Independent funeral directors

Independently owned funeral directors, including family-owned businesses with deep local knowledge and personal commitment to their communities.

Independent
760
Family owned
633
Corporate
374

According to Funerals Direct, 760 of Australia's funeral directors are independently owned, including 633 family-owned businesses, with 374 operated by corporate groups.

5.094 reviewsCastle Hill, NSW

Hills Family Funerals - Castle Hill is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Castle Hill, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.01 reviewsCanterbury, NSW

Funeral Management Services is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Canterbury, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-site
5.013 reviewsMira Mar, WA

Amity Rose Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Mira Mar, WA and surrounding areas. The business offers livestreaming for distant family. Member of the Australian Funeral Directors Association.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Livestreaming available
5.023 reviewsPort Adelaide, SA

Tony Monte Funeral Services is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Port Adelaide, SA and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family, on-site refrigeration. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.09 reviewsFive Dock, NSW

Adriano Coluccio Funeral Services has a Five Dock branch supporting families across Sydney's Inner West. The firm offers a full range of arrangements including viewings, chapel use and traditional burial or cremation services, with team and location details, upcoming services and an image gallery published on its website. The phone is answered 24 hours a day for first calls and transfers into care, and pre-arrangement conversations can be booked at any of the firm's Sydney locations.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.0145 reviewsHeathcote, NSW

Personal Farewells is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Heathcote, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel.

Chapel on-siteCatholic
5.04 reviewsBethania, QLD

990 Cremations is an independent funeral director serving families in Bethania, QLD. They have received 4 reviews.

Open 24/7On-site crematorium
5.02 reviewsCockburn Central, WA

Seasons Funerals is a Perth funeral home, serving the Perth metropolitan area including suburbs such as Balcatta, Canning Vale, Kelmscott, and Roleystone. The business offers innovative funeral services tailored to reflect each individual's personality, with multiple chapels across the region and the flexibility to conduct services at alternative venues including golf courses, bowling clubs, family homes, and even boats on the Swan River. Seasons Funerals provides live music and online memorial options, and actively engages with the community through Christmas Memorial Services and Singalongs at aged care facilities and lifestyle villages. Contact Seasons Funerals to discuss personalised funeral arrangements.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.019 reviewsEpping, VIC

Basilica Funerals is based in Epping on Melbourne's northern fringe and arranges funerals across all Melbourne suburbs. The firm handles burials, cremations, exhumations, repatriations, church services, chapel services and graveside services, and travels to the family's chosen venue rather than restricting clients to one site. The Epping office covers the wider northern corridor of Melbourne, including Mediterranean and southern European communities common to the area, and works across both traditional and contemporary service formats.

Chapel on-site
5.02 reviewsEast Maitland, NSW

Creightons Funeral Service is an independent funeral director serving families in East Maitland, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-site
5.03 reviewsHawthorn, SA

Elliott Funeral Services is an independent funeral director serving families in Hawthorn, SA and surrounding areas. The business offers livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Livestreaming available
5.022 reviewsWoy Woy, NSW

Calvary Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Woy Woy, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers on-site refrigeration. They serve Catholic families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Catholic
5.02 reviewsChester Hill, NSW

Heritage Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Chester Hill, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. They serve Secular / Non-Religious families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.02 reviewsGriffith, NSW

Griffith & District Funerals is based in Griffith, NSW, arranging funeral services for families across the Griffith area and surrounding communities. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association.

Family owned
5.08 reviewsTamworth, NSW

Located in Tamworth, NSW, Shaun Hamilton Funerals Pty Ltd serves families in the local area with funeral planning and arrangements. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association. Rated 5 out of 5 across 8 reviews.

