Calculating Rent Assistance from Base Rent

These rates are no longer current. The method of calculating Rent Assistance has changed.

Please check the information on rental assistance on the Centrelink Web Site.

Your Living Situation?

Tick the living situation that best describes the person seeking rent assistance

Single, no dependents
Single, no dependents, Sharer
Single, 1 or 2 Children
Single, 3 or more Children
Partnered, no dependents
Partnered, 1 or 2 Children
Partnered, 3 or more Children
Partnered, illness separated, no children
Partnered, temporarily separated, no children

Display Rent assistance as...

  1. ...Exact rent assistance
    Type fortnightly base rent in here:
    (to the nearest dollar)

    OR

  2. ... A table