NDIS SIL and SDA statistics 2026: Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast and Redlands

Key figures at a glance

The NDIA publishes counts of NDIS participants, SIL users and SDA residents by service district. These are the figures for the four districts that cover Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, the Redlands and the Gold Coast, at 30 June 2026, the newest quarter published when we checked on 10 November 2026.

• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 3,499 people use SIL across the Brisbane, Ipswich, Beenleigh (Logan and Redlands) and Robina (Gold Coast) districts.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows those four districts hold 47.1% of Queensland's 7,428 SIL users.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 1,425 people live in SDA homes in the four districts, up 14.0% from 1,250 a year earlier.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 882 people in the four districts are eligible for SDA but not yet using it, down from 960 a year earlier.
• NDIA SDA data (30 June 2026) shows about 5.8 participants with Fully Accessible SDA for every new-build Fully Accessible place in the ABS areas covering these districts.
• The Psych Connect SIL Cost Index 2026-27 estimates that shared SIL at 1:3 with a sleepover each night costs up to about $216,600 a year per person at the NDIS price limits.
• The Psych Connect SEQ SDA Waiting Pressure Ratio (30 June 2026) is 0.62 across the four districts, highest in Ipswich (0.71) (NDIA data, our calculation).
• The Psych Connect NDIS Respite (STA) 2026-27 Stay Benchmark puts a 48-hour weekend stay at up to $4,532.20 at 1:1 and $1,727.87 at 1:3 per participant.

How many people use SIL and SDA in Ipswich?

• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 14,026 active NDIS participants in the Ipswich service district, which covers Ipswich City and the Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset council areas.
• NDIA participant data (30 June 2026) shows 10,236 NDIS participants live in Ipswich City itself.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 603 people in the Ipswich district use SIL, about 4.3% of participants there.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 224 people in the Ipswich district live in SDA homes, up from 205 a year earlier (+9.3%).
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 159 more people in the Ipswich district are eligible for SDA but not yet using it, against 169 a year earlier.
• NDIA plan budget data (30 June 2026) puts the average annualised committed support budget in the Ipswich district at $84,000 per participant (the NDIA rounds it to the nearest $1,000).
• NDIA SDA data (30 June 2026) counts 322 enrolled SDA dwellings in the ABS Ipswich area (SA4), the closest match to this district.

Read more: SIL in Ipswich and Springfield and NDIS support in Ipswich and Springfield.

How many people use SIL and SDA on the Gold Coast?

• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 17,168 active NDIS participants in the Robina service district, which covers the City of Gold Coast.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 781 people in the Robina district use SIL, about 4.5% of participants there.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 317 people in the Robina district live in SDA homes, up from 265 a year earlier (+19.6%).
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 188 more people in the Robina district are eligible for SDA but not yet using it, against 198 a year earlier.
• NDIA plan budget data (30 June 2026) puts the average annualised committed support budget in the Robina district at $91,000 per participant (the NDIA rounds it to the nearest $1,000).
• NDIA SDA data (30 June 2026) counts 297 enrolled SDA dwellings in the ABS Gold Coast area (SA4), the closest match to this district.

The NDIA counts the Gold Coast in its Robina district. Read more: SIL on the Gold Coast and NDIS support on the Gold Coast.

How many people are waiting for an SDA home?

The NDIA counts people who have SDA in their plan but aren't yet living in an SDA home as "SDA eligible, not yet using SDA". It doesn't publish how long they have waited.

• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 367 people in the Brisbane district (Brisbane City) are eligible for SDA but not yet using it.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 159 people in the Ipswich district (Ipswich and nearby councils) are eligible for SDA but not yet using it.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 168 people in the Beenleigh district (Logan and Redlands) are eligible for SDA but not yet using it.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 188 people in the Robina district (Gold Coast) are eligible for SDA but not yet using it.
• NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows the total across the four districts fell 8.1%, from 960 to 882, over the year, while SDA residents rose from 1,250 to 1,425.

Being eligible doesn't put you in a home: it has to match the design category and building type in your plan. Our guides explain SDA design categories and how SDA funding shows in your plan.

Two Psych Connect SDA indices

Two simple ratios, worked out from the NDIA figures on this page, to make the SDA picture easier to compare. Both are our own calculations, rounded to 2 decimal places.

The Psych Connect SEQ SDA Waiting Pressure Ratio (30 June 2026)

• The Psych Connect SEQ SDA Waiting Pressure Ratio (30 June 2026) is 0.62: for every 100 people living in SDA in the Brisbane, Ipswich, Beenleigh and Robina districts, 62 more are eligible but not yet using it (NDIA data).
• By district, the ratio is highest in Ipswich (0.71) and Brisbane (0.69), then Robina (0.59) and Beenleigh (0.48).
• The ratio fell in every district over the year: across the four districts it went from 0.77 at 30 June 2025 to 0.62 at 30 June 2026, as more people moved into SDA homes.

Method: we divide the NDIA's count of people who are "SDA eligible, not yet using SDA" by the count of people with SDA in use, for each NDIA service district, at the same date (NDIA Table P.1; the 30 June 2025 figures come from the NDIA SDA participants file).

Caveats: it isn't a waiting time or a waiting list, because the NDIA doesn't publish how long people have waited, and someone counted as "not yet using SDA" may not be looking for a home yet. It doesn't take design category or building type into account. The four districts are the NDIA's districts, not the whole of South East Queensland.

The Psych Connect SEQ SDA Category Gap Ratio (30 June 2026)

• The Psych Connect SEQ SDA Category Gap Ratio (30 June 2026) shows 5.82 participants with Fully Accessible SDA for every new-build Fully Accessible place in the areas covering Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and the Gold Coast.
• For Improved Liveability it's 3.06 participants per new-build place; for High Physical Support it's 0.38, so there are more new-build places than participants.

