Aged care homes near Sandgate, side by side
3 homes near Sandgate. All publish room prices, read from each operator's own page.
Rooms start lowest at Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community, from $400k; the highest top price is $700k at Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement Community.
Paid as a daily payment instead, rooms start at $93.26 a day at Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community and $163.21 a day at Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement Community.
The cheapest single room with its own ensuite is $550,000 (Single room with private ensuite) at Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community.
1 home has a dedicated dementia area: Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community.
Prices checked 7 Nov 2026 on each operator's page. Homes and places from the government's list of 30 June 2026. Rebuilt every week from the newest data.
- Lowest room price
- $400k
- Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community
- Highest room price
- $700k
- Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement Community
- Lowest daily payment
- $93.26 a day
- Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community
- Cheapest single with ensuite
- $550k
- Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community
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Calvary St Joseph's Retirement CommunitySandgate NSW $400k to $550k Read by AI |
BaptistCare Warabrook CentreWarabrook NSW $500k to $565k Read by AI |
Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement CommunityWaratah NSW $700k Read by AI |
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| Costs | |||
| Room pricerefundable lump sum (RAD) | Lowest$400,000 to $550,000 | $500,000 to $565,000 | $700,000 |
| Daily payment insteadfor the room, instead of the lump sum | Lowest$93.26 to $128.23 a day | $116.58 to $131.73 a day | $163.21 a day |
| Each month, cheapest roomall by daily payment, plus fees | Lowest$4,933 to $8,936 with the most the means test adds Work it out | $5,643 to $9,645 with the most the means test adds Work it out | $7,061 to $11,064 with the most the means test adds Work it out |
| Price list date | Prices from 1 Oct 2026 checked 7 Nov 2026 | Prices from 1 Oct 2026 checked 7 Nov 2026 | Prices from 1 Oct 2026 checked 7 Nov 2026 |
| Where the prices come from | Operator's price page | Operator's price page | Operator's price page |
| Rooms | |||
| Cheapest single room with its own ensuite | Lowest$550,000 or $128.23 a day Single room with private ensuite | The price list has no room named as a single. | $700,000 or $163.21 a day Single room with private ensuite |
| Cheapest single room | Lowest$500,000 or $116.58 a day Single room with shared bathroom | The price list has no room named as a single. | $700,000 or $163.21 a day Single room with private ensuite |
| Cheapest shared room | $400,000 or $93.26 a day Shared room with shared bathroom | The price list has no room named as shared. | The price list has no room named as shared. |
| Room types on the price list | 3 2 single, 1 shared, 0 name does not say | 2 0 single, 0 shared, 2 name does not say | 1 1 single, 0 shared, 0 name does not say |
| Rooms by lump sum | Under $500k1 $500k to $749k2 $750k and over0 |
Under $500k0 $500k to $749k2 $750k and over0 |
Under $500k0 $500k to $749k1 $750k and over0 |
| Bathrooms | Some rooms have their own ensuite, some share | Every room listed has its own ensuite | Every room listed has its own ensuite |
| Care and specialties | |||
| Dementia care | A dedicated dementia area: Memory Support Unit | Cares for people living with dementia; no separate unit mentioned | Not mentioned. Ask the home. |
| Languages and culturesnamed on the home's website | None named | None named | None named |
| Places | 136 | 153 | 41 |
| Run by | Calvary Charity | BaptistCare Charity | Calvary Charity |
| In briefwritten by AI from our facts | Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community is in Sandgate, in a major city. It is run by Calvary, a charity, and has 136 places. | BaptistCare Warabrook Centre is in Warabrook, in a major city, and has 153 places. It is operated by BaptistCare NSW & ACT, a charity. | Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement Community is in Waratah, in a major city. It is run by Calvary, a charity, and has 41 places. |
| Facilities | |||
| Photos from the operator | 2 photos | 3 photos | 3 photos |
| Outdoorsseen in the operator's photos | Not in the photos we read | A courtyard, garden beds, a lawn and outdoor seating | A courtyard, garden beds, outdoor seating and a paved terrace |
| Shared spacesseen in the operator's photos | A chapel or quiet room and a lounge | A library | A chapel or quiet room and a dining room |
| Rooms and outlookseen in the operator's photos | Not in the photos we read | Not in the photos we read | Not in the photos we read |
| Everyday life and visiting | |||
| Nearest supermarketas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 3.4 km none recorded within 1 km | Nearest4 min walk 1 within 1 km | 14 min walk 1 within 1 km |
| Nearest pharmacyas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 3.0 km none recorded within 1 km | Nearest5 min walk 1 within 1 km | 15 min walk 1 within 1 km |
| Nearest GP or clinicas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 3.4 km none recorded within 1 km | Nearest5 min walk 1 within 1 km | 15 min walk 2 within 1 km |
| Visiting and carein the operator's words | Nursing or care staff 24/7 (registered nurse not stated). | Not stated; ask the home | Outings offered. |
Nearby places from OpenStreetMap; public transport from the state timetables. Credits and licences are at the foot of this page. | |||
| Quality and licence status | |||
| Official recordsstar rating, care minutes, audits | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community" | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "BaptistCare Warabrook Centre" | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "Calvary St Martin de Porres Retirement Community" |
We hold star ratings, care minutes and Commission records but may not show them until their publishers agree, so each home links to its official pages instead. | |||
| Contact | |||
| Phone | 1800 527 272 operator's central line | 02 4903 6800 | 1800 527 272 operator's central line |
| Address | 240 Maitland Road, Sandgate 2304 | 24 Casuarina Circuit, Warabrook 2304 | 26 Lorna Street, Waratah 2298 |
| Ask about a room | Enquire | Enquire | Enquire |
Every row reads the same for these homes.
Prices are each operator's published maximum room prices; a home may agree a lower price, and some rooms are set aside for people with low means. Rooms are lined up by the words in their own names: how we line them up. Want different homes? Use Add to compare on any home's page and build your own.
Questions families ask
Which of these homes in Sandgate has the lowest room price?
Calvary St Joseph's Retirement Community: its rooms start at $400k as a refundable lump sum (RAD). Room prices are each operator's published maximum; a home may agree a lower price.
Do I have to pay the room price as a lump sum?
No. Each room has one price, paid as a refundable lump sum (RAD), as a daily payment (DAP), or part of each. From November 2025 a home keeps 2% a year of a lump sum for up to five years.
Is the room price all I pay?
No. The basic daily fee and any means-tested fees are on top. The monthly row in the table adds them for the cheapest room at each home.
How up to date are these prices?
We read each operator's own price page and checked these between 7 Nov 2026 and 7 Nov 2026. They are re-read every week; the operator's page is the final word.