House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Retirement Villages Register Retirement Villages Register In reply to Ms REDMOND House of Assembly Heysen Retirement Villages Register In reply to Ms REDMOND (Heysen) (23 July 2014). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON House of Assembly Ramsay Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Ageing Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers Retirement Villages Register The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised: There are currently 523 active retirement villages in South Australia with four new villages registering in the 2013-2014 year. This information will be provided in this year's annual report. At the end of the 2012-13 financial year there were 519 active villages, with nine village schemes being voluntarily terminated in the previous two years. Voluntary termination of a retirement village scheme can only occur with ministerial approval if all residents within the village wish to terminate the scheme. Of the nine villages which were voluntarily terminated in 2011-12 and 2012-13: All villages were empty, and run by not for profit or church organisations Two villages were sold to other entities, as they were no longer appealing to the retirement market. One is being used as student accommodation and the other is supplying National Rental Affordability Scheme accommodation. Two villages were empty and with the termination of the retirement village scheme have been converted to community title allotments. One site was demolished and the land sold. Two sites are no longer being used as retirement villages and have been incorporated into aged care. A review of the Retirement Villages Register identified that two villages had been duplicated.