Disability support services in Adelaide, South Australia

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$73.58/hr standard weekday Assistance with Self-Care; $79.60/hr high-intensity (NDIS price caps up about 4.8% for 2026-27). 272 care requests from participants, families and coordinators in Adelaide have been submitted through Carevo.

463 providers cover Adelaide · 8 minutes to first enquiry acceptance in Adelaide

For disability support

463 providers in Adelaide
Funded via NDIS, DVA or private fees
Free, no obligation
One request, providers respond

It only takes one minute and it's free.

For disability support

463 providers in Adelaide
Funded via NDIS, DVA or private fees
Free, no obligation
One request, providers respond

Recent activity in Adelaide

Measured to 23 October 2026

49
care requests from Adelaide: 2,201
providers reached: 654
opened the contact details

Carevo platform activity, not a measure of care quality or availability. A provider opening enquiry details records an intention to make contact, not an appointment or care delivered. How we measure this.

Activity figures describe Carevo enquiries, not appointments or care quality. Acceptance timing excludes unclaimed enquiries. Confirm current capacity directly. Measurement period and method.

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About Disability Support in Adelaide

This guide compares disability service providers in Adelaide, ordered by service match, distance, register status and activity on Carevo. Whether you need personal care, community access, daily living support, or more specialist disability assistance, the 10 providers listed here all service Adelaide and surrounding areas.

Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly do providers respond to enquiries in Adelaide?

Based on 637 accepted enquiries on Carevo in Adelaide, providers accept enquiry details with a median of 8 minutes. 64% of enquiries in Adelaide have enquiry details accepted within 1 hour, and 87% within 24 hours. This covers every service in Adelaide, so it differs from the disability support figure below.

How many disability service providers are there in Adelaide?

There are currently 463 disability service providers serving Adelaide listed on Carevo. These include NDIS registered providers, specialist disability organisations, and support worker services with verified credentials.

How much do disability services cost in Adelaide?

Disability service rates in Adelaide typically range from $73.58/hr standard weekday Assistance with Self-Care; $79.60/hr high-intensity (NDIS price caps up about 4.8% for 2026-27). Specialist supports cost more than standard personal care or community access. Evening, weekend, and public holiday rates are higher. NDIS participants should check the current NDIS Pricing Schedule for each support type.

Do I need an NDIS plan to access disability services?

No. While the NDIS is the most common way to fund disability services, you can also access services through Home Care Packages (for older Australians), DVA programs (for eligible veterans), CHSP, or private payment. Some state and territory governments also fund disability supports outside the NDIS for people who are not eligible or who are waiting on access decisions.

What are my rights as an NDIS participant when choosing a disability service provider?

You have the right to choose any registered NDIS provider (or unregistered provider if you are self-managed). You can change providers at any time without penalty. Providers must give you a written service agreement outlining what will be delivered and at what cost. You can make complaints to the provider, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, or the NDIS Commission if a provider is not meeting their obligations.

How do I know if a disability service provider is reputable?

Check that the provider is registered with the NDIS Commission for registered supports. Verify that workers hold current NDIS Worker Screening Checks. Ask about complaint and feedback processes. Look for evidence of experience with your specific disability type. On Carevo, providers are listed with their verification status, registration details, and service coverage.

What is the difference between NDIS Core Supports and Capacity Building Supports?

Core Supports fund day-to-day assistance including personal care, household tasks, community access, and transport. These are generally flexible across sub-categories. Capacity Building Supports fund activities aimed at increasing your independence over time, including therapy, skill development, support coordination, and employment support. These are funded in separate line items and cannot usually be swapped across categories.

Can I use disability services for children with a disability?

Yes. NDIS plans are available for children from birth. Early intervention supports for children under 7 are a specific category within the NDIS. Disability service providers working with children must meet additional safeguarding requirements, including Working With Children Checks and child-safe standards. Carevo shows the age groups a provider says it supports; ask any provider working with children for their Working With Children Check and child-safe policies.

How quickly can disability services begin in Adelaide?

