ABSTUDY Living Allowance residential costs option - ABSTUDY Living Allowance

The ABSTUDY residential costs option can help you manage the costs of living away from home to study.

If you're eligible and choose this option, we’ll pay your educational institution or hostel directly for certain costs.

Costs can cover any of these:

Costs don't cover rental bonds or other types of refundable fees.

While we’re paying your residential costs, we’ll reduce your ABSTUDY Living Allowance or not pay your ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement.

When there are no residential costs, like during study breaks, you’ll get your payment as you normally would.

You may be able to access the residential costs option if you’re doing approved higher education study and meet some requirements.

You can’t access the residential costs option if you get certain scholarships or are an Australian Apprentice.

Before applying for the Residential Costs Option, you should compare costs, whether it works out better to apply or not.

You can apply for the Residential Costs option by calling us.

Residential costs option