Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices
This is a Services Australia payment.
If you’re 21 or younger and looking for full time work, read about Youth Allowance for job seekers..
Who can get it
To get this you must be one of the following:
- 18 to 24 and studying full time
- 16 to 17, studying full time and either independent or needing to live away from home to study
- 16 to 17, studying full time and have completed year 12 or equivalent
- 16 to 24 and doing a full time Australian Apprenticeship.
Read more about who can get it and how much you can get on the Services Australia website.
If you can’t study full time
If you’re unable to study full time you may still get a payment if:
- you have a disability
- you’re sick or injured
- your course changes and you don’t have a choice to study full time.
How to get it
Claim online
You'll need to link Centrelink to your myGov account, if you haven’t already.
If you don’t have a myGov account
Follow the steps to create a myGov account. After you’ve created one, you can link services to your account.
If you can’t claim online
Call the Youth and students line on the Services Australia website.
Help in your language
Call the Centrelink multilingual phone service on 131 202 to speak with someone in your language.
Find information in more languages about Centrelink on the Services Australia website.