Start times vary by provider and area, so ask each provider for its current wait time. Some providers have waiting lists for specific support types, particularly in areas with high demand or specialist services. Contact providers directly through Carevo to ask about current availability in Adelaide.

Care services available in Adelaide

How many providers cover each type of support in Adelaide.

Support Workers441 providers

Social Support438 providers

Personal Care409 providers

Cleaning401 providers

Life Skills397 providers

Transport390 providers

Supported Independent Living356 providers

Support Coordination353 providers

Respite Care326 providers

Nursing285 providers

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How Much Do Disability Services Cost in Adelaide?

Disability service rates in Adelaide typically range from $73.58/hr standard weekday Assistance with Self-Care; $79.60/hr high-intensity (NDIS price caps up about 4.8% for 2026-27). The exact rate depends on the type of support, whether the worker has generalist or specialist skills, the time of day, and the day of the week. Most providers charge higher rates for evenings, weekends, and public holidays in line with SCHADS Award conditions.

For NDIS participants, the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits set maximum hourly rates for registered providers across different support categories. Core Supports cover most daily living and personal care services. Support for capacity building activities such as life skills development or allied health sits under separate funding categories. Self-managed participants can negotiate rates directly, including with unregistered providers. Plan-managed and NDIA-managed participants must use registered providers within the price limits.

Home Care Package holders can use their package budget for disability-related support where they are also eligible for aged care. Your case manager will help structure your package to cover the services you need most frequently. Higher-level packages give more flexibility for regular or complex support requirements.

Private clients pay market rates. This option offers the most flexibility in provider choice and scheduling, and requires no funding approval before starting services.

Time	Indicative rate
Standard weekday support	$50 - $65/hr
Specialist support (weekday)	$60 - $90/hr
Evening (after 8pm)	$60 - $80/hr
Saturday	$70 - $90/hr
Sunday	$80 - $100/hr
Public holiday	$90 - $120/hr
Overnight active support	$60 - $80/hr

Rates are indicative and vary by provider and support type. NDIS participants should refer to the current NDIS Pricing Schedule. Travel costs may be charged separately.

Source: NDIS pricing schedule 2026-27

What does disability support cost? Full pricing and funding guide

How to Pay for Disability Services in Adelaide

Disability services in Adelaide are primarily funded through the NDIS, though other government programs and private payment are available depending on your circumstances.

NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme): The NDIS is the primary funding source for Australians under 65 with a permanent disability that substantially affects their ability to participate in everyday life. Core Supports cover assistance with daily life, personal care, community access, and transport. Capacity Building Supports fund therapy, skill development, and support coordination. To access services, you need an approved NDIS plan. If you do not yet have a plan, contact the NDIA or a local area coordinator to begin an access request.

Home Care Packages (HCP): Older Australians (generally 65 and over, or 50 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) who also have disability support needs can access services through the aged care system. Home Care Packages Level 1 to 4 fund a range of in-home supports. Apply through My Aged Care.

Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA): Veterans with a DVA Gold or White Card may be eligible for disability-related support at home through DVA programs, including community nursing, attendant care, and aids and equipment.

Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP): CHSP provides entry-level support for older Australians, including some disability-related assistance with daily living. It is accessed through My Aged Care and is typically for people who need occasional help rather than high-frequency support.

Private payment: All providers accept private payment. This is the fastest route to accessing services and is suitable for people waiting on an NDIS plan, waiting for an aged care package, or those who prefer to fund some services outside their plan.

What to Expect from Disability Services in Adelaide

Disability services cover a broad range of supports designed to help people with disability live as independently and fully as possible. The specific services you receive will depend on your NDIS plan goals, assessed needs, and personal preferences.

Common disability services include assistance with personal care (showering, grooming, dressing), help with household tasks (cleaning, cooking, laundry), transport to appointments and activities, community access and social participation, skill development and life skills training, support during work or study, and assistance managing medication and health appointments. Specialist services such as behaviour support, high-intensity daily activities, and supported independent living are available for participants with more complex needs.

