Rest of Tas. · 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.
Fewer homes have easy access to local services in Rest of Tas. compared to other parts of the state, with a walkability score of 4.1 which is considered somewhat walkable. Only 48.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a range of amenities, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 53.9%.
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Rest of Tas. — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Rest of Tas. | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Tasmania | 4.7 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Rest of Tas. 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 overall walkability score for Rest of Tas. is 4.1, which is a little below the state figure of 4.7. On average, there are 4.1 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is also a little below the state average.
4.1
Somewhat walkable 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.
4.1
Lower than 62% 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.
48.1%
Lower than 60% 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 daily needs is limited, with parks being the most accessible amenity for 70.4% of homes, while health services are the hardest to reach, leaving 34.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk. Public transport, schools, and groceries all see access rates well below the state figures.
49.1%
Lower than 71% 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.
59.5%
Lower than 58% 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.
45.3%
Lower than 74% 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.
70.4%
Lower than 71% 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.
34.4%
Lower than 70% 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.
The terrain has a mean slope of 8.0%, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and there are 21.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure about the same as the state average.
21.2
Higher than 71% 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.
1
Lower than 70% 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.
8.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Tas. [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/6RTAS/rest-of-tas/topic/walkability
