Insights
Staying Engaged: How Retirement Living Helps Seniors Avoid Boredom
The idea of retirement sits on the horizon like a well-earned reward. We look forward to the day the alarm clock stops ringing, the daily
July 23, 2026
Our Villages
The Village Retirement Group offers independent living retirement communities across Brisbane & Toowoomba. Multi-award winning and family owned, we invite you to experience great retirement without leaving the area that you love living in.
Retire in Style in the Area You Love
Whether you love apartments in the heart of the city or villas in the suburbs, you’ll find what you’re looking for with The Village. We make it easy for you to retire in the area you love giving you everything you need for the perfect retirement right on your doorstep.
Benefits of Community Living
Our village communities are built and operated with a human touch and care. The people that you’ll find living in our communities are making the most of their retirement and making the most of the time that they are spending together, whilst still retaining their independence.
Opening the door to new friendships
Today’s retirees are reinventing retirement and reinventing themselves, and the opportunity to make new friends is one of the driving factors behind their desire to make the move into modern, thriving communities like those created by The Village Retirement Group. Quite simply, being surrounded by friends can make the difference between having a good retirement and enjoying a great one.
6 reasons to call The Village home
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Lifestyle Tips
Insights
Practical Strategies to Maintain Independence and Delay the Need for Aged Care
As we transition into our retirement years, our priorities naturally shift. We trade the daily grind of the workplace for the freedom to choose how
July 23, 2026
Insights
Moving Forward with Grace: Coping with the Grief of Leaving Your Home in Retirement
For many people, the family home is much more than a structure of bricks, mortar, and timber. It is a living archive of a life
July 14, 2026
Resident Stories
Resident Stories
Good Friends
Graham and Suzette Harrison and Pam and Ross Lyons have been friends for 40 years, having met through the Amway business back in the ’80s.
July 21, 2026
Resident Stories
The X(YZ) Factor
From his involvement as president of the Resident’s Committee to props man for the XYZ “eXtra Years of Zest” group, Les Mersiadies is no stranger
December 8, 2025
Resident Stories
Paradise on the Downs
For South African expat Erika Dedekind, The Village on the Downs is the perfect home away from her homeland. Erika Dedekind moved to The Village
December 8, 2025