Payment of pension

Pensions are paid every second Thursday.

Your pension may be paid:

• directly into your bank, building society or credit union account-
• directly to an aged care home or hospital
• to another person nominated by you
• to a trustee
• to two separate accounts. 

To find out more, including how to change where your pension is paid see Factsheets:

• PAT01 How your pension can be paid (PDF 88 kb)
• IS30 Pension rates, limits and allowances summary (PDF 107 kb) for information about current rates of service pension, age pension and allowances

For residents overseas see:

• PAT04 Payment to an overseas account (PDF version 25 kb)
• PAT04 Payment to an overseas account (HTML version)

Or

• If you live overseas see Overseas residents.

For further details please contact your nearest DVA office.