218 towns and supplies where fluoride is not added to the public water, by state. Towns marked natural have fluoride only from their source water.
We track 218 towns and supplies with no added fluoride. Most are in regional Queensland, where only 16 of 77 councils still add it, plus scattered towns in NSW, Victoria and WA. Every capital city adds fluoride.
Cairns, which stopped in 2013. Its council resolved in December 2024 not to reintroduce it. Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone and Hervey Bay also don't add fluoride.
It's the same fluoride ion. Some bore supplies carry natural fluoride, occasionally above the 1.5 mg/L health guideline (for example Julia Creek and Quilpie in Queensland). Towns marked natural have no fluoride added, but their water isn't fluoride-free.