Youth Allowance

Financial help if you’re either 24 or younger and a student or Australian Apprentice, or 21 or younger and looking for work.

Eligibility basics

16 to 21 and looking for full time work, or
18 to 24 and studying full time, or
16 to 24 and a full time Australian Apprentice, or
16 to 17 and independent or needing to live away from home to study

Read more about Youth Allowance for:

Students and apprentices

Job seekers

This information is a general guide to our payments and services from www.humanservices.gov.au. It is based on user selections from the ‘customise and print’ option. It may not include all of the information on this topic.

This information was printed on 19 October 2018 from https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/youth-allowance

It is subject to the website disclaimer at https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/site-notices