primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 18 to 24, no dependent children — Living away from home, typical total
$684.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
I am studying or a young job seeker · Services Australia
Youth Allowance
Income support for young people studying, training, or looking for work. Rate depends on age, whether you are independent, and whether you live at home.
$684.20 / fortnight
Hover the amount for four other currencies (live rate).
Who it is for
Usually under 22 (job seekers) or under 25 (students), subject to detailed age rules.
State student/youth allowance. Not a scholarship and not private education insurance.
ISSA (1 January 2024) — Qualifying conditions (ISSA 2024)
Aged 16 to 21 (24 if a full-time student), seeking work or in approved full-time study or training. Dependent claimants: parental and personal income and assets. Indexed in January. Youth Disability Supplement for under-22s with a partial capacity to work.
Conditions
- Study or job search
- Approved study, training, or job-seeker rules depending on the stream.
- Independence
- If dependent, parental income test applies.
Primary source first. A disputed or stale figure stays visible. Hover a rand or dollar figure for four other currencies. W weekly · F fortnightly · M monthly · A annually.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 16 to 17, no dependent children — Living away from home, typical total
$684.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Single, living away from home, typical total
$808.30 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 16 to 17, no dependent children — Living at home, typical total
$422.80 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 18 to 24, no dependent children — Living at home, typical total
$487.00 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, with dependent children, typical total
$863.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, with dependent children — Principal carer of a dependent child granted an exemption from mutual obligation requirements for foster caring, non-parent relative caring under a court order, home schooling, distance education or large family, typical total
$1,066.30 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Partnered — No dependent children, typical total
$684.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Partnered — With dependent children, typical total
$740.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Single, living at home, typical total
$573.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Partnered, no dependent children, typical total
$740.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 16 to 17, no dependent children — Living at home, basic rate
$418.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 16 to 17, no dependent children — Living away from home, basic rate
$677.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 18 to 24, no dependent children — Living at home, basic rate
$482.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, aged 18 to 24, no dependent children — Living away from home, basic rate
$677.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, with dependent children, basic rate
$854.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Single, with dependent children — Principal carer of a dependent child granted an exemption from mutual obligation requirements for foster caring, non-parent relative caring under a court order, home schooling, distance education or large family, basic rate
$1,047.30 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Partnered — No dependent children, basic rate
$677.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Partnered — With dependent children, basic rate
$733.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Single, living at home, basic rate
$567.50 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Single, living away from home, basic rate
$799.70 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Special rates for long term income support recipients — Partnered, no dependent children, basic rate
$733.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.22, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
stale · International Social Security Association
ISSA 1 Jan 2024 — range (age, living arrangements, children)
A$395.30 to A$970.20 / fortnight
From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
2026 booklet has the full table (typical away-from-home 18–24 $684.20). Keep 2026.
Cross-checks
- agrees A guide to Australian Government payments Booklet has the full youth rate table — use it rather than a single headline.
- disagrees ISSA country profile — Australia ISSA Country profiles: Australia, policies as of 1 January 2024 (https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=796). Amounts lag the 1 July 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Compass keeps 2026.
How to apply
Services Australia. Parental means test unless independent.
Methodology
coreau_ss_methodology.centrelink_indexation
Maximum rates from Services Australia. Pensions and most allowances index on 20 March and 20 September. FTB indexes 1 July. Income and assets tests can pay less than the maximum. Current Compass figures are overlaid from the 1 July–19 September 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Change this row in Core AU and the Compass follows.
- Read the live Services Australia page for that payment.
- Cross-check A guide to Australian Government payments for the current quarter (Core AU job payments_guide_quarterly).
- Do not treat a September-preview blog figure as in force before indexation day.