Serpentine - Jarrahdale · 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 amenities are within walking distance in Serpentine - Jarrahdale compared to other parts of Western Australia. Most residents are mostly car-dependent, with only 15.4% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed. This means the vast majority of the area lacks the easy pedestrian access to daily needs found in most state suburbs.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Serpentine - Jarrahdale — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Serpentine - Jarrahdale | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 6124, WA | 3.1 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Serpentine - Jarrahdale 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 Serpentine - Jarrahdale is 2.9, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4. This marks the area as mostly car-dependent, with only 2.7 types of amenities typically reachable within a 15-minute walk.
2.9
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.
2.7
Lower than 78% 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.
15.4%
Lower than 83% 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 services is limited; while 65.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of a park, only 13.5% can walk to groceries and 12.3% to health services. This gap is stark, as 69% to 71% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from health services and groceries.
13.5%
Lower than 92% 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.
57.1%
Higher than 57% 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.
52.3%
Lower than 58% 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.
65.4%
Lower than 61% 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.
12.3%
Lower than 90% 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 average terrain slope is 5.3%, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 5.7%. There are 6 intersections per square kilometre.
6
Higher than 59% 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.
5.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Serpentine - Jarrahdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE505016/serpentine-jarrahdale/topic/walkability
