Bethanie Gwelup Retirement Village

Bethanie Retirement Villages: Communities, Care and Locations Across Western Australia

Bethanie has operated in Western Australia since 1954, and today has more than 10 communities across metropolitan Perth and the South West. Find a Bethanie community near you below, or read on for costs, care details and what sets Bethanie apart. If you are weighing up a move, the sections below explain how the villages are arranged, what support you can add and what to ask before you decide.

Quick facts

About Bethanie

Bethanie's villages span metropolitan Perth and the South West of Western Australia. Locations in both city and regional areas mean you can stay close to the people and places you know. Some communities offer retirement living only. Others combine homes with an aged care home on the same site. For someone downsizing, that difference is worth understanding early, because it affects what support may be close by in the years ahead.

Residents lease their home and use the village facilities for as long as they choose to stay under a 60-year lease for life, so you can settle in for the long term. Bethanie looks after the grounds and building maintenance, which leaves more of your time for friends, hobbies and family. Amenities and activities vary by community, so it helps to visit more than one and compare what each offers in person.

Three Bethanie villages, Bethanie on the Park, Bethanie Warwick and Bethanie Waters, are listed as signatories to the Retirement Living Code of Conduct, the retirement living industry's own voluntary code setting standards for how operators treat residents. That gives you a clear standard to ask about at those villages. It is also worth knowing that Bethanie is a not-for-profit organisation, which is a useful fact to raise when you talk to the team about how it operates.

Costs & fees

For a current price, call Bethanie directly on 131151 or enquire through the listing for the community you're interested in. When you speak to the team, it helps to ask what you would pay to move in, what ongoing charges apply and what happens financially when you leave. Keeping the answers for each community in one place makes it much easier to compare them fairly and to talk them through with family or an adviser, before you commit to anything.

Care & lifestyle services

You can stay independent for longer, living in your own home while support is added as your needs change. Bethanie runs Home Care within its villages, or you can bring the Home Care provider you choose. You pay only for the services you use. That flexibility means you can start with very little support and add more only if and when you need it.

Some communities have an aged care home on the same site, and serviced apartments are offered at Bethanie on the Park. These are not at every community, so it is worth asking at each community. If staying close to care matters to you, ask directly how it works at the villages you are considering.

Social activities, landscaped gardens and shared recreational facilities give you plenty to enjoy close to home. The mix varies by community, and some have a heated pool, lawn bowls or a Men's Shed. When you visit, think about which of these you would actually use and look for a community that fits the way you like to spend your days.

What makes Bethanie different

Bethanie gives you real choice. You can pick city or regional living, and apartments, villas or cottages to match, all through one organisation and one number to call. Dealing with one organisation can make comparing options simpler, so it helps to list the communities and home types that interest you and ask the same questions about each. Writing down the answers as you go makes the differences easier to weigh up later.

Bethanie has grown to support more than 4,500 people across aged care services and accommodation throughout Western Australia. Nine out of 10 Bethanie clients are highly satisfied with its services and facilities, based on company-wide research carried out since 2011. The Code of Conduct listing for three of its villages adds a published standard for how residents are treated there.

Last updated: October 2026.