SIL Vacancy Cost Calculator

Name: Build n Bloom
Address: AU
Price range: $$

Enter your SIL bed count and current vacancy rate. This calculator converts empty beds into annual revenue gap using NDIS funding data.

The NDIA does not fund beds without an active participant in residence. Every vacant bed is a direct, unrecoverable revenue loss.

VACANCY GAP CALCULATOR

Total SIL beds or packages in your operation

Current vacancy rate(sector average: ~8%)

Unfilled beds

2.0

10 beds × 20%

Annual gap

$300k

Monthly

$25k

$822/day

Calculation basis: $150,000 median annual SIL funding per participant (intensive support). Derived from NDIS Price Guide and NDIA Quarterly Report data. These figures represent lost NDIS revenue only — ongoing fixed costs are not included.

WHAT CLOSES THE GAP

Vacancies exist because referrals are not flowing fast enough. The pipeline problem and the vacancy problem are the same problem.

Facebook group monitoring

Support coordinators post about participant placement needs in sector Facebook groups. The Referral Agent monitors these continuously — flagging matches and initiating outreach within minutes, not hours.

Structured coordinator outreach

A 5-touch sequence runs to each new relevant coordinator. Responses tracked, contact history logged, warm leads escalated to your team.

Relationship maintenance

Existing SC relationships decay when outreach becomes irregular. The agent maintains 4+ consistent touchpoints per coordinator per month — without adding to staff workload.

VACANCY COST REFERENCE

BEDSANNUALDAILY

1$150k$411

2$300k$822

3$450k$1233

5$750k$2055

10$1.5M$4110

A vacancy persisting 90 days at the single-bed rate = $36,986 in unrecoverable revenue.

SC NETWORK BENCHMARKS

Active SC relationships

median provider

4–6