Rest of WA · Capital City
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.
A huge gap in health service access marks the Rest of WA, where only 31.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a doctor or clinic. This region is mostly car-dependent, with far fewer homes than the state average having a variety of amenities within a short walk. Most residents rely on vehicles to reach basic services and shops.
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Rest of WA — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Rest of WA | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Rest of WA by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →
The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.
The walkability score for the Rest of WA is 3.5, which means it is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.4, and only 40.6% of homes have the variety of services needed for a 15-minute city.
3.5
Mostly car-dependent of capital city 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.
3.6
Lower than 75% of capital city 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.
40.6%
Lower than 74% of capital city 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to everyday needs is far below the state average, especially for health services and public transport, where only 31.4% and 44.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. While parks are the most accessible amenity, half of all homes are more than 30 minutes away from health services.
41.7%
Lower than 82% of capital city areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
44.2%
Lower than 71% of capital city areas.
Share of local homes within a 10-minute walk of a public-transport stop — bus, train, tram or ferry. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
50.1%
Lower than 69% of capital city areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
69.7%
Lower than 72% of capital city areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a park or area of open space. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
31.4%
Lower than 77% of capital city areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of health services such as a GP, pharmacy or hospital. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.
There are 21.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 16.6. The terrain slope is 4.7%, and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
21.6
Higher than 78% of capital city 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.
0
Lower than 95% of capital city areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.7%
Lower than 59% of capital city 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Rest of WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/5RWAU/rest-of-wa/topic/walkability
