BaptistCare's retirement village expansion continues
BaptistCare snaps up two more retirement villages
- Expansion mode: BaptistCare grows to 45 retirement villages nationally
- NSW additions: North Wollongong and Bowral villages join the portfolio
- Sector exit: Presbyterian Aged Care ends operating retirement living
- Deal streak: Follows earlier aged care and home care acquisitions
The national Not For Profit faith-based operator of aged care, home care, retirement living and community housing continues to grow.
BaptistCare became a national operator with the merger of Baptcare, Baptist Care SA and BaptistCare in March 2025.
The Group has reached agreement with Presbyterian Aged Care to take on the ownership and operation of two retirement villages in NSW's Southern Highlands, Elouera, in North Wollongong, and Park Linn Haven, in Bowral.
This will see the operator operate 45 retirement villages across Australia.
Elouera has 26 one-, two- and three-bedroom independent retirement living units. Park Linn Haven has 12 independent retirement living units.
BaptistCare bought Presbyterian Aged Care's home care business in March 2024.
In March 2025, they acquired Presbyterian Aged Care's eight-unit Iona Village and the 66-bed Minnamurra aged care home in Drummoyne, 6km west of Sydney's CBD, and the 25-unit Pitt Wood Village in Ashfield, 8km west of the CBD.
No employees will transfer to BaptistCare as part of the latest acquisition, with the villages to be supported by BaptistCare’s existing Retirement Living team.
Margaret Mackenzie, Executive Chair of Presbyterian Aged Care, said the agreement marks the final step in PAC’s planned exit from the aged care sector and reflects confidence in BaptistCare as a trusted provider.
The transfer of the two villages also sees Presbyterian Aged Care divest itself of all existing retirement villages. At its peak, it owned and operated nine residential aged care homes and 15 retirement villages across NSW and ACT and provided home care services for around 1,000 people.
