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Heating Allowance
What is the Heating Allowance?
The Heating Allowance is administered under the Pensioners (Heating Allowances) Act 1971 and grants an allowance of $56 per year to eligible pensioners living in Tasmania to assist with heating costs. Two instalment payments of $28 are made on 15th May and 15th September each year. Eligibility is means tested.
Applying for the Heating Allowance
To apply for the Heating Allowance you can complete an online Heating Allowance Application Form or request a Heating Allowance Application Form to be sent to you via mail by emailing heating.allowance@dpac.tas.gov.au or calling 1800 300 068.
More Information
Eligible Pensions (full rate)
- Age Pension
- Carer Payment
- Disability Support Pension (DSP)
- Parenting Payment
- Service Pension
Income and Assets Tests
- Single pensioners:
- Cannot earn more than $10 per week in excess of the pension ($12 per week extra earnings allowed per dependent child under 16)
- Cannot have more than $1,750 in cash assets
- Married or de facto pensioners:
- Cannot earn more than $20 per week in excess of the pension ($12 per week extra earnings allowed per dependent child under 16)
- Cannot have more than $2,750 in cash assets
Other Information
- Only one Heating Allowance payment is allowed per household
- Residents of boarding houses must pay a specific electricity amount in addition to their rent
- Carers Allowance and Mobility Allowance do not count as extra income
- People who receive a part overseas pension are not eligible for the Heating Allowance
- Changes to circumstances should be advised as soon as they occur
We need to know changes such as:
- You have changed bank account details
- You have moved address
- You have changed marital status
- You have started receiving extra income
- You have started receiving an overseas pension
- You have stopped receiving a pension
Changes? Questions? Get in touch!
Email: heating.allowance@dpac.tas.gov.au
Free call: 1800 300 068 (within Tasmania)
Mail: Department of Premier and Cabinet
Heating Allowance
GPO Box 123
HOBART Tas 7001