The South Australian government is more than doubling the cost-of-living concession for 185,000 residents.

Eligible homeowner occupiers will receive a one-off payment of $449 in the next financial year compared to the previous $217, while homeowner-occupiers who are also self-funded retirees will receive $224, up from $108.

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas said the price of everything was going up and he was unable to change that.

“I want to be honest, as leader of the state, I’m not going to be able to reduce your petrol prices. It’d be just untrue if I said otherwise,” he said.

“Premiers can’t control the price of groceries, either, but what we can do is those concessions that are aimed at the people doing the toughest in our community, people on low incomes, fixed incomes, such as pensioners, for instance, we can provide support.”

The concession can only be paid to one person per household, and to be eligible, the person must live at the property and hold an eligible card, such a pensioner concession card or Department of Veteran Affairs card, receive an eligible Centrelink payment, or meet low income provisions.