Kojonup - Gnowangerup · Indigenous Area

Walkability in Kojonup - Gnowangerup

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 Kojonup - Gnowangerup than in other Western Australian areas. The region is mostly car-dependent, with only 36.4% of homes situated in a 15-minute-city walkshed. This means the vast majority of residents must rely on vehicles for their daily needs.

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📍 Kojonup - Gnowangerup, Indigenous Area

Where Kojonup - Gnowangerup sits — Walkability score

2.5 Mostly car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 11 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 11 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 6 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 14 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 9 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 19 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 20 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 26 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 31 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 42 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 34 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 33 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 21 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 19 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 20 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 14 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 15 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 8 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 7 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 9 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 13 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 12 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 6 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 5 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 3 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 3 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 1 area
  • 9.6–10.0: 1 area

All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Kojonup - Gnowangerup — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Kojonup - Gnowangerup2.5
6336, WA 2.7
Western Australia 5.4

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Kojonup - Gnowangerup by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

A walkability score of 2.5 identifies this area as mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4, with residents having access to only 2.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.2 across the state.

2.5

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.

2.8

Lower than 76% 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.

36.4%

Lower than 67% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to essentials is limited, with health services being the hardest to reach as 74% of homes are more than 30 minutes away. Parks are the most accessible amenity, though only 39.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state figure of 88.9%.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The average terrain slope is 4.8%, which is about the same as the Western Australian average of 5.7%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre.

4.8%

Higher than 52% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Kojonup - Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE507008/kojonup-gnowangerup/topic/walkability