[1] Reservoir is an established suburb with standard brick or weatherboard homes, and an increasing number of new developments.

The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.2%, India 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, Greece 3.0% and Vietnam 1.8%.

The area is serviced by four railway stations on the Mernda line: Reservoir, Regent, Keon Park and Ruthven.

The Victorian Government has announced that it will build an underground suburban rail loop, which will include a station at Reservoir.

[25] Two tram routes service the area: (West Preston to Victoria Harbour Docklands), terminating at the southern end of Reservoir on Gilbert Road, and (Bundoora RMIT to Waterfront City Docklands), passing through Reservoir along Plenty Road.