Kwinana · 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.
Far fewer homes have easy access to local services in Kwinana than in other Western Australian areas. Only 33.1% of households are within a 15-minute walk of a variety of amenities, a figure far below the state average. This makes the area mostly car-dependent for daily needs.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Kwinana — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Kwinana | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 6167, WA | 3.9 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Kwinana 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 Kwinana is 3.9, which means it is mostly car-dependent and well below the state figure of 5.4. On average, residents can reach 3.6 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the Western Australian average of 5.2.
3.9
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.
3.6
Lower than 62% 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.
33.1%
Lower than 72% 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.
Walking to a park or public transport is easy for most, with about 88% of homes near a park and 78.8% near transport. However, access to other essentials is much harder; only 35.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and just 19.1% are near health services, both far below state figures.
35.1%
Lower than 72% 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.
78.8%
Higher than 71% 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.
66.7%
Higher than 62% 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.
88.1%
Higher than 66% 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.
19.1%
Lower than 84% 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 area has 62 street intersections per square kilometre. The typical terrain slope is 6.1%, which is about the same as the Western Australian average of 5.7%.
62
Higher than 77% 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.
6.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Kwinana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE505011/kwinana/topic/walkability
