Aged care home means assessment: second asset threshold

$266,000

Applies from 20 September 2026
Source: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Last verified 11 October 2026

Value: $266,000
Unit: Australian dollars
Applies from: 20 September 2026
Reset cycle: The official figure is reviewed on 20 March and 20 September each year.
Official source: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential Care
Last verified: 11 October 2026, against the official source.

About this figure

The second of four asset thresholds the department lists for the residential care means assessment under the 1 November 2025 fee arrangements. The department says a resident whose income or assets are above certain thresholds pays means tested contributions, worked out by Services Australia, and that income and asset thresholds are indexed in March and September each year. The schedule does not set out how each threshold is used. Read in the department's schedule of fees and charges from 20 September 2026, which is a PDF linked from the source page.

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Values for this figure, newest first.
Applied from	Value and source
20 September 2026	$266,000currentSource: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential Care
Start date not recorded	$258,000Source: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential CareListed in the schedules from 20 March 2026 and 1 July 2026. The source does not state when it started.

This figure as JSON

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  "value": 266000,
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  "effective_from": "2026-09-20",
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    "title": "Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential Care"
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  "verification": {
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    "checked_on": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

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