New South Wales · ACQSC ratings · Updated 2026
New South Wales residential aged care — 113 listed providers
NSW has Australia's largest aged-care sector by bed count. Faith-based not-for-profits (HammondCare, Anglicare, Catholic Healthcare) anchor the Sydney metropolitan supply alongside ASX-listed Regis and Estia operators. ACQSC star ratings, published RAD prices, bed counts + ownership type. Real data from My Aged Care + ACQSC quarterly ratings.
★Key takeaways
- ✓113 verified New South Wales residential aged-care providers — 4 5-star + 8 4-star ACQSC ratings. 13,642 total beds.
- ✓Median RAD price: $650,000. Range: $325,000 — $1,015,000.
- ✓Sydney RAD prices skew higher than the national average — typical 4–5-star home in eastern Sydney or upper North Shore prices RADs in the $550–800k range, with premium harbour-side suites above $1m. NSW also has the largest dementia-specific cohort: ~40% of NSW residential aged-care beds are in services with secure dementia units.
- ✓Source: ACQSC star ratings + My Aged Care provider register (federal). Updated when ACQSC releases revised quarterly ratings.
ACQSC leaderboard · New South Wales
New South Wales aged-care providers ranked by ACQSC star rating
Sorted by ACQSC star rating (5 = Excellent, 1 = Significant Improvement Needed). Tie-break: bed count. Click any provider for full profile.
| # | Provider | Suburb | ACQSC | Beds | Max RAD | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uniting NSW.ACT | Uniting Wesley Heights Manly | 5★ | 120 | $719k | NFP (faith) |
| 2 | Regis Aged Care | Regis Rose Bay | 5★ | 66 | — | ASX |
| 3 | Regis Rose Bay | Rose Bay | 5★ | 66 | — | ASX |
| 4 | Catholic Healthcare | Catholic Healthcare St Joseph Aged Care (Hunters Hill) | 5★ | 52 | $652k | NFP (faith) |
| 5 | Whiddon | Whiddon Easton Park (Glenfield) | 4★ | 500 | $596k | NFP |
| 6 | Montefiore | Hunters Hill Montefiore Home | 4★ | 333 | $719k | NFP (faith) |
| 7 | Hunters Hill Montefiore Home | Hunters Hill | 4★ | 333 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 8 | Bolton Clarke | Bolton Clarke Greenwood (Normanhurst) | 4★ | 107 | $1015k | NFP |
| 9 | Anglicare Sydney | Anglicare The Terraces Residential Care (Paddington) | 4★ | 100 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 10 | RFBI Lake Haven Masonic Village | Lake Haven | 4★ | 65 | $442k | NFP |
| 11 | Opal HealthCare | Belmore Place Care Community (Lakemba) | 4★ | 52 | $325k | Private |
| 12 | St Vincent's Care Services | St Vincent's Care Services Edgecliff | 4★ | 39 | $813k | NFP (faith) |
| 13 | Arcare Warriewood | Warriewood | 3★ | 130 | — | Private |
| 14 | HammondCare | HammondCare Hammondville (Bond House) | 3★ | 124 | $691k | NFP (faith) |
| 15 | Arcare Glenhaven | Glenhaven | 3★ | 120 | — | Private |
| 16 | Regis Hurstville | Hurstville | 3★ | 96 | — | ASX |
| 17 | Bupa Aged Care | Bupa Queens Park | 3★ | 71 | $978k | Private |
| 18 | Catholic Healthcare St Paul's Residential Aged Care | Northbridge | 3★ | 40 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 19 | Bupa Mosman | Mosman | 3★ | — | — | Private |
| 20 | RSL LifeCare ANZAC Village | Narrabeen | — | 344 | — | NFP |
| 21 | Peninsula Villages Ltd | Umina Beach | — | 314 | — | NFP |
| 22 | Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community | Cessnock | — | 296 | — | NFP |
| 23 | Uniting Wesley Gardens Belrose | Belrose | — | 285 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 24 | IRT Thomas Holt Kirrawee | Kirrawee | — | 253 | — | NFP |
| 25 | Oran Park House Aged Care Facility | Oran Park | — | 250 | — | Private |
| 26 | SummitCare Baulkham Hills | Baulkham Hills | — | 232 | — | Private |
