Novar Gardens, SA Family Guide
SA 5040 · City of West Torrens
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Activities around Novar Gardens
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Tennis around Novar Gardens
23 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 3 in Novar Gardens
In Novar Gardens
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- Holdfast Tennis Club · Glenelg East · 1.7 km
- Glenlea Tennis Club · Glenelg North · 2 km
- Morphettville Park Tennis Club · Morphettville · 2 km
- West Beach Tennis Centre · West Beach · 2.8 km
- Brighton District Table Tennis Club · Somerton Park · 3 km
- Paringa Park · Somerton Park · 3.1 km
- Somerton Park Tennis Club · Somerton Park · 3.1 km
- Seaforth Park · Somerton Park · 3.1 km
- Weaver Street Reserve · Edwardstown · 3.1 km
- Ascot Park & Vermont Tennis Club · Edwardstown · 3.3 km
- Kesmond Tennis Club · Glandore · 3.4 km
- Sturt Table Tennis Club · Clarence Gardens · 3.5 km
- Xavier Lawn Tennis Club · West Beach · 4.1 km
- Peake Gardens Riverside Tennis Club · Marleston · 4.2 km
- George Street Reserve · Marion · 4.4 km
- Marion R & S L Bowling Club · Marion · 4.7 km
- Hope Ward Tennis Club · Cumberland Park · 4.8 km
- Millswood Tennis Complex · Millswood · 4.7 km
- Kingswood Tennis Club · Westbourne Park · 5 km
- Marion Tennis Club · Marion · 5 km
Soccer around Novar Gardens
15 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 2 in Novar Gardens
In Novar Gardens
0.2 km from central Novar Gardens
1.7 km from central Novar Gardens
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- Glenelg Golf Club · Novar Gardens · 0 km
- Edwardstown Football Club · South Plympton · 1.8 km
- Bubble Fun sa · Netley · 2.3 km
- Southern Suburbs Rugby Club · Clarence Gardens · 3.6 km
- Marion Football Club · Marion · 3.8 km
- South City Chiefs American Football Club · Marion · 3.8 km
- Sturt Marion Thunder Soccer Club · Marion · 3.8 km
- Cumberland United Football Club · Clarence Gardens · 4.1 km
- Southern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club · Clarence Gardens · 4.1 km
- West Adelaide Football Club · Richmond · 4.9 km
- Western Youth Centre · Cowandilla · 4.9 km
- Lockleys Football Club Inc · Lockleys · 4.9 km
Other sports around Novar Gardens
13 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 1 in Novar Gardens
1.8 km from central Novar Gardens
2.1 km from central Novar Gardens
3 km from central Novar Gardens
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- Glenelg Golf Club · Novar Gardens · 0 km
- Brighton District Table Tennis Club · Somerton Park · 3 km
- Somerton Yacht Club · Somerton Park · 3 km
- AFL Max · Adelaide Airport · 3.7 km
- Austral Volleyball Club · Clovelly Park · 4.3 km
- Colonel Light Kindergym · Cumberland Park · 4.8 km
- Eden Field Archers · St Marys · 5 km
- Kidman Archers · West Beach · 5 km
- Westward Ho Golf Club · West Beach · 5 km
- Adelaide Sailing Club · West Beach · 5 km
Football (AFL) around Novar Gardens
11 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 1 in Novar Gardens
In Novar Gardens
1 km from central Novar Gardens
1.9 km from central Novar Gardens
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- Edwardstown Football Club · South Plympton · 1.8 km
- St Peters Woodlands PS (T3) Auskick Centre · Glenelg · 2.2 km
- Edwardstown FC Auskick Centre · Edwardstown · 2.7 km
- Westminster OS Auskick Centre · Glandore · 3.3 km
- AFL Max · Adelaide Airport · 3.7 km
- Marion Football Club · Marion · 3.8 km
- Mitchell Park FC Auskick Centre · Mitchell Park · 4 km
- Adelaide Sailing Club · West Beach · 5 km
More sports
