Rebate Information

Pensioner/Senior Rates Rebate/Deferment

 

Pensioners with a concession card are entitled to receive up to a 50% rebate limited to a cap amount of $750 as per the Rates and Charges [Rebates/Deferments] Amendment Regulations 2017, and/or may be entitled to defer.  You must pay your share of the Rates by June of that current financial year to receive the rebate.  Persons who hold a WA Seniors Card AND a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card are entitled to the same level of concession as a pensioner.

WA Seniors with a state Seniors card is entitled to receive up to a 25% rebate limited to a maximum cap of $100; deferment option not available.

Eligibility Criteria – to be eligible for concessions under the Rates and Charges [Rebates and Deferments] Act 1992, an applicant must:

  • on July 1 of the current financial year, own and occupy the property as their ordinary place of residence [own refers to registered on Certificate of Title];
  • and must also be the holder of a valid concession card/s as below.

  

If a Pensioner either:

  1. Be in receipt of a pension and hold a Pensioner Concession Card or State Concession Card; or
  2. Hold both a WA Seniors Card issued by the Government of WA and a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

 

If a Senior

Hold a WA Seniors Card issued by the Government of WA – details found at www.seniorscard.wa.gov.au

  

[The Rebate is applied to Rates, Sewerage, and Emergency Services Levy – the     Pensioner rubbish service is discounted 25% by Council]

 

To Apply for Concession Please Contact Water Corporation on 131385 or 1300659951 at www.watercorporation.com.au/concessions