- What changes you need to know or tell us about
- Change your circumstances with Centrelink
How to update your name with Centrelink
You can ask us to update your legal name, preferred name or title at any time.
- Top payments
- Pensioner Concession Card
Who needs to apply for a Pensioner Concession Card
You don’t need to apply for a Pensioner Concession Card. If you are eligible, we’ll post your card to you.
- Relationship changes
- Making it official
Updating your relationship status
You need to tell us when you become a member of a couple or end a relationship. This is to make sure you get paid correctly.
- Top payments
- Rent Assistance
Who can get Rent Assistance
You can get Rent Assistance if you get an eligible payment and your eligible rent or accommodation costs are over a certain amount.
- Home Equity Access Scheme
- How much you can get
Home Equity Access Scheme advance payments
You can choose to get your loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme as a lump sum advance payment.
- Youth Allowance
- Youth Allowance for job seekers
Who can get Youth Allowance for job seekers
You need to meet some rules to get Youth Allowance as a job seeker.
- Centrelink self service
- Centrelink online account
How to manage your appointments online
If you’re a Centrelink customer, you can book, reschedule and cancel some of your appointments online.
Most useful information for Centrelink
The pages voted most useful by other website visitors.
- Managing your money
- Centrelink debts and overpayments
Information about income apportionment
Before December 2020, we commonly used income apportionment to help us work out how much people should have been paid.
- Centrelink payment summary
- What’s on it
Payments that show on your payment summary
Your Centrelink payment summary shows most taxable and non-taxable payments you got from us in a tax year.