Personal care prices in Thornlands (4164)
Compare personal care rates in Thornlands, Queensland: self-managed Support at Home against the major full-service providers. Real local market figures where we have them.
Detailed comparison · Personal Care in 4164
| Provider | Care Type | Saving vs Trilogy | Hourly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Trilogy Care · Self Managed | Self Managed | Baseline | $66/hr |
Commonwealth Government Dept. of Health · Support at Home · Nov-Dec 2025 | Benchmark | +$49/hr (+74%) | $115/hrmedian$120/hrupperRange $107 to $120 |
| Typical market rate in ThornlandsAssistance with self-care and activities of daily living · $52–$66 | Local market | $66/hr | |
KinCare | Full Service | +$71/hr (+108%) | $137/hr |
Catholic Healthcare | Full Service | +$77/hr (+117%) | $143/hr |
Baptcare | Full Service | +$77/hr (+117%) | $143/hr |
Anglicare | Full Service | +$80/hr (+121%) | $146/hr |
Uniting Care | Full Service | +$82/hr (+124%) | $148/hr |
HammondCare | Full Service | +$86/hr (+130%) | $152/hr |
Bolton Clarke | Full Service | +$89/hr (+135%) | $155/hr |
Calvary Care | Full Service | +$91/hr (+138%) | $157/hr |
Australian Unity | Full Service | +$93/hr (+141%) | $159/hr |
Blue Care | Full Service | +$96/hr (+145%) | $162/hr |
Trilogy Care · Self Managed
Self Managed$66/hrvs TrilogyBaselineCommonwealth Government
Dept. of Health · Support at Home · Nov-Dec 2025Benchmark$115/hrmedian$120/hrupperRange $107 to $120vs Trilogy+$49/hr (+74%)Typical market rate in Thornlands
Assistance with self-care and activities of daily living · $52–$66Local market$66/hrKinCare
Full Service$137/hrvs Trilogy+$71/hr (+108%)Catholic Healthcare
Full Service$143/hrvs Trilogy+$77/hr (+117%)Baptcare
Full Service$143/hrvs Trilogy+$77/hr (+117%)Anglicare
Full Service$146/hrvs Trilogy+$80/hr (+121%)Uniting Care
Full Service$148/hrvs Trilogy+$82/hr (+124%)HammondCare
Full Service$152/hrvs Trilogy+$86/hr (+130%)Bolton Clarke
Full Service$155/hrvs Trilogy+$89/hr (+135%)Calvary Care
Full Service$157/hrvs Trilogy+$91/hr (+138%)Australian Unity
Full Service$159/hrvs Trilogy+$93/hr (+141%)Blue Care
Full Service$162/hrvs Trilogy+$96/hr (+145%)
About the Commonwealth Government median and upper prices
- These are not price caps and are not recommended prices.
- Weekday rates only. Services delivered on weekends or public holidays may cost more.
- Blended across metropolitan, rural and regional areas, so prices may differ in your area.
- Prices include the participant's means-tested contribution.
Source: Department of Health, Support at Home, November to December 2025. View the source
Rates above are sourced from publicly available home care price guides as required by My Aged Care. Trilogy Care prices are sourced from the actual price paid by thousands of real clients over the last 12 weeks and represent the most frequently paid price. See the methodology.
Self management means you get to select your own workers, in your local area for a price you negotiate and are happy with.
Rates as at May 2026, refreshed every 12 weeks with the My Aged Care release cycle.
The Commonwealth Government row shows the Department of Health Support at Home median and upper prices (Nov-Dec 2025). These are not price caps.
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Weekday rates only. Saturday, Sunday, and public-holiday rates are typically higher and aren't shown here.
“Typical market rate” is the median of realised personal care prices for postcode 4164. The provider rows above are national rate cards shown for reference.
Real provider pricing
Providers serving Thornlands
18 providers with published Support at Home prices serving Thornlands and nearby areas, sourced directly from MyAgedCare.
