Other Territories · 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.
In Other Territories, walk score is 3.0 — mostly car-dependent.
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Other Territories — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Other Territories 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.
Other Territories scores 3.0 out of 10 for walkability — mostly car-dependent. The average home in Other Territories can walk to 3.0 of 8 everyday amenity types within 15 minutes. 27.1% of homes in Other Territories sit within a 15-minute walk of at least five of eight everyday amenity types (above the Other Territories average of 27.1%).
3.0
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.
3.0
Lower than 86% 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.
27.1%
Lower than 88% 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.
58.2% of homes in Other Territories are within a 15-minute walk of groceries (above the Other Territories average of 58.2%). 0.0% of homes in Other Territories are within a 10-minute walk of public transport (above the Other Territories average of 0.0%). 16.7% of homes in Other Territories are within a 15-minute walk of a school (above the Other Territories average of 16.7%).
52.3% of homes in Other Territories are within a 15-minute walk of a park (above the Other Territories average of 52.3%). 25.2% of homes in Other Territories are within a 15-minute walk of health services (above the Other Territories average of 25.2%).
58.2%
Higher than 55% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
16.7%
Lower than 91% 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.
52.3%
Lower than 87% 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.
25.2%
Lower than 87% 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.
Other Territories has 43.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents (above the Other Territories average of 43.0). Other Territories has about 6 street intersections per square kilometre. Streets in Other Territories have an average slope of 11.8% (above the Other Territories average of 11.8%).
43.1
Higher than 99% 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.
6
Lower than 53% 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.
11.8%
Higher than 99% 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 Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/9OTER/other-territories/topic/walkability