- Martial arts (1 in Novar Gardens · 9 within 5 km) — Novar Music Learning Centre (0 km)
- Gymnastics & cheer (9 within 5 km) — Koorana Gymnastics Club Inc (1.7 km)Not finding it in Novar Gardens? Listed in North Plympton (2 · 2.4 km), Morphettville (2 · 1.7 km), Somerton Park (1 · 3 km)
- Swimming (2 in Novar Gardens · 7 within 5 km) — Iswim at Immanuel College (0.3 km)
- Netball (4 within 5 km) — WestSwim (3.8 km)Not finding it in Novar Gardens? Listed in Marion (1 · 3.8 km), Clovelly Park (1 · 4.3 km), Mile End (2 · 5.9 km)
- Cricket (1 in Novar Gardens · 2 within 5 km) — Glenelg Golf Club (0 km)
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Arts & dance around Novar Gardens
20 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 1 in Novar Gardens
In Novar Gardens
2.4 km from central Novar Gardens
2.4 km from central Novar Gardens
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- Fusion Beats Dance · Kurralta Park · 3.4 km
- Vital Movement Studios · Edwardstown · 3.4 km
- CircoBats Inc · Black Forest · 3.4 km
- Mitcham Dance · Edwardstown · 3.4 km
- Music Alley · Marion · 3.8 km
- WestSwim · Marion · 3.8 km
- Brighton Performing Arts Centre · North Brighton · 3.7 km
- Air Brushes by Warwick · Melrose Park · 4 km
- Jess Dance Academy · Marleston · 4.1 km
- SJC Art Studios · Clarence Gardens · 4.1 km
- The Newry Studio of Irish Dancing · Clarence Gardens · 4.1 km
- Diving SA · Oaklands Park · 4.6 km
- Colonel Light Kindergym · Cumberland Park · 4.8 km
- One50 Incorporated · St Marys · 5 km
- West Beach Dance Academy · West Beach · 5 km
- Adelaide Sailing Club · West Beach · 5 km
- Kingswood Tennis Club · Westbourne Park · 5 km
Tutoring & STEM around Novar Gardens
9 listed within 5 km of Novar Gardens · 1 in Novar Gardens
In Novar Gardens
3.4 km from central Novar Gardens
3.4 km from central Novar Gardens
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- Generation Dance · North Plympton · 2.4 km
- Mitcham Dance · Edwardstown · 3.4 km
- WestSwim · Marion · 3.8 km
- Blackwood Music · Hove · 4.2 km
- Kip McGrath - Holdfast Bay · Hove · 4.2 km
- Kumon Brighton Education Centre · Hove · 4.7 km
- Music (1 in Novar Gardens · 8 within 5 km) — Novar Music Learning Centre (0 km)
- Kids' activities & play (4 within 5 km) — CircoBats Inc (3.4 km)Not finding it in Novar Gardens? Listed in Black Forest (1 · 3.4 km), Hove (1 · 4.2 km), Cumberland Park (1 · 4.8 km)
- Yoga & wellbeing (1 in Novar Gardens · 1 within 5 km) — Novar Music Learning Centre (0 km)
Schools within 3 km of Novar Gardens
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18 schools within 3 km of the Novar Gardens centre, 2 with a Novar Gardens address.
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Parks, playgrounds & community places
Within 3 km (pools 5 km). Features shown only where verified.
Playgrounds (verified features) (4 of 9)
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Libraries (2)
Swedenborg Lending Library
Marion · 2.8 km
Sports grounds (1)
Parks (4 of 8)
Lindsay Street Reserve
Plympton · 1.2 km
Plympton Green
Plympton · 1.2 km
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Shannon Avenue
Glenelg North · 1.6 km
Jervois Street Reserve
South Plympton · 2.3 km
What's coming up
One-off events and programs listed within 5 km, over the next 60 days.
15 Oct 2026 – 3 Dec 2026
Toddler Time @ Park Holme Library, Term 4 2026
Park Holme · 2.6 km
Ages 1–4
Hosted by City of Marion
Free
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Activities by age around Novar Gardens
Ages as the provider or event states them. * Ages read from the provider's own website and re-checked every four months — not yet confirmed by them here.
