Peter Sinclair Gardens
Hawks Nest NSW · 5.0 km · 64 places
Supermarket 6 min walk · Bus 6 min walk
$716k room price
or $166.84 a day
6 homes within 20 km of Shoal Bay 2315
Estia Health Tea Gardens
Tea Gardens NSW · 7.2 km · 106 places
Supermarket 14 min walk · Bus 2.0 km
$715k room price
or $166.70 a day
Calvary Tanilba Shores Retirement Community
Tanilba Bay NSW · 16.1 km · 41 places
Supermarket 14 min walk · Bus 3 min walk
$600k room price
or $139.89 a day
Uniting Salamander Bay
Salamander Bay NSW · 7.9 km · 60 places
Supermarket 2.2 km · Bus 2 min walk
$650k room price
or $151.55 a day
Harbourside Residential Care
Shoal Bay NSW · in the middle of the search area · 151 places
Supermarket 11 min walk · Bus 1 min walk
Prices not collected yet
Run by Port Stephens Veterans and Citizens Aged Care
Regis Port Stephens
Corlette NSW · 5.0 km · 150 places
Supermarket 13 min walk · Bus 2 min walk
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Distances are straight lines from the middle of the homes listed in Shoal Bay. Room prices near Shoal Bay: lowest, middle and highest
Anywhere in Australia
Every home in the government list, 2,596 of them
From the government's list of 30 June 2026. 846 have room prices read from the operator's own page; for the rest, each page says how to ask.
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Room prices by state and area, with medians · Guides to the 2025 fee rules
A $550,000 room is not a $550,000 bill.
The room price is a refundable deposit. You can pay it as a lump sum, as a daily payment, or a mix of both. The lump sum comes back when your parent leaves, less 2% a year for up to five years.
One real room: VMCH Corpus Christi, Classic Plus Room, at the interest rate set from 1 October 2026 (8.51%).
All as a lump sum
$550,000
once, refundable
$0.00
a day for the room
Half and half
$275,000
once, refundable
$64.12
a day for the room
All as daily payments
$0
nothing up front
$128.23
a day for the room
Daily payment = unpaid amount × 8.51% ÷ 365. The basic daily fee and any means-tested fees are on top; the costs guide explains each one.
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Room prices from the operator
Read from each home's own price list, with its date and a link to the document.
Who runs the home
The legal operator and every other home it runs, with its ABN where we can match it to exactly one active entity on ABN Lookup.
The basics from the government list
Address, number of places and type of organisation.
Once we have permission
Care time per resident and star ratings
Published by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Until it agrees, each home links to My Aged Care.
Audits and Commission decisions
Published by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Each home links to its Commission page.
Families' own experiences
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