Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker · Indigenous Area
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.
Steep hills are a defining feature of Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker, where the typical terrain slope is 8.6%, well above the South Australian figure of 4.6%. This difficult terrain contributes to a walkability score of 3.8, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. Only 40.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state's 67.0%.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 5242, SA | 5.6 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker 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 area is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.8, well below the South Australian figure of 5.5. On average, people can reach 3.8 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state average of 5.4.
3.8
Mostly car-dependent of indigenous area 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.
3.8
Lower than 57% of indigenous area 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.
40.5%
Lower than 61% of indigenous area 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 basic needs is far below state levels, most notably for health services where only 31.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. While parks are the most reachable amenity for 70.6% of homes, 45% of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest health service.
41.1%
Lower than 62% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
55.9%
Higher than 56% of indigenous area 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.
43.0%
Lower than 73% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
70.6%
Lower than 54% of indigenous area 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 64% of indigenous area 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 landscape is quite steep, with a mean terrain slope of 8.6%, which is well above the South Australian average of 4.6%. There are 8 intersections per square kilometre.
8
Higher than 60% of indigenous area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.6%
Higher than 91% of indigenous area 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 Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE401002/adelaide-hills-mount-barker/topic/walkability