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Mitcham Dance Ages 2–15*
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Generation Dance Ages 2–18*
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SMAA Netball Club Ages 5–12*
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Westward Ho Golf Club Ages 6–12*
Free & low-cost
"Free" means the organiser marks it free; low-cost means a stated price of $15 or less.
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Toddler Time @ Park Holme Library, Term 4 2026
15 Oct 2026 – 3 Dec 2026 · Park Holme · 2.6 km · Free · Ages 1–4
At a glance
This guide brings together what AroundSchools lists for families in and around Novar Gardens: 97 kids' activities within 5 km, 2 schools in Novar Gardens, parks and playgrounds, and 1 upcoming event.
- Parks & places
- 3 parks · 9 verified playgrounds · 2 libraries
- What's on
- 1 event in the next 60 days
- Free & low-cost
- 1 event
- Explore nearby
- Plympton, North Plympton, and Morphettville
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Browse mapped places (79)
- Immanuel Primary SchoolSchool
- Immanuel CollegeSchool
- Our Lady of Grace SchoolSchool
- Plympton International CollegeSchool
- St John the Baptist Catholic SchoolSchool
- St Leonards Primary SchoolSchool
- Errington Special Education CentreSchool
- Dara SchoolSchool
- Glenelg Primary SchoolSchool
- Forbes Primary SchoolSchool
- Emmaus Christian CollegeSchool
- St Mary's Memorial SchoolSchool
- St Peter’s WoodlandsSchool
- Plympton Primary SchoolSchool
- Ascot Park Primary SchoolSchool
- Kilparrin Teaching and Assessment School and ServicesSchool
- SA School and Services for Vision ImpairedSchool
- Sacred Heart College Senior SchoolSchool
- Adelaide Physical Culture ClubActivity
- Glenelg Golf ClubActivity
- Novar Music Learning CentreActivity
- Glenlea Tennis ClubActivity
- West Torrens Birkalla Soccer ClubActivity
- Bubble SportsActivity
- Phos Camden FC Auskick CentreActivity
- Iswim at Immanuel CollegeActivity
- Immanuel College Sports CentreActivity
- Camden OvalActivity
- Plympton Bulldogs FC Auskick CentreActivity
- Holdfast Tennis ClubActivity
- Morphettville Park Sporting Club IncActivity
- Koorana Gymnastics Club IncActivity
- Edwardstown Football ClubActivity
- South Coast Cycling ClubActivity
- Glenelg FC Auskick CentreActivity
- Glenlea Tennis ClubActivity
- ProswimActivity
- Morphettville Park Tennis ClubActivity
- Adelaide Baseball ClubActivity
- St Peters Woodlands PS (T3) Auskick CentreActivity
- GKR KarateActivity
- Bubble Fun saActivity
- Plympton Halifax Calisthenics ClubActivity
- Generation DanceActivity
- Alpha GymnasticsActivity
- Gymnastics saActivity
- Edwardstown FC Auskick CentreActivity
- West Beach Tennis CentreActivity
- Whiteways TaekwondoActivity
- Squash SAActivity
- Brighton District Table Tennis ClubActivity
- Somerton Yacht ClubActivity
- Karate Shudokan Nippon den Tsuchiya RyuActivity
- Paringa ParkActivity
- Somerton Park Tennis ClubActivity
- Weaver Street ReserveActivity
- Seaforth ParkActivity
- Poolside GlenelgActivity
- Toddler Time @ Park Holme Library, Term 4 2026Event
- Sheoak Avenue ReservePark or community place
- Lions ParkPark or community place
- Plympton GreenPark or community place
- Lindsay Street ReservePark or community place
- Shephard Court ReservePark or community place
- Vernon Shephard ReservePark or community place
- Shannon AvenuePark or community place
- Cowra Avenue ReservePark or community place
- Partridge HousePark or community place
- Neston Avenue ReservePark or community place
- Wigley ReservePark or community place
- Yalpinga Street ReservePark or community place
- Jervois Street ReservePark or community place
- North EsplanadePark or community place
- Glenelg Public LibraryPark or community place
- Sutherland ParkPark or community place
- Ramsay Street ReservePark or community place
- Jimmy Melrose ParkPark or community place
- Variety Club Community ParkPark or community place
- Swedenborg Lending LibraryPark or community place
Your council & community
Novar Gardens within City of West Torrens
9 of the council area’s 44 activity providers · 1st of 18 suburbs by number of providers
Council-wide information and places near this suburb have different geographic scopes.
