Reid ^{SA 5118}

Family Large Blocks Outer River Young Families

Located in South Australia, Reid sits 50 km from Adelaide CBD, around 42 minutes by car. The suburb has 436 residents, a median age of 33, and a median household income of $105,352 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 7.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,545. Reid is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

This suburb is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 436. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Reid sits at $810,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only seven sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$810,000

Cheaper than 80% of SA

Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Typically sold in 39 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

112 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5118.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is Reid safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Reid sits in the moderate band, with 9 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 10% on the prior year.

9 offences

10.0% since 2025

Property Damage 4 (44.4%)

Assault 3 (33.3%)

Theft 2 (22.2%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Reid killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Reid is car-dependent on foot — at 26/100, most errands require a car.

out of 100

Car-Dependent

Public Transport within 1 km 47

Schools within 1.5 km 60

Parks within 800 m 0

Supermarkets within 1 km 0

GPs within 1 km 0

Pharmacies within 1 km 0

Childcare within 1 km 0

Hospitals within 5 km 60

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Reid.

connectivity score / 100

Top 24% in SA

Most common

Fibre to the node

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 18%
Premises covered: 158

Technology mix

Fibre to the node (FTTN) 82%

Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 18%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this suburb boundary.

Gawler: council population

The whole council area, not just Reid · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

27,564

+1.3% in a year

Change

+356

people since 2024

Density

670

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

-27

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

+290

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+93

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state

2021 census

Advantage and disadvantage

5/10

5/10 within SA

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

9/10

9/10 within SA

income against housing cost and household size

Education and occupation

3/10

3/10 within SA

qualifications and job type, income excluded

Reid is home to 436 residents, with a median age of 33, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $105,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

436

7.7% since 2016

Median Age

10.0% since 2016

Median Household Income

$105,352/yr

10.2% since 2016

Top 17% in SA

Census Median Rent

$350/wk

16.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,545/mo

10.8% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.0

3.4% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$44,512/yr

5.5% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

3.4%

47.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

4.2%

90.9% since 2016

Total Dwellings

142

2.9% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

90.8%

no change since 2016

Houses

98.6%

1.4% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.3%

6.1% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

17.6%

19.3% since 2016

Work From Home

6.6%

14.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 140 (98.6%)

Flats / Apartments 2 (1.4%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 97 (68.3%)

Owned Outright 32 (22.5%)

Renting 13 (9.2%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 85.3%
English Spoken at Home: 94.5%
Employment Rate: 71.6%
Completed Year 12: 34.6%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 40 (17.2%)

Community & Personal Service 39 (16.8%)

Clerical & Administrative 36 (15.5%)

Professionals 27 (11.6%)

Managers 24 (10.3%)

Sales 22 (9.5%)

Labourers 19 (8.2%)

Machinery Operators & Drivers 17 (7.3%)

Religion

No Religion 275 (63.1%)

Christianity 131 (30.0%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 14 (3.2%)

New Zealand 6 (1.4%)

Philippines 6 (1.4%)

South Africa 4 (0.9%)

Age Distribution

0-4 42 (9.6%)

5-14 68 (15.6%)

15-19 27 (6.2%)

20-24 19 (4.4%)

25-34 72 (16.5%)

35-44 61 (14.0%)

45-54 63 (14.4%)

55-64 51 (11.7%)

65-74 25 (5.7%)

75-84 5 (1.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 73 (69.5%)

Lone Person 17 (16.2%)

One Parent Families 15 (14.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 174 (82.5%)

Worked from Home 14 (6.6%)

Bus 10 (4.7%)

Car (passenger) 8 (3.8%)

Bicycle 5 (2.4%)

5% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (12 of 232).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Certificate III & IV 114 (26.1%)

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 27 (6.2%)

Bachelor Degree 21 (4.8%)

Graduate Diploma / Certificate 7 (1.6%)

Postgraduate Degree 6 (1.4%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 28 (19.7%)

2 cars 66 (46.5%)

3 cars 29 (20.4%)

4+ cars 20 (14.1%)

Council Rates

Gawler

FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,258 a year through Gawler based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate

$2,258/yr

21% above the SA average of $1,863 · median of 68 councils

Valuation basis

Capital Value

land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Reid's area by planning zone

2026-09

Rural and farming 96%
Parks and recreation 4%

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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Gawler

The whole council area, not just Reid · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 324 new dwellings were approved across Gawler. That mix is 271 houses and 53 units. Approvals are down 22.2% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

324dwellings

-22.2% YoY

Houses

271

detached dwellings

Units

townhouses + apartments

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 18.7 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.31 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 5 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Elizabeth monitoring station, 14.0 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Edinburgh RAAF, 15.7 km

Dry climate — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation: 49 m; above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean: 23.6 km
Annual rainfall: 404 mm; 67 rainy days
Summer max (Jan): 30.0°C; 28 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul): 6.6°C; 1 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

SFB Farm

Poultry Farming (Meat)

Top reported: Ammonia (total)

4.3 km

EV adoption

0.6%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.02% in 2021

+0.2 points this year

In postcode 5118, 102 of 17,166 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (401 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.02%

2022

0.07%

2023

0.15%

2024

0.36%

2025

0.59%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 6.8 kW each

In postcode 5118, 6,058 rooftop-solar systems totalling 41.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,931 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 418 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year

2019

319

2020

443

2021

431

2022

409

2023

380

2024

387

2025

358

2026

242

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$15,000 for new homes.

No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.

Verify eligibility with RevenueSA

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for

Purchase price

Deposit

Interest rate

Loan term

years

Monthly repayment

$4,224

Loan amount

$648,000

Total interest over 30 years

$872,811

6 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 5118.

Deposit

$162,000

Stamp duty

$38,380

Cash needed at settlement

$200,380

Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Spence

Currently held by Matt Burnell Australian Labor Party

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Matt Burnell	65.3%	34.7%	+2.4
2022	Matt Burnell	62.9%	37.1%	+1.2
2019	Nick Champion	64.1%	35.9%	+3.0

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

State Electorate

Light District

Currently held by James Agness Australian Labor Party

Next state election: 16 March 2030.

Year	Winner	Won with
2026	James Agness ALP	51.6%
2022	Tony Piccolo ALP	69.5%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.

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Common questions about Reid

Is Reid a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Reid is moderate (40/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Reid?

Reid has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (95/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Reid?

Reid, SA had a population of 436 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Reid, SA?

The postcode for Reid, SA is 5118.

How far is Reid from Adelaide?

Reid is 50 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 42 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Reid?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Reid was $105,352 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Reid?

There are too few current rental listings in Reid for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $350, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Reid?

The median age of residents in Reid was 33 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Reid walkable?

Reid scores 26/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the air quality in Reid?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Reid (Elizabeth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 18.7 µg/m³. That puts Reid below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Reid?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Reid, Edinburgh RAAF (15.7 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 6.6°C, 404 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 28 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Reid?

First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Reid belong to?

Reid sits within the Gawler local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Reid?

The average residential rates bill through Gawler is $2,258 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Reid?

Across Gawler, 324 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 22.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Reid in?

Reid sits within the federal Division of Spence, currently held by Matt Burnell (Australian Labor Party).

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