Based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard this service categorises the remoteness of your family home, and if required the campus you are studying at.
Who should use this service?
You should use this service if you are claiming for or receiving Youth Allowance, Tertiary Access Payment or ABSTUDY and need to live away from home to study full time.
You may be eligible for a Relocation Scholarship if either:
You may be able to be assessed as independent through your work history if you are a student from an Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote area.
You may be eligible for the Tertiary Access Payment if your family home is in an Inner Regional, Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote area.
If your family home is located outside Australia, then you cannot use this service at this time. Please contact us to assess your eligibility.
You will need to provide the address of your family home (please click on “family home” to determine the address required for this service). If your property does not have a street address you are also given the option to provide the latitude and longitude coordinates of your family home. You also need to provide details of the campus you are studying at.
Disclaimer
In order to get an accurate result, the exact address with all the following information must be provided:
OR
In situations where the address provided does not contain all the relevant information, the remote area displayed may not be accurate.
To qualify for self-supporting independence through paid employment for individuals from a regional or remote area, you must:
You must meet one of the above criteria and meet all the following conditions to be assessed as independent:
The Australian Bureau of Statistics creates categories and allocates locations based on census information.
If you are claiming independence under the self-supporting criterion, the family home is the principal home where you would normally live if you weren't required to live away from home to study.
If you qualify for Relocation Scholarship and you are dependent and required to live away from home, the family home is the principal home where you would normally live if you weren't required to live away from home to study.
If you qualify for Relocation Scholarship and you are independent on the criteria:
then the family home is the home you resided at six months prior to commencing your first course of higher education study.
This service only allows one format to enter your latitude and longitude in:
Please keep in mind:
Latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the equator (low latitude) to 90° at the poles (90° N or +90° for the North Pole and 90° S or −90° for the South Pole).
The latitude coordinates for this service must be South and provided in Degrees, minutes and seconds.
You may retrieve your latitude coordinates from your vehicle GPS unit or from various online map sites.
For example: The latitude for Cairns reef is 15° 42' 0"
Longitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from +180° eastward and −180° westward from the Prime Meridian, which is 0° (zero degrees).
Longitude, as opposed to latitude does not maintain a constant distance between degrees since the primary measurement is time, not distance. This means if you are near the North Pole, you can gain many degrees of longitude West by travelling a relatively short distance.
The longitude coordinates for this service must be East and provided in Degrees, minutes and seconds.
You may retrieve your latitude coordinates from your vehicle GPS unit or from various online map sites.
For example: The longitude for Cairns reef is 145° 34' 0"
The Relocation Scholarship is for eligible full-time ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance students who are enrolled in an accredited higher education or preparatory course at a higher education institution.
It is a lump sum payment paid each year to help with the costs of living away from home.
To qualify for this payment you must:
For further information go to servicesaustralia.gov.au/relocation scholarship.
This service only allows one format to enter your latitude and longitude in:
Please keep in mind:
Latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the equator (low latitude) to 90° at the poles (90° N or +90° for the North Pole and 90° S or −90° for the South Pole).
The latitude coordinates for this service must be South and provided in Degrees, minutes and seconds.
You may retrieve your latitude coordinates from your vehicle GPS unit or from various online map sites.
For example: The latitude for Cairns reef is 15° 42' 0"
Longitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from +180° eastward and −180° westward from the Prime Meridian, which is 0° (zero degrees).
Longitude, as opposed to latitude does not maintain a constant distance between degrees since the primary measurement is time, not distance. This means if you are near the North Pole, you can gain many degrees of longitude West by travelling a relatively short distance.
The longitude coordinates for this service must be East and provided in Degrees, minutes and seconds.
You may retrieve your latitude coordinates from your vehicle GPS unit or from various online map sites.
For example: The longitude for Cairns reef is 145° 34' 0"
If you are claiming independence under the self-supporting criterion, the family home is the principal home where you would normally live if you weren't required to live away from home to study.
If you qualify for Relocation Scholarship or the Tertiary Access Payment and you are dependent and required to live away from home, the family home is the principal home where you would normally live if you weren't required to live away from home to study.
If you qualify for Relocation Scholarship or the Tertiary Access Payment and you are independent on the criteria:
then the family home is the home you resided at six months prior to commencing your first course of higher education study.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics creates categories and allocates locations based on census information.
To qualify for self-supporting independence through paid employment for individuals from a regional or remote area, you must:
You must meet one of the above criteria and meet all the following conditions to be assessed as independent:
The Relocation Scholarship is for eligible full-time ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance students who are enrolled in an accredited higher education or preparatory course at a higher education institution.
It is a lump sum payment paid each year to help with the costs of living away from home.
To qualify for this payment you must:
For further information go to https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/relocation-scholarship.
The Tertiary Access Payment is a one-off payment to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study. This is for study after you’ve finished year 12 or equivalent.
To get Tertiary Access Payment you need to meet some rules. These include:
Students from an inner regional area can test their eligibility if they commence tertiary study from 1 January 2022.
To find out the full conditions, go to https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/tertiaryaccesspayment.
Last Updated 10 December 2021