Home music therapy providers in South Australia
Compare home music therapy providers across South Australia (SA). 342 families in South Australia have used Carevo to find a provider.
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Best Home Music Therapy providers in South Australia
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- Specialises in Audiology, Speech Pathology, Psychology
Hear More Audiology - Walkerville is an NDIS registered provider serving Walkerville, South Australia, with a team that includes audiologist and physiotherapist.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Audiologist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Occupational therapy, Speech pathology
Creative Therapy Adelaide is an NDIS registered provider in Torrensville, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for occupational therapy and speech pathology. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. They focus closely on their local area.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Music Therapist
- Specialises in Allied Health, Behaviour Support, Early Childhood Intervention
Ability 2 Bloom works across 5 NDIS support categories in Evanston Park, South Australia. Active on Carevo in the past week.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Music Therapist, Social Worker
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Hindmarsh, SA and 9 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Angle Park, SA · Klemzig, SA · Mitchell Park, SA · Morphettville, SA · New Port, SA · North Brighton, SA · Oakden, SA · Walkley Heights, SA · Regional provider
- Specialises in Allied health
Vivelo - Adelaide Movement & Manual Therapy is an NDIS registered provider in Hindmarsh, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for allied health. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Pathologist
- Specialises in Allied Health, Communication Equipment, Dietetics
Tilegne Therapy works across 6 NDIS support categories in Adelaide, South Australia.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Approved Aged Care provider (Department of Health)
- Business address on file
- Team includes Music Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Allied health
Adelaide Hearing is an NDIS registered provider in Torrens Park, South Australia. Families most often connect with them for allied health. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. They focus closely on their local area.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Audiologist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist
- Specialises in Therapy, Allied Health, Equipment
Country Kids OT is an NDIS registered provider serving Woodside, South Australia, with a team that includes occupational therapist and physiotherapist.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech Pathologist
- Specialises in Therapy, Allied Health, Equipment
Physiointegrated Salisbury is an NDIS registered and aged care approved provider serving Salisbury, South Australia. Active on Carevo in the past week.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Approved Aged Care provider (Department of Health)
- Business address on file
- Team includes Physiotherapist, Exercise Physiologist, Occupational Therapist
- Specialises in Therapy, Allied Health, Speech Pathology
Based in O'Halloran Hill, South Australia, SA Wellness Centre is an NDIS registered provider, with a team that includes physiotherapist and occupational therapist.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Pathologist
- Specialises in Equipment, Allied Health, Occupational Therapy
Based in Gawler, South Australia, Natalie Hooper Occupational Therapy is an NDIS registered and aged care approved provider. Active on Carevo in the past week.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Approved Aged Care provider (Department of Health)
- Business address on file
- Team includes Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Pathologist
How we rank providers
Rankings in South Australia are based on real outcomes between providers and families on our platform. They are recalculated daily and cannot be purchased or influenced by advertising.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here list Music Therapist among their professions, or offer music therapy and allied health. Generalist providers who only mention this service in passing are excluded, so the list reflects genuine, demonstrated capability.
- Outcomes with families. We measure what happens after a family contacts a provider. Providers where families report positive outcomes rank higher. Multiple signals are weighted across a rolling window.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Registration and compliance. NDIS registered and government-approved aged care providers are weighted for meeting quality and safeguards standards.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in South Australia rank above those covering only the broader region.
What "Trusted" means. The Trusted badge is awarded to providers with a consistent record of positive outcomes with families on our platform. It is based on multiple behavioural signals and family feedback, and it cannot be purchased.
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providers in South Australia
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How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo lists the registration details a provider reports and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm them 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 CommissionAged care approval
Listings show aged care approval where it is recorded. You can check a provider's current approval and the services they deliver on the Australian Government's My Aged Care find a provider service.
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 RegisterComplaints 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 CommissionHome Music Therapy at a glance
- Funding
- Support at Home, NDIS Capacity Building, Private
- Availability
- Weekdays, some weekend availability
- Wait Time
- 1-3 weeks depending on therapist availability
- Cost
- Up to $156.16/hour under NDIS
- Hours
- By appointment
- Median Response
- 6 minutes
Home Music Therapy in South Australia (SA): what to know
Carevo lists 1 home music therapy providers with active coverage in South Australia, concentrated around Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Whyalla but reaching regional SA as well. Families in SA made 264 support requests through Carevo in the last 90 days.
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Providers in SA
707
NDIS registered
73
Active in last 30 days
264
Requests, last 90 days
69%
Connected within 1 hour
Coverage by region in South Australia
| Region | Providers | Busiest area |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 188 | Adelaide |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 96 | Port Adelaide |
| Salisbury | 90 | Mawson Lakes |
| Onkaparinga | 77 | Christies Beach |
| Charles Sturt | 75 | Findon |
| Playford | 74 | Elizabeth |
| Marion | 68 | Marion |
| Unley | 61 | Unley |
| West Torrens | 47 | MILE END |
| Tea Tree Gully | 40 | Modbury |
Workers delivering NDIS supports in South Australia need the NDIS Worker Check, administered by the SA Department of Human Services Screening Unit. 707 of the 754 home music therapy providers listed in SA are registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Unregistered providers can still deliver many supports if your plan is plan managed or self managed.
