Davenport · Indigenous Location

Walkability in Davenport

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 Davenport than in typical South Australian areas, leaving the area car-dependent. While almost everyone can easily walk to public transport, no homes have a school, park, or shop within a 15-minute walk. This creates a stark gap where transit is accessible but daily essentials are not.

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Where Davenport sits — Walkability score

1.4 Car-dependent
  • 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 Davenport — car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Davenport1.4
5700, SA 5.2
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Davenport 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.

Davenport is car-dependent with a walkability score of 1.4, which is far below the South Australian figure of 5.5. No homes in the area have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the state average of 67%.

1.4

Car-dependent 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.

1.0

Lower than 88% 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

Public transport is the only accessible amenity, with 97.8% of homes within a 10-minute walk—far above the state's 76.1%. In contrast, 0% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of parks, schools, groceries, or health services, all of which are far below state figures.

Streets & terrain

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

The area has a mean terrain slope of 3.5%, which is a little below the South Australian average of 4.6%. There are 21 street intersections per square kilometre.

3.5%

Lower than 69% 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Davenport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC40200501/davenport/topic/walkability