Yes, The Age Pension, Disability Support Pension, and carer payment are scheduled to increase from April 1, 2025
Australia Pension Increase 2025
The Australian pension Increase in 2025 is an important development for retirees across the country. The Age Pension is an important part of Australia`s social security, often serving as the primary income for many older Australians. In 2025, the government will increase pension payments, providing financial relief to seniors across the country.
In 2025, pension payments are expected to increase by 2.5% to 3.5% depending on economic factors such as the Consumer Price Index and Male Total Average weekly Earnings. The exact increase percentage will be announced after official government assessments of economic conditions, in April or April 2025.
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Australia Age Pension
The Age pension is available to Australian citizens or permanent residents who have reached the pension age. In 2025, the pension age will be 66.5 years. The basic rate of the Age Pensionid is scheduled for review twice a year, changes go live on April 20 and September 20 every year. By the end of April, the data necessary to calculate a April indexation increase has usually been released.
The team at Retirement Essentials works hard to ensure all our information is as up-to-date as possible. We have prepared a comprehensive overview of all Age Pension Rules so you can refer to that as often as you like.
The age pension is only paid to individuals aged 67 years or older. The new rate for single beneficiaries is $1144.40 per fornight.
Carer Payment – Increased
This measure starts on 20 April 2025 and is ongoing. It is an income support payment if you give constant care to someone with a disability or a severe medical condition.
Carer Allowance payments will increase by $5.80to $159.30 per fortnight It has been confirmed that the weekly amount paid in Carer`s allowance will rise from £81.90 to £83.29, an increase of 1.7%, from 6 April 2025.
Carer payment rates are reviewed on 20th April and 20th September each year. You may be able to get both Carer Payment and carer allowance at the same time.
This measure changes the 25-hour-per-week rule to allow carers to work up to 100 hours over a 4-week settlement period. This provides carers greater flexibility and the ability to structure their work commitments around their caring role.
This measure also delivers additional improvements for carers:
- Removing education and volunteering activities from the participation limit. This will support carers to build skills to help them get back to work if their caring.
- Removing travel time and the participation limit to provide more flexibility for carers to take up work opportunities. This will help carers in regional and rural areas who are disadvantaged by the distance they may have to travel to take up suitable work.
- Carer payment for up to six months when care exceeds the participation hours limit or TCC days. This allows Services Australia to restore their Carer Payment without them needing to claim when their work hours drop below the limit.
Who does this measure affect?
- Who may have a temporary spike in work hours?
- Who has their Carer Payment suspended for exceeding 100 hours of work over 4 weeks or their allowable TCC days?
Disability Support Pension
No, The Disability support pension in Australia is not scheduled to increase on April 1, 2025, but the carer payments are scheduled to increase on April 20, 2025. The DSP is not scheduled to increase on April 1, 2025.
We update the payment rates for Disability support pension on 20 April and 20 September each year if you are either:-
- 21 and older with or without children
- Younger than 21 with a child in your care.
Eligibility
- To get the DSP, a person must meet both non-medical and medical rules. These rules are based on social security law. The person must support their claim with medical evidence.
- Visit the Services Australia website for information on eligibility including diagnosis, program of support rules and medical evidence.
- In limited circumstances, DSP may be granted without the need for future assessment. This is called a manifest grant.
Australia pension rates 2025
| Benefit Type | Single beneficiaries and couples (living apart) | couple(living together) |
| Base Rate | $1047.10 | $862.60 (single member) |
| Pension Supplement | $83.20 | |
| Energy Supplement | $14.10 | |
| Total | $1144.40 | $1725.20 (both members) |
Pension payment dates 2025
The pension will be paid every two weeks. This is an increase in pension rates that will come into effect on 20 April 2025 and continue until 19 April 2025.
Conclusion
The age pension disability support pension and carer [payment is not scheduled to increase on April 1, 2025. These payments are indexed twice a year in April and September so they won’t increase in April 2025. Carer allowance has been confirmed the weekly amount paid in carer’s allowance will rise from £81.90 to £83.29, an increase of 1.7%, from 6 April 2025. The review will focus on how and why overpayments were accrued operational changes to minimise future overpayment risk and how the DWP can best support those with overpayments