Your subsidised rent may increase if you live in public or community housing and you have a moderate household income.
You have a moderate household income if both the below apply:
- your total assessable household income before tax is equal to or more than the moderate rent limits
- you or your partner don’t receive an income support payment from Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
| Household type | Maximum weekly income before tax |
|---|---|
| 1 adult | $748.31 |
| 1 adult, 1 child | $914.60 |
| 1 adult, 2 children | $1,080.89 |
| 2 adults | $1,164.03 |
| 2 adults, 1 child | $1,330.32 |
| 2 adults, 2 children | $1,496.61 |
The moderate rent limits increase by:
- $415.73 per week for each additional adult
- $166.29 per week for each additional child.
An adult is someone aged 18 and over. A child is someone aged 17 or younger.
An income support payment from Centrelink is any of the below income types:
- Abstudy
- Age Pension
- Austudy
- Carer Payment
- Disability Support Pension
- JobSeeker Payment
- Parenting Payment
- Partner Allowance
- Sickness Allowance
- Special Benefit
- Widow Allowance
- Youth Allowance.
Family Tax Benefit is not an income support payment from Centrelink.
An income support payment from Department of Veterans’ Affairs income is any of the below income types:
- Service Pensions, for example Age Service Pension, Invalidity Service Pension, Partner Service Pension and Social Security Age Pension
- Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Pension
- War Widows Pension / War Widowers Pension.
Moderate rent limits are based on an income equal to, or less than, a percentage of average weekly earnings (male ordinary time) for South Australia as set by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Where average weekly earnings fall lower than a previously published amount, the moderate rent limits are still based on the higher amount.
The moderate rent limits are reviewed twice a year in line with Australian Bureau of Statistics updates.
Only assessable types of income are included.
The percentages for households:
- 45% for an adult
- 55% for an adult and 1 child
- 65% for an adult and 2 children
- 70% for 2 adults
- 80% for 2 adults and 1 child
- 90% for 2 adults and 2 children.
The moderate rent limits increase by:
- 25% for each additional adult
- 10% for each additional child.