does Simplicity Funerals at Queanbeyan. White Lady and Tobin Brothers publish branch price disclosures, and Salvos and Willed publish prices that cover Canberra. That is still too few for a full market picture.

Every price here is an advertised starting price read from the provider's own website, with the date it was last checked beside it. Prices change, so ask for an itemised written quote before you sign anything.

Direct cremation in the ACT

Advertised base packages: $3,200 to $8,221 across 5 providers listed on Funerals Direct within 25 km of Canberra

Direct cremation is a cremation without a service. No ceremony and no chapel, and family usually do not attend. The funeral director handles the logistics and returns the ashes.

Operators serving Canberra (own published price lists):

National and corporate providers (advertised base packages):

White Lady pricing varies by branch, so check the price disclosure for the branch you are dealing with rather than a figure from another branch.

These few prices are a small sample, so treat them as a starting point, not a market survey.

What is a direct cremation?

Cremation with service in the ACT

A cremation with a funeral ceremony. Chapel or church, celebrant, mourners present, followed by cremation.

How much does a cremation cost in Australia?

Burial in the ACT

Cemetery costs are charged on top

An advertised burial package is a base, not a total. The cemetery fee, the coffin, the celebrant, notices and flowers are charged on top, so the final invoice usually lands well above the package price. Ask each provider in writing what their burial figure does and does not include.

Funeral director fees:

Four providers publish burial pricing that covers the ACT. What each figure includes differs, so check the current price list or disclosure before you compare:

• Simplicity Funerals (Queanbeyan, NSW): incl. GST; ask whether the grave or plot is included.
• Salvos Funerals: not-for-profit; see the Canberra and region price guide.
• White Lady Funerals (Tuggeranong): cemetery interment and reservation charged on top; confirm with the branch.
• Tender Funerals Canberra Region: excludes the grave or plot cost, which the operator lists separately.

Burial costs explained

Cemetery fees in the ACT

Gungahlin Cemetery: adult cremation (delivery only) has its own fee, and burial is priced as a combined interment and reservation package by memorial type. Check the current fees on the Canberra Memorial Parks schedule.

Norwood Park Crematorium: a pre-paid cremation including a chapel service is listed in Norwood Park's own cremation FAQ. Confirm the current price with Norwood Park.

These are the two covered here. Canberra Memorial Parks publishes separate schedules for its Woden and Hall cemeteries, and other facilities set their own fees, so check the schedule for the one you plan to use.

Published crematorium fees for a standard adult cremation range from $510 at Centennial Park in Adelaide to $1,838 at Thorak Regional Cemetery in Darwin, with Springvale Botanical in Melbourne at $1,210 and the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board in Perth at $1,422. All are GST inclusive and effective 1 July 2026. Set the Gungahlin and Norwood Park fees against that spread. A crematorium fee is the crematorium's own charge and sits separately from the funeral director's fee.

Burial fees are harder to compare across states, because cemeteries divide the charge between the grave itself and the interment in different ways. Ask Gungahlin what its burial package covers and what is charged on top.

The small market problem

After the NT, the ACT has the smallest population of any state or territory, and a smaller funeral market to match.

A thin data set. We have found published pricing that covers Canberra for only a handful of providers: Tender Funerals Canberra Region, Simple Goodbyes and Simplicity, plus the corporate and national brands White Lady, Tobin Brothers, Salvos and Willed. That is enough to sketch a range, not enough to compare reliably across ownership types.

No index to fall back on. No government body publishes a funeral price index, for the ACT or for Australia. The ranges here are based on a smaller number of data points than the NSW, VIC, QLD, or WA state pages.

Regulation and pricing transparency

Four states require funeral directors to publish their prices: New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. The ACT is not one of them.

Tender Funerals Canberra Region, Simple Goodbyes and Simplicity publish their own price lists, White Lady and Tobin Brothers publish branch pricing, and Salvos and Willed publish national pricing that covers the ACT. For other providers, we have not found a published price, so ask each one for a written quote.

What tends to affect the cost in the ACT

Local published pricing as a baseline. Tender Funerals Canberra Region (from $3,200) and Simple Goodbyes publish direct cremation pricing to check other quotes against.

Itemised quotes. With little published independent pricing in the ACT, the practical way to gauge the local market is to call and ask for line-by-line breakdowns.

Nearby regional providers. Lovell Meizer Funerals in Goulburn (NSW) also serves the ACT region. Ask for a current written quote.

Direct cremation versus burial. Among providers with a Canberra-area listing, direct cremation starts at $3,200. Willed, an online provider with no Canberra listing on our site, advertises from $2,699 in Canberra. Burial adds the funeral director's burial package and the Gungahlin interment and reservation package on top. Where the family does not specifically require burial, cremation is generally the less expensive option.

Paying from the bank account. Many banks will pay the funeral director's invoice straight from the deceased's account before probate is granted, but each bank sets its own rules, so ask its deceased estates team first. See paying for the funeral before probate.

Frequently asked questions

Next steps in the ACT

• How to register a death in the ACT
• Full itemised funeral cost breakdown (2026)
• 7 hidden funeral costs and pricing traps
• Find a funeral director in the ACT
• How much does a cremation cost?
• Burial costs explained
• Direct cremation: costs, inclusions and providers
• Funeral prices by state
• Back to: How much does a funeral cost in Australia?