Homes with family context
Homes in and around Novar Gardens
A summary. Each home’s page shows the schools and activities around it.
$1.42m
Median, houses
Recently sold within 5 km of Novar Gardens
Homes that have sold nearby. We don’t show sale prices.
Camden Park, SA 5038
Property Type: Apartment / Unit / Flat
Novar Gardens, SA 5040
Property Type: House
Glengowrie, SA 5044
Property Type: House
Glenelg North, SA 5045
Property Type: House
Glenelg North, SA 5045
Property Type: House
Novar Gardens, SA 5040
Property Type: House
Medians are of settled sales (2025-Q4). Source: Metro Median House Sales © Government of South Australia, CC BY
Nearby suburbs
Find more for your family close by. Distances are measured between suburb centres.
Plympton
3 activity providers · 2.1 km
North Plympton
2 activity providers · 2.4 km
Morphettville
4 activity providers · 1.7 km
South Plympton
2 activity providers · 1.8 km
Compare activities, schools & parks
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Novar Gardens
Tennis 3, Soccer 2, Swimming 2, Other sports 1 +7
2 schools · 3 parks
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Plympton2.1 km · same council
Football (AFL) 1, Martial arts 1, Other sports 1
4 schools · 2 parks
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North Plympton2.4 km · same council
Arts & dance 2, Gymnastics & cheer 2, Music 2, Tutoring & STEM 1
0 schools · 1 park
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Morphettville1.7 km
Gymnastics & cheer 2, Party entertainers 1, Soccer 1, Tennis 1
1 school · 0 parks
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South Plympton1.8 km
Football (AFL) 1, Cricket 1, Martial arts 1, Other sports 1 +1
2 schools · 2 parks
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Glenelg2.3 km
Football (AFL) 2
2 schools · 2 parks
| Area | Activities listed there | Schools | Parks |
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| Novar Gardens | Tennis 3, Soccer 2, Swimming 2, Other sports 1 +7 | 2 | 3 |
| Plympton2.1 km · same council | Football (AFL) 1, Martial arts 1, Other sports 1 | 4 | 2 |
| North Plympton2.4 km · same council | Arts & dance 2, Gymnastics & cheer 2, Music 2, Tutoring & STEM 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Morphettville1.7 km | Gymnastics & cheer 2, Party entertainers 1, Soccer 1, Tennis 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Plympton1.8 km | Football (AFL) 1, Cricket 1, Martial arts 1, Other sports 1 +1 | 2 | 2 |
| Glenelg2.3 km | Football (AFL) 2 | 2 | 2 |
Each row counts only what is listed in that suburb itself; distances are between suburb centres.
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Figures from AroundSchools listings and official published data, refreshed 21 Oct 2026.
Recorded offences in Novar Gardens
| Suburb | Recorded offences (12 months) |
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| Novar Gardens | 185 |
| Adelaide Airport | 225 |
| Ascot Park | 253 |
| Ashford | 46 |
| Black Forest | 84 |
| Camden Park | 187 |
| Clarence Gardens | 88 |
| Clarence Park | 118 |
| Clovelly Park | 121 |
| Cumberland Park | 235 |
| Daw Park | 61 |
| Edwardstown | 609 |
Recorded offences, 12 months to 2025-06 · Source: South Australia Police, CC BY · source
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All kids' activities listed in Novar Gardens
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Other sports (1) Category page →
Arts & dance (1)
Tutoring & STEM (1)
Yoga & wellbeing (1)
Parks & places (3)
* Ages read from the provider's own website and re-checked every four months — not yet confirmed by them here.