Bolton Clarke - Home and Community Support - Brisbane South
Thornlands, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$116/hr
- Gardening$109/hr
- Direct transport$35/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$99/hr
- Allied health assistance$145/hr
- +29 more priced services
Finncare West Moreton
Thornlands, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$110/hr
- Gardening$80/hr
- Direct transport$70/trip
- Indirect transport$1/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$99/hr
- +32 more priced services
Heart 4 care
Thornlands, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$170/hr
- Gardening$99/hr
- Direct transport$99/trip
- Indirect transport$99/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$99/hr
- +29 more priced services
Adventist Retirement Plus -Home Care
Victoria Point, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$111/hr
- Gardening$100/hr
- Direct transport$73/trip
- Indirect transport$50/trip
- Individual social support$111/hr
- Group social support$17/hr
- +24 more priced services
Rural Lifestyle Options Australia - Redland Bay Main Office
Redland Bay, QLD
- Gardening$85/hr
- Direct transport$25/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$35/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$85/hr
- Assistance with self-care and activities of daily living$99/hr
- +7 more priced services
Dovida Brisbane South and Redlands
Birkdale, QLD
- Gardening$95/hr
- Direct transport$98/trip
- Individual social support$122/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$250/hr
- Expenses for home maintenance and repairs$250/hr
- Assistive technology prescription and clinical support$220/hr
- +24 more priced services
RAM CARE PTY LTD
Springwood, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$138/hr
- Gardening$91/hr
- Direct transport$50/trip
- Indirect transport$48/trip
- Individual social support$93/hr
- Group social support$50/hr
- +37 more priced services
Carers Link
Wynnum, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$98/hr
- Direct transport$98/trip
- Individual social support$98/hr
- Group social support$98/hr
- Community and centre-based respite$98/hr
- Flexible respite$98/hr
- +11 more priced services
H V Care (Wide Bay - Home Maintenance - Community & Home Support))
Underwood, QLD
- Gardening$120/hr
- Allied health assistance$160/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$120/hr
- Expenses for home maintenance and repairs$120/hr
- Home support care management$120/hr
- Art therapy$130/hr
- +23 more priced services
Reliable Hands Community Care Services Pty Ltd Woodridge
Woodridge, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$90/hr
- Gardening$150/hr
- Direct transport$90/trip
- Indirect transport$90/trip
- Individual social support$90/hr
- Registered nurse clinical care$200/hr
- +9 more priced services
BlueCare Brisbane Southside Community Care
Eight Mile Plains, QLD
- Gardening$145/hr
- Direct transport$85/trip
- Individual social support$135/hr
- Group social support$46/hr
- Allied health assistance$195/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$145/hr
- +31 more priced services
Southern Cross Care QLD Direct
Upper Mount Gravatt, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$175/hr
- Gardening$136/hr
- Direct transport$130/trip
- Individual social support$113/hr
- Group social support$57/hr
- Allied health assistance$280/hr
- +24 more priced services
Queensland Ageing & Disability Support Services (QAADS)
Upper Mount Gravatt, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$100/hr
- Direct transport$23/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$99/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$108/hr
- General house cleaning$95/hr
- +9 more priced services
Bolton Clarke - Home and Community Support - Logan
Waterford, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$116/hr
- Gardening$109/hr
- Direct transport$35/trip
- Indirect transport$40/trip
- Individual social support$99/hr
- Group social support$99/hr
- +32 more priced services
Care to Care
Cannon Hill, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$135/hr
- Gardening$120/hr
- Direct transport$88/trip
- Indirect transport$88/trip
- Individual social support$120/hr
- Group social support$120/hr
- +37 more priced services
BallyCara Logan
Waterford West, QLD
- Gardening$120/hr
- Direct transport$75/trip
- Individual social support$120/hr
- Group social support$120/hr
- Allied health assistance$190/hr
- Assistance with home maintenance and repairs$120/hr
- +28 more priced services
ARMIA House
Sunnybank, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$100/hr
- Gardening$72/hr
- Direct transport$70/trip
- Individual social support$74/hr
- Physiotherapy$178/hr
- Podiatry$180/hr
- +8 more priced services
River HealthCare
Murarrie, QLD
- Nursing assistant clinical care$151/hr
- Gardening$129/hr
- Direct transport$106/trip
- Individual social support$106/hr
- Group social support$106/hr
- Allied health assistance$236/hr
- +35 more priced services
Prices shown are standard weekday rates each provider publishes on MyAgedCare. Weekend, after-hours and public-holiday rates may differ. Figures are refreshed periodically and may not reflect the latest changes.
