Grey · Federal Electorate

Walkability in Grey

How much of daily life sits within a walk of home — a transparent 0–10 walkability score and the everyday destinations you can reach on foot: shops, public transport, schools, parks and health services, plus the streets and terrain in between.

Only 37.1% of homes in Grey pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the South Australian average of 67.0%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent for daily needs, as very few residents can reach a variety of essential services on foot. Most people rely on vehicles to get around this vast region.

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📍 Grey, Federal Electorate

Where Grey sits — Walkability score

3.1 Mostly car-dependent
  • 2.0–2.3: 3 areas
  • 2.3–2.6: 3 areas
  • 2.6–2.9: 0 areas
  • 2.9–3.1: 2 areas
  • 3.1–3.4: 7 areas
  • 3.4–3.7: 4 areas
  • 3.7–4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.0–4.3: 10 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.6–4.9: 14 areas
  • 4.9–5.1: 11 areas
  • 5.1–5.4: 7 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 4 areas
  • 5.7–6.0: 5 areas
  • 6.0–6.3: 7 areas
  • 6.3–6.6: 10 areas
  • 6.6–6.9: 4 areas
  • 6.9–7.1: 5 areas
  • 7.1–7.4: 11 areas
  • 7.4–7.7: 6 areas
  • 7.7–8.0: 8 areas
  • 8.0–8.3: 5 areas
  • 8.3–8.6: 5 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 4 areas
  • 8.9–9.1: 3 areas
  • 9.1–9.4: 0 areas
  • 9.4–9.7: 2 areas
  • 9.7–10.0: 0 areas

All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Grey — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Grey3.1
Rest of SA 3.2
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Grey by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

A walkability score of 3.1 means Grey is mostly car-dependent, which is far below the state figure of 5.5. Residents typically have access to only 3.3 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.4 across South Australia.

3.1

Mostly car-dependent of federal electorate areas.

A 0–10 score for how much of daily life sits within an easy walk of the average home — weighing how close groceries, public transport, cafés, parks, health services, schools, culture and everyday services are, and how many of each. Walking times are measured on an elevation-aware pedestrian network, so hills count against reach. The methodology page describes how the score is put together.

3.3

Lower than 91% of federal electorate areas.

How many of the eight everyday amenity types — groceries, food & drink, health, schools, parks, culture, everyday services and public transport — the average home can reach on foot within 15 minutes, out of 8.

37.1%

Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.

Share of local homes that can reach at least five of the eight everyday amenity types within a 15-minute walk — the "15-minute city" test. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to essentials is far below state levels, with only 28.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and 35.8% near groceries. While parks are the most reachable amenity for 59.2% of homes, over half the population faces a 30-minute walk or more to reach health services.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The terrain in Grey is about the same as the state average with a 3.9% mean slope, and there are 23.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre in the area.

23.5

Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.

Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.

3.9%

Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.

Average terrain slope across the area, as a percent grade. Steeper ground shortens how far people will walk; it is already folded into the walkability score through the elevation-aware pedestrian network, and is shown here on its own for context.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Grey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED404/grey/topic/walkability