Catholic
5.01 reviewsThomastown, VIC

Glen Funerals is based in Thomastown in Melbourne's north, and runs an online funeral notice section where friends can post a message of condolence, share a photo or memory, or light a virtual candle in tribute. The team also arranges creative touches for services, including a motorcycle with sidecar to carry the casket or a cavalcade of vintage cars. Glen Funerals handles burial, cremation and tailored memorial services across metropolitan Melbourne. The Thomastown office is on call 24 hours a day.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.094 reviewsSmithfield, NSW

Adriano Coluccio Funeral Services has a Smithfield branch covering Western Sydney alongside its other Sydney locations. Families can arrange viewings, chapel services, traditional burials and cremations through the same team, with upcoming services and image galleries published online. The Smithfield site sits within the wider South West Sydney corridor and is set up for the larger family gatherings common in the area. Calls are taken 24 hours a day for first contact and transfers into care.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteItalian Catholic
5.01 reviewsCowes, VIC

Handley & Anderson's Cowes branch serves families across Phillip Island and the Bass Coast. The team works through the practical decisions with each family: church or another venue, burial or cremation, religious service with a minister, secular service with a civil celebrant, music and hymns, and whether notices should run in Melbourne or local papers. The firm is family-run and AFDA-accredited. Phone the Cowes office during business hours to begin arrangements.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Secular / Non-Religious
5.06 reviewsKenmore, QLD

K.M.Smith Funeral Directors is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Kenmore, QLD and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.0168 reviewsBrendale, QLD

Compassionate Funerals Queensland is a not-for-profit funeral director based in Brendale on Brisbane's northside, serving families across the region with personalised farewell planning. The business operates with compassion at its core, having donated over seven million dollars to charitable causes while supporting grieving families through trained grief counsellors and flexible service options. With an on-site chapel accommodating fifty guests, water cremation facilities, and livestreaming capabilities, the director offers both traditional and contemporary farewell services tailored to individual needs. Contact Compassionate Funerals Queensland to discuss how they can help plan a meaningful goodbye for your loved one.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.01 reviewsRosanna, VIC

Glen Funerals also operates a Rosanna branch covering Melbourne's north-east, publishing a Funeral Notice section with recently directed services and a virtual guestbook for friends who want to leave a message, share a photo or memory, or light a virtual candle. The team also arranges unconventional cortege options including a motorcycle with a sidecar carrying the casket or a cavalcade of vintage cars. Available 24 hours a day for at-need calls. Phone the Rosanna office to discuss specific service ideas before finalising arrangements.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.0154 reviewsCleveland, QLD

McCartney Family Funerals Cleveland is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Cleveland, QLD and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family, on-site refrigeration. Services are available for Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Church families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.057 reviewsCranbourne, VIC

Mannings Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Cranbourne, VIC and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. They serve Catholic families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.03 reviewsCastlereagh, NSW

Funerals of Compassion at Castlereagh is a family run service covering Sydney and the western suburbs. The team works with families through the practical side of arranging a respectful service while leaving room for the grief involved in losing a loved one. Enquiries are welcomed via the listed contact details.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.0102 reviewsEarlwood, NSW

Divine Family Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Earlwood, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. Services are available for Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Hindu families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.035 reviewsBayview, NSW

Set up in 2016 on the promise of Dignity with Economy, The Little Funeral Company is an independent funeral director serving families in Bayview, NSW and surrounding areas with very personal service. The business uses a local off-site chapel.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.025 reviewsMornington, VIC

Candour Funerals in Mornington serves families across the Mornington Peninsula and openly acknowledges the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land where the team works. The home is family run and supports services across cultural and spiritual traditions. Phone support is available 24 hours.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Livestreaming available
5.010 reviewsBassendean, WA

Closing Circles - Funeral Director is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Bassendean, WA and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, on-site refrigeration. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteHindu
5.08 reviewsHornsby Heights, NSW

Bushland Shire Funerals is a family-owned, independent, community focused funeral director who specialises with serving families in the Hornsby Shire, Northern Suburbs and Ku-ring-Gai areas, NSW. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week. When you choose Bushland Shire you will be assisted the same person for the entire end of life arrangements. We also offer our funeral director as an experienced, dedicated funeral celebrant.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.06 reviewsBribie Island, QLD

Traditional Funerals - Bribie Island is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Bribie Island, QLD and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, an on-site crematorium, livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.01 reviewsRoma, QLD

Owens Maranoa Funeral Service is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Roma, QLD and surrounding areas. The business offers livestreaming for distant family.

