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Eldercare Retirement Villages: Communities, Care and Locations Across South Australia

Eldercare is a not-for-profit retirement living provider with more than 35 years' experience and 15 communities across South Australia. Find an Eldercare community near you below, or read on for costs, care details and what sets Eldercare apart.

Quick facts

About Eldercare

Eldercare has been caring for older South Australians since 1959. That history sits behind a network of retirement villages offering 565 independent living units. Homes take the form of blocks of units, apartment buildings and stand-alone villas, so you can choose the style that suits how you want to live. When you are downsizing, it is worth thinking about which layout would feel most comfortable day to day, and viewing more than one before you decide.

You can buy your home, and some units are available to rent. Eldercare looks after the landscaping and runs a 24-hour maintenance service, which leaves your time free for friends, family and the things you enjoy. Handing over the upkeep is often what people downsizing want most. Amenities and activities vary from community to community.

Eldercare is a not-for-profit provider and a registered charity. It is associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, so retirement living here is run as a community service for older South Australians. How an operator is structured is a fair question to put to any provider you are comparing.

Costs & fees

For a current price, call Eldercare directly on (08) 8291 1022 or enquire through the listing for the community you're interested in. Price is usually one of the first things people want to know, and speaking to the team directly is the most reliable way to get an answer that fits the community and home you have in mind. It helps to prepare a short list of questions in advance, covering what you would pay to move in, what you would pay while you live there and what happens when you leave. Asking the same questions of each operator makes the answers easier to compare, and it is sensible to ask for the details in writing.

Care & lifestyle services

Eldercare villages are designed for independent living, and support can be added as your needs change. Eldercare offers in-home services such as cleaning, shopping and personal care, and you can also engage health care professionals privately. This helps you stay independent in your own home for longer, with help brought to you there. If you think you may want this kind of help, it is worth asking early how it is arranged and how you would pay for it.

Eldercare also runs 13 aged care homes, and some retirement villages are located beside them. Aged care is not available at every community, so it is worth asking at each community. If future care matters to you, raise it early in a visit and ask how the arrangements work at that particular community.

Residents at some communities enjoy community rooms, BBQ areas and an on-site hairdresser. These are easy places to catch up with neighbours. The mix of facilities varies by community, so a visit in person is the best way to see whether the spaces suit the way you like to spend your days.

What makes Eldercare different

Eldercare gives you a real choice of setting. Thinking about where you want to live, and how far you want to be from the people and places you rely on, is a good starting point before you look at individual homes. Villages are found by the coast, in the Adelaide hills, outside the Adelaide CBD and in the southern suburbs, so you can stay near the family, friends and places you know. Eldercare also provides affordable retirement living, which matters when you are planning your budget. Whatever the figures turn out to be, it pays to ask for them directly and compare them with other options.

Approximately 1,200 residents are cared for at Eldercare's 13 aged care homes, where regular wellbeing assessments track resident satisfaction across good health, purpose, connection, activity and dignity. That is a figure about the aged care homes rather than the retirement villages, so it is best read as one part of the wider organisation. A visit in person, and a conversation with people who already live in a village you like, is the most direct way to judge whether it suits you.

Last updated: October 2026.