Meningie · 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.
Health services and groceries are easy to reach on foot in Meningie, but accessing schools is much harder. While 67.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health care, the town is considered only somewhat walkable overall. This makes it easier to get to the doctor than to reach a local park or school.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Meningie — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Meningie | 4.8 |
|---|---|
| 5264, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Meningie 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.
Meningie has a walkability score of 4.8, which means it is somewhat walkable. About 67.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure that is about the same as the South Australian average.
4.8
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.
5.1
Higher than 64% 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.
67.5%
Higher than 67% 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.
Walking to health services and groceries is a strong point, with both far above the state average. However, access to schools, parks, and public transport is far below South Australian figures. For example, only 5% of homes are within a 5-minute walk of a school, while 41% are that close to health services.
68.5%
Higher than 65% 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.
62.8%
Higher than 55% 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.
58.2%
Lower than 56% 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.
73.9%
Lower than 59% 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.
67.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Meningie has a mean slope of 5.0%, which is about the same as across South Australia. There are 21 street intersections per square kilometre.
21
Higher 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.
5.0%
Higher than 58% 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 Meningie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC40101301/meningie/topic/walkability