The process typically starts with an intake conversation. The provider will review your NDIS plan (or other funding arrangements), understand your goals and daily routine, and discuss any preferences you have around the support worker assigned to you. These preferences may include gender, language, cultural background, or specific experience. After matching, most providers arrange an introduction visit before regular services begin.

You have the right to change providers if a service is not working for you. The NDIS supports participant choice and control. A provider cannot lock you into an agreement that prevents you from moving to a different service. If you have concerns about the service you are receiving, you can raise them directly with the provider or contact the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Good providers communicate proactively, deliver services consistently, and involve you in decisions about your own support. Regular check-ins and care plan reviews should be part of the service, not something you have to chase.

How to check a provider's credentials

Carevo shows register-sourced status fields and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm the current entry yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.

NDIS registration

Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.

Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Aged care approval

The aged care approval label is sourced from the Australian Government's My Aged Care provider register. Confirm the current entry and the services listed there before choosing a provider.

Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)

ABN you can check

Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.

Source: Australian Business Register

Complaints process

If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.

Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care Commission

Disability Support at a glance

Funding: NDIS Core Supports, DVA, Private
Availability: 7 days a week
Wait time: Confirm current availability and a start date directly with the provider
Cost: $73.58/hr standard weekday Assistance with Self-Care; $79.60/hr high-intensity (NDIS price caps up about 4.8% for 2026-27)
Hours: Flexible scheduling, including weekends
Median enquiry acceptance: 8 minutes

Most requested support in Adelaide

Based on 215 actual requests from participants and families in Adelaide on Carevo.

Cleaning 76 requests · 401 providers

Personal care 50 requests · 409 providers

Therapy 27 requests · 271 providers

Gardening 24 requests · 148 providers

Transport 22 requests · 390 providers

Equipment hire 16 requests · 104 providers

Real care requests submitted by people in Adelaide through Carevo. Updated each build from inquiry records.

Care demand in Adelaide

In the last 90 days, participants, families and coordinators in Adelaide made 143 care requests through Carevo, and 31% were marked urgent. The funding mix was 42% NDIS, 46% Home Care Package or aged care, and 12% privately funded.

Based on real requests submitted to Carevo. Updated each build.

South Australia Regulations & Compliance

In South Australia, NDIS providers may be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and registered providers comply with the NDIS Practice Standards. Registration is mandatory only for specified supports and circumstances, such as specialist disability accommodation, plan management, and supports involving regulated restrictive practices. Self-managed and plan-managed participants may generally choose registered or unregistered providers; NDIA-managed participants must use registered providers. Aged care services are regulated under the Aged Care Quality Standards. South Australia requires NDIS worker screening through the DHS NDIS Worker Check, and registered providers are audited against the NDIS Practice Standards.

NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission

Phone: 1800 035 544

Website: ndiscommission.gov.au

Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission

Phone: 1800 951 822

Website: agedcarequality.gov.au

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About Adelaide

Adelaide sits within the Adelaide (City) council area, home to around 15,115 residents. Connecting with a disability support provider who already works locally means shorter travel and familiarity with nearby services.

Population 65+, Greater Adelaide

259,560 (18.6%)

State avg 20.5%

Need help with daily activities

91,153 (6.5%)

State avg 6.9%

Nearest hospital

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Public transport

Adelaide Metro trains

Pharmacies

Chemist Warehouse Rundle Mall • Priceline Pharmacy Adelaide

Community support

City of Adelaide seniors programs • COTA SA

Village-like atmosphere with strong community bonds. High proportion of elderly population. Significant Greek and Italian communities.

Flat grid layout ideal for accessibility. Free tram service is accessible. New RAH is fully accessible.

Postcode: 5000

Data: ABS Census 2021 (Greater Adelaide)

Language support in Adelaide

Adelaide has a large Mandarin-speaking community (17.8% of residents), so finding disability support services in a shared language matters here. These are the main languages spoken at home locally (ABS Census 2021). When you get matched, ask providers which of their staff speak your language and whether they can keep that worker as your regular. Interpreters are free through TIS National for NDIS appointments, and My Aged Care can arrange them for aged care assessments.

