Last amended: 20 September 2009
Application of pension age for female non-veterans
The female pension age for non-veterans is equivalent to female age pension age. It applies to :
eligibility to defer partner service pension under the Pension Bonus Scheme,
eligibility of partner service pensioners to participate in the Home Equity Access Scheme,
eligibility of partner service pensioners and income support recipients to receive an Education Entry Payment,
exemption of superannuation managed investments from the income and assets test for female partner service pensioners and female non-pensioner partners,
Section 10.4.3
compensation recovery rules for partner service pensioners,
eligibility for Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) for the partner or widow of a veteran, and
special disability trusts disposal of asset rules for partner service pensioners.
Application of pension age for tax purposes
Female pension age is also used to determine the tax status of female veteran invalidity service pension, partner service pension, and income support supplement for female recipients in certain circumstances.
Age equalisation for female non-veterans and for tax status
The following table provides a guide to age equalisation for female pension age.
| For females born between | Pension age is |
| 01 July 1935 and 31 December 1936 | 60 years 6 months |
| 01 January 1937 and 30 June 1938 | 61 years |
| 01 July 1938 and 31 December 1939 | 61 years 6 months |
| 01 January 1940 and 30 June 1941 | 62 years |
| 01 July 1941 and 31 December 1942 | 62 years 6 months |
| 01 January 1943 and 30 June 1944 | 63 years |
| 01 July 1944 and 31 December 1945 | 63 years 6 months |
| 01 January 1946 and 30 June 1947 | 64 years |
| 01 July 1947 and 31 December 1948 | 64 years 6 months |
| 1 January 1949 and 30 June 1952 | 65 years |
Pension age is 60 years for females born on and before 30 June 1935.
Females born on or after 1 July 1952 will be affected by the increases to pension age for non-veterans.