The local high school is Ocean View College Gedville Campus, in nearby Taperoo.

There is a nursing home on Victoria Road and an RSL club on Carnarvon Terrace.

Largs North Oval overlooking Victoria Road is the main outdoor recreational reserve in the suburb.

The eastern side of the suburb, by the Port riverside is known as Snowden Beach and is the former location of a sulphuric acid works, which is connected to a freight railway.

Largs North is located within the federal division of Hindmarsh, the state electoral district of Port Adelaide and the local government area of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.