Method: for each design category, we add up the NDIA's participant counts (Table P.10) and new-build places (Table P.7) for the eight ABS SA4 areas above, then divide participants by places.

How the SIL Cost Index is worked out

Anyone can check these numbers. We used these assumptions:

• The year: 365 days from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027, every day at the 2026-27 price limits (they took effect on 24 September 2026).
• Each day: one support worker from 6 am to 2 pm, another from 2 pm to 10 pm, and a sleepover from 10 pm to 6 am. That's 16 hours of awake support while everyone is home; if housemates are out at work or a day program, the hours and the cost are lower.
• The 2 pm to 10 pm shift: it runs past 8 pm, and the schedule says that when one worker's support crosses from one time of day into another, the higher amount applies to the whole support. So we price the whole shift at the weekday evening amount. On Christmas Eve it crosses into the 6 pm public holiday, so the whole shift is at the public holiday amount.
• Shared support: the schedule says the amount a provider may claim from each participant is the maximum amount divided by the number of people in the group. At 1:3 each person pays a third of each hour and of each sleepover.
• The 1:1 hours: 2 hours a day, priced for the day they fall on, paid by one person.
• Public holidays: Queensland's statewide days in the year (King's Birthday, Christmas Eve from 6 pm, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Monday 28 December 2026, New Year's Day, Australia Day, the four Easter days, Anzac Day and its Monday holiday, and Labour Day). Show days apply only in each council area, so they are left out.
• Not included: active overnight support, high intensity support, travel, handovers, rent, board and bills.

The prices, re-read from the NDIS pricing schedule 2026-27 (effective 24 September 2026, national amount, which applies across South East Queensland) on 10 November 2026:

The schedule lines we used (support item number, name, unit and national amount):

• 01_801_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Standard - Weekday Daytime, unit Hour, national amount $73.58 (01_801).
• 01_802_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Standard - Weekday Evening, unit Hour, national amount $81.07 (01_802).
• 01_804_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Standard - Saturday, unit Hour, national amount $103.54 (01_804).
• 01_805_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Standard - Sunday, unit Hour, national amount $133.50 (01_805).
• 01_806_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Standard - Public Holiday, unit Hour, national amount $163.46 (01_806).
• 01_832_0115_1_1, Assistance in Supported Independent Living - Night-Time Sleepover, unit Each, national amount $311.79 (01_832).

Psych Connect NDIS Support delivers standard supports and is not registered for high intensity daily personal activities.

Method and sources

• Data: the NDIA's public SDA and participant data, as at 30 June 2026, downloaded from dataresearch.ndis.gov.au on 10 November 2026. We kept a copy of each file and checked every figure on this page against it.
• Districts: the NDIA's Brisbane district is Brisbane City; Ipswich is Ipswich City with the Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset; Beenleigh is Logan City and Redland City; Robina is the City of Gold Coast (the NDIA's district-to-council list).
• Dwellings and design categories are published for ABS areas (SA4), so we show them separately and never add them to district figures.
• Our own sums and percentages (totals, shares, yearly changes) are worked out from the published numbers.
• Not here: how long people wait, and vacancies. The NDIA doesn't publish either by district.
• Licence: NDIA data © National Disability Insurance Scheme Agency 2013, used under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. The NDIA isn't responsible for our sums or the SIL Cost Index.

Last updated: 10 November 2026. When the NDIA publishes a newer quarter, we'll update the figures and this date.

Download the tables: seq-ndis-sil-sda-statistics.csv (CSV, one row per figure, with its source and how it was worked out). These tables are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).

Please credit "Psych Connect NDIS Support" and link to this page. The underlying NDIA data is © National Disability Insurance Scheme Agency, used under CC BY 4.0. The NDIA isn't responsible for our sums, ratios, the SIL Cost Index or the STA benchmark.

Cite this dataset: Psych Connect NDIS Support (2026). NDIS SIL and SDA statistics for South East Queensland and the Psych Connect SIL Cost Index 2026-27 (Version 2026-27, NDIA data to 30 June 2026) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24158770

Common questions

Is there a shortage of SDA homes in South East Queensland?

It depends on the design category. NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 131 new-build Fully Accessible places against 763 participants with Fully Accessible SDA in the areas covering Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and the Gold Coast, but 1,600 High Physical Support places against 609 participants.

How many people are waiting for SDA in Brisbane?

NDIA data (30 June 2026) shows 367 people in the Brisbane district are eligible for SDA but not yet using it. The NDIA doesn't publish how long they have waited.

How much does SIL cost per year?

The Psych Connect SIL Cost Index 2026-27 estimates up to about $216,600 a year per person for 1:3 shared SIL with a sleepover each night, and about $649,900 for 1:1 SIL with a sleepover. These are price-limit estimates, not quotes.

Does SIL funding pay the rent?

No. SIL pays for support in the home. Rent, board, groceries and bills are paid separately. In an SDA home you also pay a rent contribution to the SDA provider; SDA funding pays for the home itself.

How do I find a SIL or SDA vacancy?

The NDIA's SDA finder lists SDA homes with vacancies by location, and a support coordinator can search across providers. The NDIA doesn't publish SIL vacancy numbers. You can also ask us about SDA homes and SIL vacancies.

Which NDIA district covers Logan and the Redlands?

The Beenleigh district. It covers Logan City and Redland City, with 20,232 participants at 30 June 2026.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the NDIA's public data on dataresearch.ndis.gov.au, as at 30 June 2026. Each source file is listed at the end of this page.