Busselton · 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 people can walk to local services in Busselton than in other Western Australian towns, with a walkability score of 3.3 that means the area is mostly car-dependent. Only 24% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 64%. This makes the area much less walkable for the typical resident than across the state.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Busselton — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Busselton | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 3.5 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Busselton 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.
Busselton is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.3, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4. Residents have access to only 3 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.2 across the state.
3.3
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.
3.0
Lower than 73% 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.
24.0%
Lower than 78% 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.
Public transport and parks are the easiest to reach, but health services are the hardest, with 74% of homes more than 30 minutes away. Access to schools and groceries is also far below the state average, with only 28.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school.
30.7%
Lower than 77% 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.
70.6%
Higher than 65% 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.
28.1%
Lower than 87% 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.
79.2%
Higher than 55% 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.
11.7%
Lower than 91% 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 terrain in Busselton is a little flatter than the Western Australian average, with a mean slope of 3.8%. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre.
4
Higher than 58% 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.
3.8%
Lower than 66% 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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE507004/busselton/topic/walkability