| 27 | RSL ANZAC Village | Narrabeen | — | 221 | — | NFP |
| 28 | Peter Cosgrove House | Narrabeen | — | 216 | — | NFP |
| 29 | St Vincent’s Care Services Heathcote | Heathcote | — | 213 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 30 | Anglicare Brian King Gardens | Castle Hill | — | 204 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 31 | IRT Woonona | Woonona | — | 201 | — | NFP |
| 32 | St Basil’s Lakemba | Lakemba | — | 195 | — | NFP |
| 33 | Uniting Nareen Gardens Bateau Bay | Bateau Bay | — | 195 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 34 | Ashwood Residential Care Service | Pendle Hill | — | 194 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 35 | Wagga Wagga Community Aged Care | Turvey Park | — | 191 | — | NFP |
| 36 | Moran Sylvania | Sylvania | — | 183 | — | Private |
| 37 | Tingira Hills Care Community | Mount Hutton | — | 182 | — | Private |
| 38 | Anglicare The Donald Coburn Centre | Castle Hill | — | 180 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 39 | Russian Relief Association of St Sergius of Radonezh | Cabramatta | — | 176 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 40 | Our Lady Of Consolation Home | Rooty Hill | — | 172 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 41 | Anglicare Goodhew Gardens & Bay Breeze | Taren Point | — | 171 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 42 | Huntingdon Gardens Aged Care Facility | Bexley | — | 171 | — | Private |
| 43 | Pathways Cronulla Pines | Cronulla | — | 169 | — | Private |
| 44 | Green Hills Residential Care Service | East Maitland | — | 168 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 45 | Marco Polo Woonona Care Services | Woonona | — | 168 | — | NFP |
| 46 | Marco Polo Aged Care Facility | Unanderra | — | 167 | — | NFP |
| 47 | Warrigal Care Goulburn | Goulburn | — | 165 | — | NFP |
| 48 | BaptistCare Shalom Centre | Macquarie Park | — | 164 | — | NFP |
| 49 | Scalabrini | The Village by Scalabrini (Drummoyne) | — | 162 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 50 | Killarney Vale Care Community | Killarney Vale | — | 162 | — | Private |
| 51 | Lansdowne Aged Care Facility | Cabramatta | — | 161 | — | Private |
| 52 | Berkeley Vale Care Community | Berkeley Vale | — | 160 | — | Private |
| 53 | IRT William Beach Gardens | Kanahooka | — | 160 | — | NFP |
| 54 | Maroba Nursing Home | Waratah | — | 155 | — | NFP |
| 55 | Warrigal Wollongong | Wollongong | — | 155 | — | NFP |
| 56 | St Lukes Nursing Home | Elizabeth Bay | — | 154 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 57 | BaptistCare Warabrook Centre | Warabrook | — | 153 | — | NFP |
| 58 | Harbourside Residential Care | Shoal Bay | — | 151 | — | NFP |
| 59 | Warrigal Mount Terry | Albion Park | — | 151 | — | NFP |
| 60 | Whiddon Redhead | Redhead | — | 151 | — | NFP |
| 61 | Regis Port Stephens | Corlette | — | 150 | — | Private |
| 62 | Warrigal Care Albion Park Rail | Albion Park Rail | — | 149 | — | NFP |
| 63 | Anglican Care Kilpatrick Court | Toronto | — | 147 | — | NFP |
| 64 | Brother Alberts Home | Marayong | — | 146 | — | NFP |
| 65 | Cardinal Stepinac Village | St Johns Park | — | 144 | — | NFP |
| 66 | Courtlands Aged Care Facility | North Parramatta | — | 144 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 67 | BaptistCare The Gracewood Centre | Kellyville | — | 143 | — | NFP |
| 68 | St Vincent’s Care Services Yennora | Yennora | — | 141 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 69 | Woodport Aged Care Plus Centre | Erina | — | 140 | — | NFP |
| 70 | Woodport Aged Care Centre | Erina | — | 140 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 71 | BaptistCare Bethshan Gardens Centre | Wyee | — | 139 | — | NFP |
