Compare and choose aged care homes with Star Ratings

4 Dec 2025

If you’re looking for an aged care home, Star Ratings can help you compare the quality of aged care homes.

Aged care homes receive an Overall Star Rating between 1 and 5.

• More stars mean an aged care home is delivering higher quality care across the 4 key areas of measured performance:
• Residents’ Experience: based on an aged care home’s results in an annual survey reflects the overall experience of their residents.
• Compliance: based on how providers are performing in relation to government regulations and standards about the safety and quality of care.
• Staffing: based on whether the home meets or exceeds their care minutes targets.
• Quality Measures: based on information about 5 crucial areas of care, including falls and major injury, unplanned weight loss, pressure injuries, medication management and the use of restrictive practices

Star Ratings are updated regularly to help you make informed decisions about the aged care homes you might be considering.

Since 1 November 2025, the way the Compliance rating is calculated is improved. After each aged care home is audited by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, it’s Compliance rating will be based on regulatory decisions and assessment against the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.

This improvement builds on changes already made to the Staffing rating from 1 October that require aged care homes to meet both of their care minutes targets to receive 3 stars or more for their Staffing rating.

Use the Find a Provider tool on My Aged Care to search for aged care homes and see their Star Ratings.

Learn more about Star Ratings and these changes.

Information is provided by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing