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Disability Support Pension

Pension for people with a permanent disability that attracts 20 points under the Impairment Tables and prevents working 15 hours a week in the next two years, subject to means tests. Adult rate matches the Age Pension.

$1,200.90 / fortnight

Hover the amount for four other currencies (live rate).

Who it is for

People 16 to Age Pension age who meet medical, residence and means tests.

DSP is a state pension. TPD and income protection are private contracts with different tests (own occupation, any occupation, waiting period). They are not DSP.

ISSA (1 January 2024) — Qualifying conditions (ISSA 2024)

Aged 16 to Age Pension age. Permanently blind, or a severe impairment, unable to work at least 15 hours a week at the minimum wage for the next two years, and unable to be retrained for that work in two years. Programme of support (18 months in the 3 years before claim) unless the impairment is severe. Recipients under 35 with at least 8 hours work capacity must do work-focused activities. May work up to 30 hours a week subject to the means test. Generally payable abroad up to 4 weeks in 12 months (longer if terminal or severe).

Conditions

Age
16 to Age Pension age.
Medical
Fully diagnosed, treated and stabilised conditions; 20 points on the Impairment Tables; continuing inability to work 15 hours a week.
Program of support
May apply unless you have a severe impairment (20 points on a single table).
Means test
Pension income and assets tests (adult rates).

Rates

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

Adult rates — Single, typical total

$1,200.90 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Adult rates — Partnered, typical total

$905.20 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, dependent, living at home, aged under 18, typical total

$594.40 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, dependent, living at home, aged 18 to 20, typical total

$658.60 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, independent, typical total

$855.90 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Partnered, typical total

$852.40 / 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.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, dependent, living at home, aged under 18, basic rate

$418.90 / fortnight

From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19

Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, dependent, living at home, aged 18 to 20, basic rate

$482.40 / fortnight

From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19

Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Single, independent, basic rate

$677.20 / fortnight

From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19

Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

primary · Services Australia

Youth rates (aged under 21, no children) — Partnered, basic rate

$677.20 / fortnight

From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19

Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.

A guide to Australian Government payments →

stale · International Social Security Association

ISSA 1 Jan 2024 — 21+ single, including supplements

A$1,096.70 / fortnight

From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

2026 booklet typical total is $1,200.90. Keep 2026.

ISSA country profile — Australia →

stale · International Social Security Association

ISSA 1 Jan 2024 — 21+ partnered, including supplements

A$826.70 / fortnight

From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

2026 booklet typical total is $905.20. Keep 2026.

ISSA country profile — Australia →

International agreement / AWLR check

If you have lived or worked in an Australian social-security agreement country, an agreement may affect qualification or payment overseas. Australian working life residence (AWLR) can also affect the proportional rate of many agreement pensions paid outside Australia.

International comparison

Payments in other countries that may correspond to Disability Support Pension

These benefits may represent disability, invalidity or long-term incapacity support in the other country. Agreement coverage is country-specific and the Australian DSP medical and qualification rules still need to be met.

32 agreement countries with a potentially related benefit family
1Same purpose does not mean same law.A foreign pension, allowance or care benefit can serve a similar social purpose without being legally equivalent to Disability Support Pension.
2The bilateral agreement decides what is coordinated.Use the country page to test whether the relevant benefit category is actually covered.
3The foreign benefit can still matter even when it is not covered.It may help explain contribution history, foreign pension income, care arrangements or the other country's welfare structure.

Potential correspondence is based on benefit function and ISSA welfare-system structure. It does not mean the foreign benefit is legally equivalent to the Australian payment or covered by the bilateral agreement. Open the country page and current agreement sources before relying on it.

Cross-checks

How to apply

Services Australia. Medical evidence mapped to Impairment Tables — diagnosis alone is not enough.

Methodology

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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.

  1. Read the live Services Australia page for that payment.
  2. Cross-check A guide to Australian Government payments for the current quarter (Core AU job payments_guide_quarterly).
  3. Do not treat a September-preview blog figure as in force before indexation day.