| 72 | BaptistCare Orana Centre | Point Clare | — | 128 | $610k | NFP (faith) |
| 73 | Arcare Kanwal | Kanwal | — | 128 | — | Private |
| 74 | Uniting Farmborough Unanderra | Unanderra | — | 125 | $636k | NFP (faith) |
| 75 | Garrawarra Centre | Waterfall | — | 120 | — | Gov |
| 76 | IRT Tarrawanna | Tarrawanna | — | 100 | — | NFP |
| 77 | HammondCare Cardiff | Cardiff | — | 99 | $650k | NFP (faith) |
| 78 | Catholic Healthcare Villa Maria Centre | Unanderra | — | 96 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 79 | Mayfield Aged Care | Mayfield | — | 92 | — | Private |
| 80 | HammondCare Horsley | Horsley | — | 90 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 81 | Anglican Care Jesmond Grove | Jesmond | — | 84 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 82 | Southern Cross Care Reynolds Court Residential Aged Care | Bateau Bay | — | 80 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 83 | Uniting Irwin Hall Mayfield | Mayfield | — | 75 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 84 | HammondCare Erina | Erina | — | 74 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 85 | BaptistCare Cooinda Court | Macquarie Park | — | 68 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 86 | Fronditha Care Newcastle (Hippocrates) | Mayfield East | — | 66 | — | NFP |
| 87 | Anglican Care Warnervale Gardens | Woongarrah | — | 66 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 88 | Catholic Healthcare Our Lady of Loreto Gardens | Hamlyn Terrace | — | 60 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 89 | Anglican Care Scenic Lodge | Merewether | — | 55 | — | NFP (faith) |
| 90 | Estia Health Norah Head | Norah Head | — | 53 | — | Private |
| 91 | Leeton Hospital | Leeton | — | 38 | — | Gov |
| 92 | Allawah Lodge | Coolamon | — | 33 | — | Gov |
| 93 | Regis Hornsby | Hornsby | — | — | — | ASX |
| 94 | Bupa Willoughby | Willoughby | — | — | — | Private |
| 95 | Bupa St Ives | St Ives | — | — | — | Private |
| 96 | Bupa Ashfield | Ashfield | — | — | — | Private |
| 97 | Bupa North Rocks | North Rocks | — | — | — | Private |
| 98 | Montefiore Randwick | Randwick | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 99 | St Anne's Aged Care Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 100 | Anglicare Elizabeth Lodge | Rushcutters Bay | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 101 | HammondCare Wahroonga | Wahroonga | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 102 | HammondCare Miranda | Miranda | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 103 | HammondCare Hammondville | Hammondville | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 104 | Opal Blacktown Terrace Care Community | Blacktown | — | — | — | Private |
| 105 | Uniting Koombahla Elermore Vale | Elermore Vale | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 106 | Uniting Lindsay Gardens Hamilton | Hamilton | — | — | — | NFP (faith) |
| 107 | Opal Tingira Hills Care Community | Mount Hutton | — | — | $650k | Private |
| 108 | Bupa Waratah | Waratah | — | — | $368k | Private |
| 109 | Estia Health Figtree | Figtree | — | — | $387k | Private |
| 110 | IRT Five Islands | Port Kembla | — | — | — | NFP |
| 111 | Marco Polo Woonona Aged Care Centre | Woonona | — | — | — | NFP |
| 112 | Bupa Bateau Bay | Bateau Bay | — | — | — | Private |
| 113 | Uniting Nareen Gardens Lodge Bateau Bay | Bateau Bay | — | — | $570k | NFP (faith) |
5-star providers
New South Wales providers rated Excellent by ACQSC (4)
A 5-star ACQSC rating means the service substantially exceeds the national standard across all 8 Aged Care Quality Standards. Issued quarterly.
