It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide in the north of the City of Onkaparinga.

[4] Reynella is primary serviced by buses on the Adelaide Metro network.

At a time when the fast food market was less saturated, the intersection of South Road, Adelaide and Pimpala Road had all four major fast food outlets.

Reynella is situated close to a small shopping precinct in Southgate Plaza.

Westfield Marion and Centro Colonnades are the larger shopping complexes servicing the area.