Centrelink Calculator

Answer a few questions and see every Centrelink payment you may be able to get — JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Austudy, Parenting Payment, Family Tax Benefit, Rent Assistance, pensions, carer payments and Child Care Subsidy — ranked, with fortnightly estimates at 20 September 2026 rates.

Last verified: 26 September 2026

Your age*

years

Relationship status

Single

Partnered (married or de facto)

Children in your care

What are you mainly doing?

Your gross income per fortnight

Before tax, from work and other sources. Don't include Centrelink payments.

Do you own (or are paying off) your home?

Yes

Your assets, not counting your home

Savings, shares, cars, contents, investment property — and super once you're Age Pension age or drawing an income stream from it.

How much of that is savings, shares or managed funds?

Pensions treat these as earning income (deeming).

Rent you pay per week

Enter 0 if you own your home, live in public housing or don't pay rent.

I have a condition that stops me working 15 hours a week

A permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition, expected to last at least 2 years.

Do you care for someone with a disability, illness or who is frail aged?

How this Centrelink calculator works

Your answers run through each of our single-payment calculators — the same ones behind the JobSeeker, Parenting Payment, Family Tax Benefit, Youth Allowance, Austudy, Rent Assistance, Age Pension, Disability Support Pension, Carer Payment, Carer Allowance and Child Care Subsidy pages. Each applies that payment's own age rules, income test and assets test. You can only get one income support payment, so the highest one you qualify for is ranked first; payments that sit on top of it follow.

How much can I get from Centrelink?

It depends on which payment you qualify for and your income and assets. From 20 September 2026 the maximum rates include JobSeeker Payment $833.70 a fortnight (single, no children), Parenting Payment Single $1,080.20, and Age Pension $1,237.70 (single, including supplements). Rent Assistance adds up to $223.80 a fortnight for a single person renting privately. Source: Department of Social Services indexation rates, 20 September 2026.

Can I get more than one Centrelink payment at a time?

You can only get one income support payment at a time — JobSeeker Payment, Youth Allowance, Austudy, Parenting Payment, Age Pension, Disability Support Pension or Carer Payment. Family Tax Benefit, Rent Assistance, Carer Allowance and Child Care Subsidy can be paid on top of it. This calculator shows the highest income support payment you appear to qualify for as your likely main payment and lists the others as alternatives.

Is this Centrelink calculator's estimate what I will be paid?

No. It is an estimate based on the answers you give and the published rates and income and assets tests. Services Australia decides whether you are eligible and how much you are paid, after you claim. Waiting periods, residence rules, mutual obligation requirements and medical assessments also apply.

What income and assets does Centrelink count?

Income is your gross income before tax from work, investments and most other sources, plus your partner's if you have one. Assets are everything you own except your home — savings, shares, cars, contents, investment property, and super once you reach Age Pension age or start drawing an income stream from it. For pensions, savings and shares are also 'deemed' to earn income whatever they actually earn.

Sources

Payment rates: Department of Social Services indexation rates and Services Australia payment pages (JobSeeker, Parenting Payment, pensions and Rent Assistance from 20 September 2026; Youth Allowance, Austudy and Carer Allowance from 1 January 2026; Family Tax Benefit and Child Care Subsidy for 2026-27). Income and assets test limits: Services Australia, from 1 July 2026. Eligibility ages and rules: Services Australia “who can get it” pages, checked 26 September 2026. Services Australia decides eligibility — this page gives estimates only.

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