RAD price snapshot · New South Wales
New South Wales RAD prices in 2026
Minimum
$325,000
Median
$650,000
Maximum
$1,015,000
Based on 17 New South Wales providers with published RAD prices. RAD = Refundable Accommodation Deposit, the lump-sum room price (refundable on departure). DAP = Daily Accommodation Payment, the daily-rent alternative. From 2024 every Australian aged-care service must publish at least one room's RAD; many publish full RAD ranges.
Sector composition · New South Wales
New South Wales aged-care sector mix
45
Faith-based not-for-profit
4
ASX-listed corporate
34
Community not-for-profit
27
Private operator
3
Government-run
ACQSC explained
How ACQSC star ratings work
What ACQSC measures. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission rates every Australian residential aged-care service quarterly against the 8 Aged Care Quality Standards: consumer dignity, ongoing assessment, personal care, services + supports, organisation\'s service environment, feedback + complaints, human resources + organisational governance.
The rating scale. 5 stars (Excellent) = substantially exceeds standards, 4 stars (Good) = exceeds, 3 stars (Acceptable) = meets, 2 stars (Improvement Needed) = below standard, 1 star (Significant Improvement Needed) = serious concerns. Sector average is 3.4.
Frequency. Ratings update quarterly. A service\'s rating reflects the most recent ACQSC accreditation visit + quality indicators (resident experience surveys + staff care minutes against the 215-minute target).
Authority. ACQSC NSW + NSW Ageing and Disability Commission — full provider register + ratings.
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Common questions
New South Wales aged care — common questions
What is a good ACQSC star rating in NSW?
A 4-star (Good) or 5-star (Excellent) rating means the service exceeds the national quality standard. NSW homes average 3.4 stars across the sector. Sydney metropolitan not-for-profit homes typically score 4+. Avoid 1–2 star (Significant Improvement Needed / Improvement Needed) homes unless you have visited and are satisfied with the corrective action plan.
How much is a typical NSW RAD?
Sydney metropolitan 4-star homes price RADs between $550,000 and $800,000. Eastern suburbs, lower north shore + inner west price higher ($700k–$1.2m). Regional NSW (Newcastle, Wollongong, Central Coast) typically $350,000–$550,000. RADs above $550,000 require ACPR approval since 2024.
Which NSW aged-care providers have the strongest reputations?
HammondCare (Christian charity, national pioneer of small-cottage dementia care), Catholic Healthcare (40+ homes, Catholic systemic), Anglicare Sydney (Anglican synod-aligned), Uniting Care (40+ homes across NSW + ACT) and BaptistCare consistently feature in independent reviews. Among corporates, Regis (ASX:REG) and Estia are the largest by bed count.
Is the basic daily fee the same in NSW as the rest of Australia?
Yes — the basic daily fee is set federally (currently $66.80/day from 20 March 2026, indexed twice yearly with the Age Pension). All Australian residential aged-care providers charge it regardless of state. The means-tested fee and RAD/DAP are the variable components.
Methodology
Data + sources
ACQSC star ratings + provider details sourced from My Aged Care (Australian Government provider register) + the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission quarterly ratings.
Each provider entry cross-referenced against public records against the My Aged Care record. RAD prices published per the 2024 transparency requirements. Bed counts current as of last verification cycle.
Sector mix categories: Faith-based not-for-profit (Christian/Catholic/Jewish/Anglican charities), Secular not-for-profit (community-based), ASX-listed corporate (Regis, Estia + similar), Private operator (proprietorship + private group).
Released under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to ACQSC + My Aged Care for source data.
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