How much does a funeral cost in Western Australia?
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In Western Australia a grave is a time-limited grant rather than a permanent purchase. Under the Cemeteries Act 1986 (WA), a right of burial runs for 25 years and is then renewable. The first renewal is guaranteed, but the family pays for it again.
The direct cremation floor in WA is higher than in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia: no WA provider in our index publishes a direct cremation below $2,700.
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 figures were calculated on 26 September 2026. Prices change, so ask for an itemised written quote before you sign anything.
Direct cremation in Western Australia
Advertised base packages: $2,700 to $6,946, median $3,800 across 29 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):
| Provider | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Best Price Cremations Perth | $2,700 | Lowest published WA price; checked September 2026 |
| Mayfair Funerals (Perth) | from $2,890 | No attendees; checked September 2026 |
| Salvos Funerals (Perth) | $3,725 indicative total | Not-for-profit, itemised on its site, updated 8 September 2026; checked September 2026 |
| Greenfields Funerals (Perth) | from $4,260 | Fully itemised; checked September 2026 |
| Purslowe and Chipper Funerals (Myaree) | Confirm the current price with the provider | Price disclosure |
| Mareena Purslowe Funerals (North Perth) | Confirm the current price with the provider | Price disclosure |
The lowest direct cremation price in our index is $1,899 in NSW, $1,899 in Victoria ($990 through a charity's low-cost service, crematorium fee extra) and $1,290 in Queensland, against $2,700 in WA. Figures computed 26 September 2026 from providers' own published price lists, one price per brand.
Cremation with service in Western Australia
A cremation with a funeral ceremony. Chapel or church, celebrant, mourners present, followed by cremation. There is no state-wide figure for this service, so the prices below are one provider's own published prices.
| Provider | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Greenfields Funerals (simple) | from $6,950 | Perth; checked September 2026 |
| Greenfields Funerals (complete) | from $9,950 | Perth; checked September 2026 |
The gap between Greenfields' simple and complete cremation packages ($6,950 versus $9,950) comes from a different coffin and preparation, allowances for an urn, the doctor's certificate and flowers, and live streaming. Both use the same transfer, hearse and ceremony arrangements.
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Burial in Western Australia
Advertised base packages: from $9,249.50 at Dobson Family Funeralcare (2025-26 price list, excluding the Grant of Right of Burial)
The package excludes the 25-year lawn grant, which the MCB charges at $2,862. Ask whether the MCB interment fee ($1,783) is already in the package.
A WA burial bill combines the funeral director's fees, the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board charges and the cost of the 25-year grant.
Burial packages:
| Provider | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dobson Family Funeralcare | from $9,249.50 | Excluding right of burial; checked September 2026 |
Dobson's figure comes from its 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 price list. That list has run out and no newer one was online when we checked, so treat the figure as a guide. We found no other WA burial package price to compare it with, so ask any WA funeral director for an itemised written burial quote.
Cemetery fees are charged separately. The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board sets the fee schedule for metro Perth. See the cemetery section below.
Cemetery fees in Western Australia
The WA Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) sets fees for Perth metro cemeteries. Confirm the current fee schedule with the MCB.
MCB fee schedule (metro Perth):
| Fee type | Amount |
|---|---|
| Adult cremation | $1,422 |
| Adult burial interment (includes dig to 1.8m) | $1,783 |
| 25-year at-need grant of right of burial, lawn | $2,862 |
Total cemetery cost for a metro Perth lawn burial: $4,645 (interment plus 25-year grant), on the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board's 2026-27 schedule of fees, gazetted 19 May 2026 and effective 1 July 2026. The MCB adult cremation fee of $1,422 is on the same schedule. These figures are before any memorial, plaque, or ongoing maintenance fees.
The 25-year grant: what WA families need to know
Section 25 of the Cemeteries Act 1986 (WA) provides for a 25-year right of burial, and requires the Board to renew it for a further 25 years when the holder applies. Further renewals are available in 25-year increments at the cemetery authority's discretion.
What this means in practice:
The first renewal is a right, so a family that applies keeps the site. What families do need to plan for is the cost. In Victoria a right of interment for a grave is normally perpetual, so the family pays once. In WA the family pays for the first 25 years, then again for each renewal.
At Metropolitan Cemeteries Board cemeteries, a grant holder can buy the second 25 years up front, when the grave is first bought, or at any time during the first 25 years (MCB, 1986 Cemeteries Act review).
Regulation and pricing transparency
Western Australia has a mandatory pricing disclosure law. The Fair Trading (Funeral Pricing Code of Practice) Regulations 2022, made under section 45 of the Fair Trading Act 2010 (WA), commenced on 1 May 2023. Schedule 1 clause 2(2)(b) requires a funeral director to display the prescribed funeral information prominently on the director's website, and clause 3 requires the price of each item and the total amount payable to be given before any agreement is signed. The prescribed information covers individual prices for transfer, storage, coffins, preparation, viewings and the cremation or burial itself, along with coffin price ranges and estimated disbursements.
The Code originally carried an expiry date. Consumer Protection WA reviewed it in 2025 and reports that "the regulations were updated to remove the Code's expiry date. This means the Code will continue." The expiry date was removed from 6 March 2026, and the WA Government confirmed the Code will continue in a media statement of 23 May 2026, which also notes that the Code "prevents the use of misleading bundled packages that previously disguised optional items as mandatory".
Four states require funeral directors to publish their prices: New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. The rest do not.
Greenfields Funerals and Salvos Funerals both publish fully itemised pricing for Perth.
The MCB publishes its fee schedule annually through the Government Gazette, so the cemetery part of a burial quote can always be checked.
Regional Western Australia
Pricing data for WA outside the Perth metropolitan area and the South West corridor is limited. Regional WA has fewer providers and longer distances to a crematorium, so transport can cost more.
National providers (Willed, Bare Cremation, Salvos Funerals) may operate in some regional WA areas, so check each one's coverage for your town. Ask whether a regional quote adds a per-kilometre transport charge to the base price.
What tends to affect the cost in WA
Direct cremation versus burial. The WA direct cremation median is $3,800. For a burial, Dobson Family Funeralcare's packages start at $9,249.50 on its 2025-26 price list (checked September 2026), excluding the 25-year lawn grant, which the MCB charges at $2,862.
National versus local providers. National providers including Salvos ($3,725 indicative total for a Perth direct cremation, checked September 2026) publish itemised prices, a useful check on a local quote.
The 25-year grant. If you choose burial, the renewal fee falls to the next generation unless the second 25 years is bought up front. The renewal itself is a statutory right under section 25 of the Cemeteries Act 1986 (WA), but the fee recurs in a way it does not in most other states.
The MCB fee schedule. The funeral director passes through cemetery fees on the invoice. The published MCB schedule shows the gazetted rate, which families can check the invoiced cemetery component against.
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.
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Next steps in Western Australia
- How to register a death in Western Australia
- Full itemised funeral cost breakdown (2026)
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- Direct cremation: costs, inclusions and providers
- Funeral costs in Perth
- Funeral prices by state
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This guide is general information to help Australian families, editorially reviewed by the Funerals Direct team from publicly available sources. It is not legal or financial advice. Every figure here is a working guide rather than a quote, because funeral prices change by provider, suburb, cemetery and crematorium. Before you sign anything, ask for an itemised written quote that separates the funeral director's professional service fee from third-party costs like the crematorium, cemetery, celebrant, flowers, notices and death certificate fees, and ask which of those items are legally required and which are optional. For prepaid funerals, bonds, or insurance, consider speaking with an independent financial adviser or a free financial counsellor on 1800 007 007.
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