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Top 15 retirement village operators in Australia

Apr 03 2023 Updated June 21, 2024

Ian Horswill

1 min read

The Weekly SOURCE has compiled the top 15 retirement village operators, of April 2023, which shows the top three are privately owned.

Here is the top fifteen:

Aveo 89 villages (pictured The Haven Retirement Village, 20km northwest of Adelaide)
Retirement by Lendlease 75 villages
Levande 58 villages
Southern Cross Care 39 villages
BlueCare in QLD 35 villages
IRT Group 32 villages
Oak Tree 29 villages
RetireAustralia 28 villages
Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT 27 villages (CEO Helen Emmerson pictured)
Uniting NSW.ACT 27 villages
Bolton Clarke 26 villages
RSL Lifecare 26 villages
BaptistCare 25 villages (with BaptistCare WA merger)
Churches of Christ 24 villages
Anglicare Sydney 23 villages

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