Prices last refreshed May 2026 · updated every 12 weeks with the My Aged Care release cycle
Pricing for Thornlands is drawn from postcode-level market data, the closest reliable read for this area. Personal care sits around $66 an hour (typically $52 to $66), and every figure on this page is flagged with its data tier so you can tell a postcode-specific rate from a wider regional one. Trilogy Care's self-managed rate is the same here as everywhere in Australia.
Looking for personal care in Thornlands, QLD? The table above sets Trilogy Care's self-managed Support at Home personal care rate against the ten largest full-service providers serving Thornlands, so you can see what the gap is for your suburb at a glance.
Thornlands has 4 aged-care services offering home care and residential options. As part of Brisbane South's network of 157 services across 65 suburbs, you'll find a range of choices in the comparison below.
Aged Care in Thornlands, QLD (4164)
Brisbane South planning region
Thornlands has 4 aged care services available, including 3 residential care facilities and 1 home care services.
The suburb is part of the Brisbane South aged care planning region, which has 157 services across 65 suburbs.
Providers in Thornlands include charitable, community based, private incorporated body organisations.
- Total Services
- 4
- Residential
- 3
- Home Care
- 1
- Residential Places
- 273
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What full-service personal care is costing a Classification 2 package
A full-service package costs about $13,104 a year more on personal care in Thornlands, for the same care.
That's about 199 fewer hours of personal care a year out of the same Support at Home funding.
On a typical Classification 2 plan (3 hr/wk for personal care), self-managed care saves about $13,104 a year. At full pension rates, roughly $1,966 of that comes straight off your Services Australia co-contributions.
Based on personal care at $66/hr (self-managed) versus $150/hr (full-service panel average). Standard contribution rates shown, yours may differ once assessed by Services Australia.
On a typical Classification 3 plan, full-service personal care in Thornlands costs about $13,104 a year more, roughly 199 fewer hours of care out of the same Support at Home funding. Based on personal care at $66/hr (self-managed) versus $150/hr (national full-service rate-card average), 3 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. Real figures vary by postcode and service, see the methodology.
Pricing data is sourced from government records and provider submissions. Actual costs may vary. Always confirm pricing directly with your chosen provider.
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Frequently asked questions about personal care in Thornlands
Thornlands, QLD · Brisbane South planning region · regional template
Understanding your costs
Make sense of home care pricing in Thornlands
Short, plain-English guides to the funding, caps, and fees behind the numbers above.
How to read a home care invoice
Spot coordination fees, admin loadings, and what you are actually paying for.
Support at Home price caps explained
The caps that limit what providers can charge per service from 1 November 2025.
Why the same worker costs more under full service
Where the gap between self-managed and full-service pricing actually comes from.
Navigating the Support at Home classifications
How classifications 1-8 set your funding and what that means for your budget.
What self-managed actually means
What you manage, what your provider manages, and how the funding stays yours.
How our pricing is calculated
The open methodology behind every figure on this page.
Sources
- Local market rates
- Median of realised service prices from 71,547 service records across 2,640 postcodes (My Aged Care sector data).
- Period covered
- 1 January 2026 to 28 February 2026
- Trilogy Care rate
- Trilogy Care's self-managed Support at Home rate. For everyday services this reflects the local market rate in your area; clinical services show the national rate.
- Full-service providers
- National rate-card averages for the ten largest full-service providers, shown as a reference for the coordinated-package premium.
- Last refreshed
- 8 May 2026 · updated every 12 weeks with the My Aged Care release cycle.
- Coverage flags
- Where a postcode has thin data, the figure cascades to the nearest reliable tier (SA3 region, then state). Each rate shows its resolution tier.
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