Some seniors in Canberra may soon have to pay more for public transport, electricity and rates under proposed changes to the concessions scheme.

An ACT Government review proposing 10 possible changes to try to make the system fairer was released today.

The options being considered included increasing the eligibility age for the Seniors Card from 60 to 65 over 10 years, limiting assistance for part-pensioners, removing or reducing the Public Transport Seniors Card and combining utility concessions.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the proposed changes would provide more assistance to young families and people who didn't own their own homes.

"We've analysed the distributional effects of our current concessions scheme and in some instances it's clear that it could be better targeted to support the most vulnerable in our community," Mr Barr said.

He said the Government was also hoping to make the system more financially sustainable.

"I wouldn't be expecting to save money," Mr Barr said.

"But we have a $2.2 million annual hole we need to fill as a result of the Commonwealth Government cutting back its support for concessions."

Kambah part-pensioner Bill Stevenson said he was worried he might have to make changes to his budget if his concessions were reduced.

"You'd probably have to cut a few things out ... probably bowling four days a week," Mr Stevenson said.

"You'd possibly work your way around it."

He said he was not convinced the review was needed.

"I believe the system is pretty fair the way it is at the moment," Mr Stevenson said.

"Why play around with it?"

Changes to rego concessions a concern: ACTCOSS

ACT Council of Social Service director Susan Helyar said she was originally concerned the review would become a cost-cutting exercise.

But she said the discussion paper showed the Government had done a thorough analysis of possibilities and risks.

"The thing that we were most interested in was making sure that eligibility was based on income level not other criteria," Ms Helyar said.

"At the moment your age determines your eligibility for pensions much more than your income level and we think that needs to be changed.

"We like the fact that there's talk about people who are on Family Tax Benefit A having access to concessions who haven't previously had them."

But Ms Helyar said she was concerned about possible cuts to motor vehicle registration concessions.

"There's a real need to make sure that people can keep their car on the road," she said.

"We don't have good public transport in this city for people who are working jobs that aren't 9:00am to 5:00pm ... and motor vehicle registrations are expensive in this city.

"So we have to be really careful about any changes there.

"Certainly we'd be happy to extend eligibility in that area but we don't really think there would be any room for savings in that space."