Mandarin care in Adelaide普通话3,24617.8%Cantonese care in Adelaide廣東話7704.2%

Speaker counts are persons using the language at home in this postcode. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (table G13). Carevo connects families with providers and does not deliver care itself.

The response time above is based on 637 requests of all types in Adelaide. We do not yet have enough disability support services requests in Adelaide to report how many providers respond to a typical request here. How we calculate our numbers

How we rank providers

Rankings in Adelaide use directory relevance and observable activity on Carevo: service match, distance, register-sourced status fields, whether an enquiry can reach the provider, and recent response and connection activity. Rankings are recalculated daily. They do not assess care quality or recommend a provider.

How this list is built. Providers shown here offer support work and personal care.
Activity on Carevo. We measure recent actions such as connecting on an enquiry, opening its contact details, responding, and an inquirer reporting whether a connection helped. These are platform activity signals, not an assessment of the support delivered.
Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
Register-sourced status. NDIS registration fields come from the NDIS Commission provider register. Aged care approval fields come from the My Aged Care register. These statuses are ranking inputs, not Carevo endorsements, and you should confirm the current register entry before choosing a provider.
Carevo enquiries. Providers who have paused requests from us are moved down among providers with the same relevance. They stay visible and are marked as not receiving Carevo enquiries.
Recent activity. Providers active on Carevo recently (a connection, a login, or a profile update) get a small boost, the same signal shown as "Active this week" on their card. It is deliberately small: stronger relevance and condition evidence outweigh a recent login.
Local presence. Providers confirmed in Adelaide rank above those covering only the broader region.

What the enquiries status means

It answers one question: would a request sent through Carevo today actually reach them? It is not a rating, it is not about the provider's books, and it is not a statement about their capacity, their waiting list, or the quality of their care.

Receiving: At least one contact on their account is set up to receive new requests from us, and someone has signed in recently enough for us to say a person is there.
Not receiving: Every contact on the account has unsubscribed or paused, so we have no way to pass an enquiry on.
No status shown: We cannot tell either way, so we say nothing rather than label the provider. The account is set to receive enquiries, but nobody has signed in recently, or there are no contact details on file. It is not a negative mark, and most listings sit here.

A provider who is not receiving our enquiries may well be taking new clients directly. Providers set this themselves and can turn it back on at any time from their Carevo account or from any email we send them. Providers not receiving our enquiries are moved down the list and never hidden. It is refreshed daily, so a provider who resumes, or signs in, reappears within a day.

What the Carevo activity rating means

The Strong activity rating describes how a provider behaves on Carevo, not the care they deliver.

Where it starts: Every provider starts at a baseline of 50.
What moves it: Enquiries from the last 90 days. The strongest positive is a care seeker naming that provider as the one who helped them. The clearest negative is connecting on an enquiry and never opening the contact details.
How it is kept honest: Recalculated daily from scratch, shown only above the baseline and only with at least two scored signals, and removed automatically when either stops being true. It cannot be purchased.

It is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or an assessment of care quality, and we do not screen providers for complaints. Complaints are handled by the NDIS Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. See the full activity rating methodology.

463

providers in Adelaide

35,248

providers nationally

How we calculate provider numbers

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Sources and content responsibility

Carevo maintains this service guide. The funding and directory wording was checked on 15 September 2026. This is not a clinical review. Confirm a practitioner's qualifications, suitability, fees and current availability before booking.

Travel must be agreed before booking under the applicable funding rules. Carevo does not publish a verified 2026-27 per-kilometre cap. Ask for an itemised quote. Send a correction.

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Immediate Care

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Not finding the right match?

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Quality in Home Health (QHH)

Easy Care Support Services

Direct Care Australia - South-East Queen

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Frequently Asked Questions

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How Much Do Disability Services Cost in Adelaide?

How to Pay for Disability Services in Adelaide

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