Aged care homes and nursing homes in Australia
Aged Care HQ lists 2,690 aged care homes in Australia, with 221,446 government funded places. 1,508 are run by not-for-profit organisations and 842 describe dementia care on their own website (government service list, 30 June 2025; homes' websites checked October 2026).
Directory updated 6 October 2026. Source details are at the end of this page.
Find nursing homes near me using your location.
Aged care homes in cities and major centres
- Melbourne, VIC394 homes
- Sydney, NSW392 homes
- Perth, WA191 homes
- Brisbane, QLD182 homes
- Adelaide, SA163 homes
- Gold Coast, QLD54 homes
- Sunshine Coast, QLD47 homes
- Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, NSW46 homes
- Central Coast, NSW35 homes
- Geelong, VIC32 homes
- Canberra, ACT25 homes
- Wollongong and Shellharbour, NSW25 homes
- Hobart, TAS25 homes
- Toowoomba, QLD24 homes
- Ballarat, VIC17 homes
- Bendigo, VIC17 homes
- Port Macquarie, NSW14 homes
- Tweed Heads and Tweed Shire, NSW14 homes
- Cairns, QLD13 homes
- Hervey Bay and Fraser Coast, QLD13 homes
- Townsville, QLD12 homes
- Latrobe Valley, VIC12 homes
- Bundaberg, QLD11 homes
- Shepparton, VIC11 homes
- Coffs Harbour, NSW10 homes
- Mandurah, WA10 homes
- Albury, NSW9 homes
- Tamworth, NSW9 homes
- Mackay, QLD9 homes
- Launceston, TAS9 homes
- Dubbo, NSW8 homes
- Rockhampton, QLD8 homes
- Maitland, NSW7 homes
- Orange, NSW7 homes
- Wagga Wagga, NSW7 homes
- Mildura, VIC7 homes
- Bathurst, NSW5 homes
- Bunbury, WA5 homes
- Darwin, NT4 homes
Find homes by the care they describe
Each count is the number of homes whose own website describes that care. A home that does not mention it may still offer it.
How this directory differs from My Aged Care
My Aged Care is the Australian Government's aged care website and has its own find a provider search. Aged Care HQ is independent. We start from the same public government data, add what each home says on its own website, and show where every fact comes from and when it was checked. Each home page links to the home's My Aged Care listing where we have it.
You still need an aged care assessment before you can move into a government funded aged care home. Read how to get an aged care assessment and how this directory works.
Before you shortlist a home
A home's listing tells you what the government publishes and what the home says about itself. It cannot tell you whether there is a room free or how it feels to live there. These guides cover the steps around choosing a home.
Sources and dates
Directory updated 6 October 2026. How we collect and check this data.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (GEN Aged Care Data). Data as at 30 June 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0Aged care service list: 30 June 2025
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material.
- Each aged care home or its provider. Checked 6 October 2026. Retrieved 6 October 2026Homes' own websites
From the home's own website, checked October 2026.