Reid SA 5118
169 addresses · 12 streets
Spence Electorate › Gawler LGA › Reid · 39 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Reid is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 436 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $2,026 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gawler - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Reid itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 supermarkets
2 physiotherapists
3 optometrists
1 hospital
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
2 post offices
6 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
1 beauty salon
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Gawler Oval, 1 km east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 42.3 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 13.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 13.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 73.5%
Population by age in Reid
| 0-4 | 42 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 68 |
| 15-19 | 27 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 72 |
| 35-44 | 61 |
| 45-54 | 63 |
| 55-64 | 51 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Reid
| House | 140 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Reid
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 65 |
| $3,000+ | 21 |
Top ancestries in Reid
| English | 214 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 213 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| German | 31 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Other | 22 |
Housing tenure in Reid
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 97 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Reid
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 66 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Reid
| Car | 182 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 7 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Reid
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Philippines | 6 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Reid
| Arabic | 6 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Filipino | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,782 bird observations recorded near Reid — most often seen:
- House Sparrow (392)
- Eurasian Blackbird (388)
- Australian Magpie (352)
- Common Starling (343)
- Rock Dove (332)
- Little Raven (311)
- Southern Magpie-lark (296)
- Noisy Miner (289)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (279)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (275)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (271)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (269)
- Crested Pigeon (267)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Reid
- Rainbow Lorikeet (266)
- Magpie-lark (264)
- Crimson Rosella (250)
- Galah (240)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (235)
- Pacific Black Duck (230)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (229)
- Red Wattlebird (226)
- New Holland Honeyeater (225)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (218)
- Western Red Wattlebird (207)
- Willie Wagtail (206)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (197)
- Eastern Galah (196)
- Australian Wood Duck (189)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (170)
- White-faced Heron (170)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Reid:
- Gawler West (1 km)
- Gawler (1.5 km)
- Willaston (1.7 km)
- Gawler South (1.9 km)
- Buchfelde (2 km)
- Evanston (2.2 km)
- Gawler Belt (2.7 km)
- Gawler East (3 km)
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Streets
- Andrews Court (13)
- Beasley Avenue (23)
- Bleby Court (6)
- Chignell Circuit (33)
- Cunningham Street (7)
- Davidson Road (1)
- Hogben Avenue (8)
- Jamieson Grove (11)
- Lawes Terrace (10)
- Paternoster Road (26)
- Richardson Drive (16)
- Wilson Court (15)
