Carer Allowance

For people who give additional daily care to someone with a disability or medical condition, or an adult who is frail aged.

Cost of Living Payment

We’ve started making the one-off Cost of Living Payment. You don’t need to do anything. Read more about the payment.

To get this you must:

care for someone whose care needs score is high enough on the adult or child assessment tools
care for someone who'll have these needs for at least 12 months
meet an income test.

Read the full conditions under who can get it.

The carer and the person you are providing care for must both be eligible.

There's no assets test for Carer Allowance but there is an income test.

Complete the following steps to claim Carer Allowance. Before you start, check if you can get it.

Your options and obligations for Carer Allowance.

We have a range of other tools, information and services to help you manage your payment or get extra support.

Page last updated: 14 March 2022