Alice Springs Town Camps · 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 essential services are within walking distance in Alice Springs Town Camps than in other Northern Territory areas. Most residents are mostly car-dependent, as only 11% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed. Access to basic needs is very limited, with just 7.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Alice Springs Town Camps — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Alice Springs Town Camps | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0873, NT | 1.8 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Alice Springs Town Camps 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 Alice Springs Town Camps is 2.6, which means it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1.
2.6
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.
2.5
Lower than 81% 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.
11.0%
Lower than 87% 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 is the most accessible amenity, with 61.4% of homes within a 10-minute walk. In contrast, access to food is very poor, as only 20.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries and 47% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from food and drink.
20.4%
Lower than 88% 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.
61.4%
Higher than 60% 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.
38.8%
Lower than 77% 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.
59.6%
Lower than 71% 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.
7.9%
Lower than 94% 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 17 intersections per square kilometre. The mean terrain slope is 3.0%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory average of 3.7%.
17
Higher than 67% 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.
3.0%
Lower than 84% 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 Alice Springs Town Camps [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE708002/alice-springs-town-camps/topic/walkability
