Community Services Card : Contents
Single living alone
A person is considered to be single, living alone if they are living by themselves in one of the following situations:
- a house or a flat which they rent or own
- a hotel or motel
- a caravan park or
- a granny flat which they own and pay the rates for, or pay rent for at the full market rate and where they live independently of the people in the main house
- a boarding house
- a self-contained mobile home
The client must live in one of the above types of accommodation for most of the time and not be in shared accommodation with another adult.
New Zealand Superannuation clients do not have to be getting the single living alone rate to be considered as living alone for Community Services Card assessments.
The current income limit for clients who are single and living alone is:
Single living alone, not entitled to New Zealand Superannuation (as at 1 April 2026) | $37,116 per annum (gross) |
Single living alone, entitled to New Zealand Superannuation (as at 1 April 2026) | $39,796 per annum (gross) |
For the income limits for all clients see:
- Deskfile Income cut-out points
Legislation
- Eligibility for Community Services Cards regulation 8(1) Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993
- Income regulation 8(5)(b) Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993
- income (definition) schedule 2 social Security Act 2018
- Income and liabilities schedule 3 parts 2 and 3 Social Security Act 2018
- Income and liabilities: Deprivation of income or property schedule 3 part 4 Social Security Act 2018
