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Ingenia Lifestyle Communities: Communities, Care and Locations Across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria

Ingenia brings more than 10 years' experience and 30 lifestyle communities across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria to retirement living. Find an Ingenia community near you below, or read on for costs, care details and what sets Ingenia apart. If you are thinking about downsizing into a land lease community, this page sets out how Ingenia describes its model, so that you know which questions to ask before you visit.

Quick facts

About Ingenia

Ingenia Lifestyle was formed in 2013 and has grown into a place thousands of over 55s call home. Its communities spread across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Each one is a lifestyle community designed for independent living, not a residential aged care home. For someone leaving a larger family house, that distinction matters, because it tells you what kind of community you are choosing and what kind of support you will need to arrange for yourself.

Residents own their home and lease the land it sits on. Ingenia maintains the common areas and facilities, which leaves you more time for friends, hobbies and family. A land lease arrangement is different from owning a house on its own block, so it is worth asking exactly what you own and what you lease, and reading the documents carefully before you decide.

Ingenia Lifestyle is owned and operated by Ingenia Communities Group. The group owns, operates and develops seniors lifestyle communities, and it entered the seniors lifestyle sector in 2013. Knowing who stands behind a community is a useful starting point for any buyer, and you can raise it directly when you speak with the team.

Costs & fees

For a current price, call Ingenia directly on 1800 135 010 or enquire through the listing for the community you're interested in. When you ask, request the full price of the home and a clear list of any ongoing charges, so that you can compare the figures with what you currently spend. Keeping the answers in writing makes it easier to weigh one community against another once you have visited a few.

Care & lifestyle services

Ingenia communities are built around independent living, so you can stay in your own home for longer. As your needs change, a complimentary wellbeing service gives you tailored health and wellbeing advice and helps you coordinate in-home care packages. It also supports you to reach home care, allied health and government benefits. The care itself comes from external providers.

Ingenia Lifestyle communities are lifestyle and land lease communities, not residential aged care homes. That puts the focus on care at home: you arrange the support you need, and the wellbeing service helps you line it up. If you expect to need regular help in future, it is sensible to ask how that process works in practice at the community you like, and who you would contact first.

Shared facilities include a pool, a gym and a clubhouse, set among well-kept common gardens. The mix of amenities varies by community, so you can find the setting and social life that suit you. Visiting more than one community lets you see how the shared spaces are used and decide which feels closest to the way you want to spend your days.

What makes Ingenia different

Ingenia keeps the cost of buying and selling simple. There are no exit fees on sale, and any capital gain stays with you. You own your home but do not buy the land, so your ongoing costs are a weekly site fee and utilities. That site fee covers use of all facilities and upkeep of the common areas. For a downsizer working out a budget, a weekly fee and utilities are easier to plan around than a list of charges that arrive at different times, though it is still wise to confirm the current amounts.

Ingenia's track record shows in the numbers. Overall resident satisfaction was 79% in the most recent survey, and thousands of over 55s already live in its communities. A satisfaction figure is a helpful signal, but speaking with residents when you visit will tell you what daily life is really like.

Last updated: October 2026.