NDIS price caps do not change by state: the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits set the same maximum rates in South Australia as everywhere else in Australia. Higher caps apply in areas classified remote or very remote, which covers parts of South Australia.
What families say about providers in SA
Feedback shared by families after connecting with providers on Carevo. Quotes are anonymous and providers cannot edit them.
“Yes responded to msg. Good rates”
“They were excellent in all respects, from emails and phone calls and picking me and taking me home from dental surgery, and a very lovely nurse called Manreet. Highly recommended.”
How much does home music therapy cost in South Australia?
Home Music Therapy in South Australia typically costs Up to $156.16/hour under NDIS (national price limit); private rates vary. Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for home music therapy
Funding options include Support at Home. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Home Music Therapy by suburb in South Australia
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
What is home music therapy?
Music therapy is a clinical allied health discipline in which a Registered Music Therapist (RMT) uses structured, goal-directed musical activities, such as singing, rhythm work, and instrument play, to address physical, cognitive, emotional, or social goals. It requires a music therapy degree and registration with the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA, 2025), the recognised professional body for the profession in Australia. Delivered at home, sessions use the person’s own environment and familiar music.
For a person in South Australia living with dementia, holding sessions at home means familiar songs and surroundings do part of the work. Music tied to earlier life can settle agitation and prompt speech or memory that a clinic room does not.
Who it is for and how it is funded
Music therapy is used most often for people living with dementia, autism, acquired brain injury, or Parkinson’s disease, and for older adults experiencing isolation or low mood. Under the NDIS, it is funded through the Capacity Building - Improved Daily Living budget at the Therapeutic Supports price limit of $156.16 per hour (NDIS Pricing Arrangements 2026-27). Under Support at Home, which replaced Home Care Packages from 1 November 2025, it is claimed as an allied health item against the participant’s package budget (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2025). Music therapy went through the same Duckett Review as art therapy in 2025 and kept its funding at the same rate; our NDIS art therapy funding guide covers that review outcome in detail.
A music therapist visiting someone in South Australia usually starts by learning that person’s own musical history, the songs from their youth or culture, and builds sessions around it rather than a fixed playlist.
Finding a Music Therapist in South Australia
Registered Music Therapists are fewer in number than physiotherapists or OTs, so availability in South Australia varies more by area. When comparing options, check that the practitioner holds current RMT registration with the AMTA, and ask whether they have experience with the specific goal at hand, since work for a child with autism differs from work on an adult’s Parkinson’s-related speech goal. Home visits also depend on travel radius, so confirm the therapist covers South Australia before booking.
Availability on Carevo
Carevo lists 2,619 aged care providers and 28,004 NDIS providers across 4,782 suburbs, ranked using the criteria explained above. For related motor and rehabilitation goals, see physiotherapy.
How this page is compiled
The provider rankings and figures on this page come from Carevo platform records, including provider registrations, measured response times and coverage, together with the cited official sources. Carevo is an Australian platform that connects families with vetted NDIS and aged care providers. Carevo does not deliver care itself.
Helpful NDIS resources for South Australia
Guides to help you understand your plan, budget, and supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many home music therapy providers are there in South Australia?
There are 1 home music therapy providers with active listings in South Australia (SA) on Carevo. Providers are ranked by trust score based on real outcomes with families on our platform, not by who pays for placement.
How much does home music therapy cost in South Australia?
Home Music Therapy in South Australia typically costs Up to $156.16/hour under NDIS (national price limit); private rates vary. Actual rates vary by provider and the level of support required.
How quickly can I start with a provider in South Australia?
Providers in South Australia respond to new requests in a median of 6 minutes, and 69% of families are connected within an hour. Most services can start within 1-2 weeks.
Does Carevo cover regional South Australia or just the capital?
Both. Carevo lists providers across all of South Australia, including regional and rural areas. Many providers service wide regions, and some supports (like plan management) are delivered Australia-wide by phone and online portal.
Which areas of South Australia have the most home music therapy providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Adelaide (188 providers), Port Adelaide Enfield (96 providers), Salisbury (90 providers). Regional SA is covered too: many providers service wide areas beyond their base suburb.
Do I have to use an NDIS registered provider for home music therapy in SA?
It depends on how your plan is managed. Agency-managed (NDIA-managed) funding can only be spent with registered providers, while plan-managed and self-managed participants can also use unregistered providers. 707 of the 754 home music therapy providers listed in SA on Carevo are NDIS registered.