Avenue Range vs Reedy Creek
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Avenue Range, most households are couple families. In Reedy Creek, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Avenue Range tends to suit couples, while Reedy Creek suits people living alone and families with children.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Avenue Range
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (9 vs 4)
- is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 54%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Avenue Range
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 25%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Avenue Range
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (8% vs 16%)
- has cheaper rent ($120/wk vs $216/wk)
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (34% vs 21%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Reedy Creek
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (313.4 km vs 327.6 km)
- has a shorter drive in (215 min vs 224 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Avenue Range and Reedy Creek drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Reedy Creek rents higher ($216/wk vs $120/wk); Avenue Range has higher household incomes ($81,224 vs $68,224).
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 112 +16% vs other | 94 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| Median age | 41 | 42 |
| Median household income | $81,224/yr +16% vs other | $68,224/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $120/wk | $216/wk +80% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.4%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.8%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Zoning mix
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 100% | 99% |
| Environmental | 0% | 1% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 17 across Naracoorte Lucindale | 21 across Kingston (SA) |
| Approvals change year on year | +300% | +25% |
Ranking within SA
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 56% of SA | Higher than 37% of SA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 52% of SA | Higher than 31% of SA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 94% of SA | Higher than 9% of SA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 31% of SA | Higher than 14% of SA |
Liveability
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Avenue Range carries more bushfire risk (51 vs 17).
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 51/100 | Low 17/100 |
| Crime | Low 29/100 | Low 35/100 |
| Flood | — same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 9 | 4 |
Mobility
Avenue Range sits further from the CBD (327.6 km vs 313.4 km).
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Adelaide | 327.6 km +4% vs other | 313.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 224 min | 215 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.9% postcode 5273 | 0.1% postcode 5275 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | — | 43 postcode 5275 |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (50.0%).
Setting
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 23 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 14 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 32.1 km | 18.8 km |
NBN connectivity
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 20/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 30 premises | 0% 23 premises |
Climate
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 527 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,794/yr | $1,515/yr |
| Council | Naracoorte Lucindale | Kingston (SA) |
Federal electorate
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Barker same for both | |
| Member | Tony Pasin same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Avenue Range | Reedy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $15,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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