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Cowra Retirement Village Limited

Unit 1/1 Holman Pl, Cowra NSW 2794, Australia

★★★★☆ 4/5 My Aged Care Star Rating The Star Rating is the Australian Government's overall quality rating for residential aged care, from 1 star (significant improvement needed) to 5 stars (excellent). It is calculated from the four areas shown under Quality & compliance below: residents' experience, compliance, staffing and quality measures.
Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1988
  • respite
  • dementia

Cowra Retirement Village, known locally as "Bilyara" (a Wiradjuri Aboriginal word meaning Eaglehawk), is a community-owned not-for-profit aged care provider at 1 Holman Place, Cowra NSW, situated 2.5km from the CBD with views over the Lachlan River Valley and adjacent to the Cowra Japanese Gardens. Operating since 1988, it is the largest residential aged care provider in its catchment area, with an 84-bed facility that includes a 14-bed dementia-specific wing called Ganya Cottage — all rooms are single occupancy with ensuite bathrooms. The village also offers independent living units for over-55s across two precincts (Kalyan Court with 25 units and Kiah Place with 9 units), as well as a Support at Home programme and Commonwealth Home Support Program for those wishing to remain in their own homes.

Amenities

  • ✓ hairdresser
  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ communal lounge
  • ✓ outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ reminiscence therapy
  • ✓ exercise classes
  • ✓ social events
  • ✓ art
  • ✓ bus outings
  • ✓ bingo
  • ✓ dance

Allied health services

physio podiatry

Quality & compliance

My Aged Care sub-ratings

The star rating, broken down (May 2026 extract): The four areas the Australian Government scores every home on each quarter — the overall Star Rating is calculated from them. Source: the Department of Health and Aged Care's Star Ratings quarterly data extract (May 2026).

4/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

4/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 209 minutes per resident per day (target 201), of which 49 from a registered nurse.

Compliance action The regulator (the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission) can take formal action when a home falls short of the standards — from a direction to improve, up to a Notice of Non-Compliance or sanctions. "None current" means no action was recorded against this home in the Government's latest quarterly extract (May 2026).
Notice of Non-Compliance (NCN)

Fees

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.

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