Mount Barker · Indigenous Location
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.
Fewer than half of all homes in Mount Barker pass the 15-minute-city test, with only 44% of residents able to reach five or more amenity types on foot. This is far below the South Australian figure of 67%. The area is considered somewhat walkable, but it lags well behind the state average in overall accessibility.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Barker — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Mount Barker | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| 5153, SA | 1.6 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mount Barker 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.
Mount Barker has a walkability score of 4.1, which is well below the South Australian average of 5.5. On average, residents have access to 4 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.4 across the state.
4.1
Somewhat walkable of indigenous location 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.
4.0
Lower than 53% of indigenous location 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.
44.0%
Lower than 54% of indigenous location 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 essentials is far below state levels, most notably for schools (45.9%) and health services (38.7%). While 75.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, over a third of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest health service.
48.8%
Lower than 53% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
57.3%
Higher than 53% of indigenous location 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.
45.9%
Lower than 66% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
75.5%
Lower than 58% of indigenous location 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.
38.7%
Higher than 51% of indigenous location 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 Mount Barker is a little steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 7.1%. There are 8 street intersections per square kilometre.
8
Lower than 55% of indigenous location areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.1%
Higher than 85% of indigenous location 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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC40100202/mount-barker/topic/walkability
