Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) · Indigenous Location

Walkability in Dunjiba (Oodnadatta)

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 more homes in Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) are within a 15-minute walk of key services than in other South Australian areas. Most residents can easily reach groceries, health services and schools on foot, though there is no local public transport. This makes the area somewhat walkable, with a score of 5.2.

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Where Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) sits — Walkability score

5.2 Somewhat walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 75 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 43 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 38 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 34 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 42 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 43 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 39 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 38 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 51 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 66 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 54 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 48 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 52 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 44 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 56 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 61 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 53 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 42 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 37 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 36 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 28 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 24 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 21 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 14 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 12 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 8 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 5 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 3 areas

All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) — somewhat walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Dunjiba (Oodnadatta)5.2
5734, SA 4.9
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) 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.

About 94.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the South Australian figure of 67%. The number of different amenity types within a 15-minute walk is 5.7, which is about the same as the state average.

5.2

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.

5.7

Higher than 73% 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.

94.5%

Higher than 89% 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.

What's in walking distance

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

Most people have quick access to essentials, with 95.7% of homes within 15 minutes of groceries and 94.5% near health services. In contrast, no one can walk to public transport, a result far below the state figure of 76.1%.

Streets & terrain

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

The terrain is relatively flat, with a mean slope of 3.2%, which is a little below the South Australian average. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre.

3.2%

Lower than 76% 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.

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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Dunjiba (Oodnadatta) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC40200301/dunjiba/topic/walkability