Livestreaming available
5.01 reviewsTewantin, QLD

Holy Cross Funerals is an independent funeral director serving families in Tewantin, QLD and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel.

Chapel on-site
5.02 reviewsTenterfield, NSW

Located in Tenterfield, NSW, J P Cooper & Son serves families in the local area with funeral planning and arrangements. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association.

Family ownedLivestreaming available
5.09 reviewsFive Dock, NSW

Blessed Funerals Five Dock is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Five Dock, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. They serve Secular / Non-Religious families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Chapel on-site
5.02 reviewsInnisfail, QLD

Located in Innisfail, QLD, Blacks Funerals serves families in the local area with funeral planning and arrangements. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association.

Family ownedChapel on-siteOn-site crematorium
5.093 reviewsDarlinghurst, NSW

Sydney Funerals Co. is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Darlinghurst, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel.

Chapel on-site
5.01 reviewsEverard Park, SA

Dignified Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Everard Park, SA and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. They serve Secular / Non-Religious families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteOn-site crematorium
5.06 reviewsBiloela, QLD

Located in Biloela, QLD, Callide Dawson Funerals serves families in the local area with funeral planning and arrangements. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association. Rated 5 out of 5 across 6 reviews.

Livestreaming available
5.0118 reviewsMacquarie Park, NSW

Tomorrow Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Macquarie Park, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family.

Chapel on-siteLivestreaming available
5.01 reviewsWollongong, NSW

Parsons Ladies is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Wollongong, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Open 24/7Chapel on-siteAboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
5.04 reviewsMaryborough, VIC

Darryl Wagstaff Funerals is based in Maryborough, VIC, arranging funeral services for families across the Maryborough area and surrounding communities. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association. Rated 5 out of 5 across 4 reviews.

Family ownedLivestreaming available
5.03 reviewsNarrogin, WA

Located in Narrogin, WA, Dawsons Funeral Home serves families in the local area with funeral planning and arrangements. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association. Rated 5 out of 5 across 3 reviews.

Family ownedLivestreaming available
5.011 reviewsCampbelltown, NSW

Macarthur Lady Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Campbelltown, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel.

Chapel on-site
5.023 reviewsGreensborough, VIC

Gabrielle Walsh Funeral Services is a funeral service provider in Greensborough, VIC, working with families across the district. Rated 5 out of 5 across 23 reviews.

Family ownedLivestreaming available
5.05 reviewsFairbairn, ACT

Tender Funerals Canberra Region is a not-for-profit funeral service that opened in August 2024 at Fairbairn, operating on an at-cost pricing model to make funerals meaningful and affordable for all families in the Canberra region. Part of the Tender Funerals network established in 2016, Australia's first franchised non-profit funeral service, the organisation empowers families to participate in funeral planning while maintaining financial accessibility through its benevolent fund. The service is supported by The Snow Foundation and Canberra Airport Group. Contact Tender Funerals Canberra Region to discuss your funeral arrangements and available options.

Open 24/7Chapel on-site
5.010 reviewsNeutral Bay, NSW

Grace Funerals - North Shore is based in Neutral Bay, NSW, arranging funeral services for families across the Neutral Bay area and surrounding communities. The business holds membership with the Australian Funeral Directors Association. Rated 5 out of 5 across 10 reviews.

Family ownedLivestreaming available
5.039 reviewsBaulkham Hills, NSW

Absolute Care Funerals has been operating for over 15 years across Lane Cove, Hornsby, Baulkham Hills and Tuggerah, serving Greater Sydney and the Central Coast as a family-run funeral director. The team of skilled coordinators specialises in personalised funeral services tailored to individual preferences, cultural needs and religious requirements. They arrange all aspects of funeral planning including cremations, religious services, coffins, hearses, catering, musicians and clergy coordination across major Sydney and Central Coast crematoriums and cemeteries, as well as churches and chosen venues. Contact them at any time for assistance with your funeral arrangements.

Family ownedOpen 24/7Livestreaming available