How much does a funeral cost in Queensland?

Queensland is cheaper than the two biggest states for a direct cremation. The median advertised price is $3,260, below New South Wales ($3,749) and Victoria ($3,775).

Every price here is an advertised starting price read from the provider's own website, with the date it was last checked beside it. The state and city figures were calculated on 26 September 2026. Prices change, so ask for an itemised written quote before you sign anything.

Direct cremation in Queensland

Advertised base packages: from $1,290, median $3,260 across 80 brands

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.

Provider pricing (advertised base packages):

After-hours transfers are a common extra. Ask whether a transfer outside business hours is charged separately, and whether weekend or public holiday service surcharges are billed on top of that. Ask for both to be itemised before you agree to anything.

The published prices above run from $1,290 to $6,878 for the same kind of service. Compare two or three itemised quotes in your own area rather than assuming anything from a provider's size or ownership. The crematorium sets its own fee, whichever funeral director you use, and on an itemised quote it appears as a separate line from the director's fee.

What is a direct cremation?

Cremation with service in Queensland

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

There is no state-wide figure for this service in our pricing data. Willed, Tony Hollands Funerals and McCartney Family Funerals set out their cremation-with-service packages on their own price pages, so check the current amounts there. Morleys Funerals publishes its professional service fee:

This is a professional service fee rather than a package total. The coffin, the crematorium and other disbursements are added on top, so compare it with the same line on other providers' price lists.

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Burial in Queensland

Cemetery costs are charged on top of the funeral director's fees

A graveside service is held at the grave, with no chapel or procession. Tony Hollands Funerals lists a graveside funeral service on its Brisbane funeral costs page, and McCartney Family Funerals lists a no-service burial and a burial with a service on its funeral costs page. Morleys Funerals in Townsville sets out its charges on its price disclosure. Check the current amounts with each provider, and ask whether the grave is included.

Cemetery fees are charged separately. See the cemetery section below.

Burial costs explained

Cemetery fees in Queensland

Many Queensland cemeteries are council-operated, and each council sets and publishes its own fee schedule.

Brisbane City Council manages 12 cemeteries, most of them historic. Its three main active cemeteries are Pinnaroo Memorial Park, Mt Gravatt Cemetery and Hemmant Cemetery. Their fees, including lawn beam graves, are set by council and published on the council website. Other councils publish their own schedules and revise them each year, so check the current one with the council.

Regional QLD councils also operate cemeteries. Contact the local council for current fee schedules.

Metro versus regional Queensland

Brisbane's median advertised direct cremation price is $2,750 across 29 brands, against $3,260 for Queensland as a whole.

In Brisbane, Tony Hollands Funerals lists a basic cremation from $1,980 (checked September 2026) and McCartney Family Funerals lists a no-service, no-attendance cremation at $4,395 (checked September 2026).

Morleys Funerals in Townsville lists its least expensive package, a no-service no-attendance cremation, at $3,750, and a professional service fee of $4,358 to $4,868 for a funeral with a service before coffin, crematorium and other disbursements, on its price disclosure as at 1 January 2026 (checked September 2026). That least expensive package sits above the Brisbane median.

If you are in regional QLD, check whether national direct providers (Willed, Bare Cremation, Salvos) operate in your area. They set their prices by state or city, so look for the figure that applies to your location.

Regulation and pricing transparency

Queensland has had a mandatory pricing disclosure law since 1 July 2022, when the Fair Trading (Funeral Pricing) Regulation 2022 (Qld) commenced. It requires a funeral director to display an itemised price list prominently at each business location and on any public website, covering transport, storage, coffins, preparation, viewings, the service, and the burial or cremation.

Four states require funeral directors to publish their prices: New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. The rest do not.

Every Queensland funeral director must publish a price list, so ask for it if you cannot find it online. National providers operating in QLD (Willed, Bare, Salvos) publish theirs too.

What tends to affect the cost in Queensland

A baseline price point. A published price like the Tony Hollands basic cremation from $1,980 (checked September 2026) is a useful check on other quotes.

Comparing several providers. With 80 brands publishing a direct cremation price, you can usually get quotes from several providers, including smaller local ones and national groups.

After-hours transfer charges. Ask whether the after-hours transfer is included. It is easy to miss until the invoice arrives.

Council cemetery fees. Brisbane City Council publishes its cemetery fees, so you can check the cost of the grave before a funeral director adds it to a quote.

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 Queensland

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