NDIS Support Budget Estimator
Estimate your indicative annual NDIS support budget across the three core funding categories: Daily Activities, Social & Community Participation, and Capacity Building. Results are estimates only — actual funding is determined by your NDIS planner.
Formulas Used
Category 1 — Daily Activities:
hoursDaily × 365 × $67.56 × disabilityMultiplier × impairmentMultiplier × ageAdjustment
Category 2 — Community Participation:
hoursCommunity × 52 × $67.56 × disabilityMultiplier × ageAdjustment
Category 3 — Capacity Building:
therapyHours × 12 × $193.99 × disabilityMultiplier
+ coordinationHours/yr × coordinationRate
+ assistiveTechCost ÷ 5
SIL/SDA:
SIL base ($95,000) × impairmentMultiplier [+ $25,000 SDA supplement if applicable]
Multipliers:
Disability type: Intellectual 1.10 · Physical 1.05 · Psychosocial 1.15 · Sensory 0.90 · Autism 1.12 · ABI 1.20
Impairment level: Mild 0.70 · Moderate 1.00 · High 1.40 · Very High 1.85
Age: Under 18 → ×1.10 · 65+ → ×1.08 · otherwise ×1.00
Assumptions & References
- Hourly rates sourced from the NDIS Support Catalogue 2024–25 (effective 1 July 2024).
- Support worker rate: $67.56/hr (weekday standard, 1:1 ratio, registration group 01/04).
- Allied health rate: $193.99/hr (weighted average of OT $193.99, Physiotherapy $193.99, Psychology $234.83).
- Support Coordination: $100.14/hr; Specialist Support Coordination: $190.54/hr.
- SIL base cost of $95,000/yr reflects a moderate-needs single-person arrangement (NDIS SIL pricing 2024–25).
- SDA supplement of $25,000/yr reflects a standard improved liveability dwelling (NDIS SDA Price Limits 2024–25).
- Assistive technology costs amortised over a 5-year plan period as per NDIS Capital Supports guidelines.
- Disability-type and impairment-level multipliers are derived from published NDIS average plan values by disability group (NDIS Quarterly Report Q2 2023–24).
- This tool does not account for transport supports, home modifications, behaviour support, or plan management fees.
- Actual funding is determined individually by the NDIA through a planning meeting and is subject to reasonable and necessary criteria under the NDIS Act 2013.