[citation needed] It also contains many paved and unpaved laneways, alleyways and bike tracks.

[5] For many years residents in the northern section of the suburb adopted Reade Park as their address to distinguish themselves from the Thousand Homes Scheme area.

[5] The part of the suburb east of Goodwood Road was used as an army training camp during World War I, and prior to this the area was known as Grange Farm.

[5] An area of 1.2 km2 was purchased in June 1915 by the Vaughan Labor government from the estate of William Tennant Mortlock.

The Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society webpage "Urban Myth" discusses these.

[9] The primary school main building is heritage listed, and each building is named after a historic South Australian figure: Isabell Doolette, William Ranson Mortlock, Charles Reade, Gil Langley and the Grange Farm.

Colonel Light Gardens was served by a Municipal Tramways Trust tram line.