NDIS Funding Guide · House Cleaning · 2026–27
Cleaning support may help a participant maintain a safe, hygienic home where disability limits their ability to complete those tasks.
Source: NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026–27, Appendix 3, Table 15, page 34. Effective 24 September 2026; prices may change.
The 'House Cleaning and Other Household Activities' item is primarily for disability-related domestic cleaning and related home tasks. A support might involve cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming carpets, wiping surfaces or maintaining a hygienic living area where the participant would otherwise struggle to do so safely. The current national maximum is $60.10/hour using 01_020_0120_1_1 when the support is eligible and the correct item is selected.
What is house cleaning under the NDIS?
The 'House Cleaning and Other Household Activities' item is primarily for disability-related domestic cleaning and related home tasks. A support might involve cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming carpets, wiping surfaces or maintaining a hygienic living area where the participant would otherwise struggle to do so safely.
NDIS funding should be used for supports linked to the participant's disability-related functional needs and their plan—not simply because a provider has a particular job title. If the same worker provides different types of assistance during one booking, consider the actual tasks and appropriate codes rather than using one higher rate for everything.
House Cleaning item code and 2026–27 price limits
The schedule lists 01_020_0120_1_1 at the following maximum hourly amounts:
Some isolated towns receive modified geographic classification. The appropriate rate is determined by the place where support takes place. These are maximum amounts for NDIA-managed and plan-managed supports; a lower agreed rate is possible.
When can it be used, and when can’t it?
Suitable funded situations
For example, a person with significant mobility limitations cannot safely vacuum, mop or clean wet bathroom floors. A suitable cleaner can undertake those approved tasks to support a safe living environment. Establish the tasks and frequency in advance, based on disability-related need.
Situations this item does not automatically cover
Routine spring-cleaning as a luxury service, renovating or redecorating the property, pest-control work outside relevant funding, or paying an ordinary landlord obligation are not automatically covered. A cleaner must not bill personal-care hourly codes solely to obtain a higher rate. Gardening has a separate 01_019_0120_1_1 item.
Who is allowed to provide this service?
The 2026–27 schedule does not require an allied-health qualification for household cleaning. The provider should select someone competent in safe cleaning, equipment use, hygiene and disability-aware communication, with any required worker screening and safe task planning.
Provider registration and individual qualifications are separate questions. The schedule does not prescribe one named allied-health credential for this labour item. Workers must nevertheless be suitable, competent and appropriately screened or supervised where required, and operate safely within the actual task.
Practical example and invoice calculation
A cleaner completes 90 minutes of genuine eligible household cleaning at the national maximum. The arithmetic charge is $90.15 (1.5 × $60.10), before any separate expense that is actually permitted and agreed.
The claim should state the service date, tasks, exact time spent, agreed hourly rate, support item and any extra cost separately where allowed. The hour unit means actual minutes can be charged proportionally; the rate does not authorise rounding every 40-minute booking up to a full hour.
What about worker travel, kilometres, tolls or materials?
Provider travel labour time, non-labour travel expenses and transport of the participant are distinct potential charges. The attached price schedule does not itself establish all non-labour costs or conditions. The 2026–27 Support Catalogue includes provider travel non-labour item families, including 01_799_0120_1_1 under household tasks (notional $1 per claim unit), but the item's availability does not itself authorise every journey. Confirm the current permitted claim, agreement, reasonableness and actual costs.
Do not add a generic support worker weekend penalty automatically to this household labour item. Check the precise unit and support description.
Common questions
Is this the same as personal care provided by a disability support worker?
No. Personal care for the participant's own body and wellbeing is different from household work, even if provided inside the same home.
Can a provider charge an additional vehicle fee?
Only where the appropriate current claiming conditions permit a non-labour provider travel cost and it has been properly agreed and recorded. A notional $1 unit is not a $1-per-kilometre price.
Does the NDIS pay this expense for every household?
No. Funding depends on the participant's disability-related need, plan and current rules; the schedule sets a maximum but not automatic eligibility.
Compare cleaning, domestic assistance and gardening · Official 2026–27 pricing schedule · Support Catalogue.
Independent Beyond Health Services general information; the NDIA's current rules and the participant's approved plan take precedence.
