Mount Magnet · 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.
Flat land defines the landscape in Mount Magnet, where the typical slope is only 3.1%. Despite this easy terrain, the town is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.4, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.4.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Magnet — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Mount Magnet | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 6638, WA | 3.4 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mount Magnet 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.
A small number of homes—61.1%—have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is a little below the state average. On average, residents have access to only 3.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the Western Australian figure of 5.2.
3.4
Mostly 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.
3.7
Lower than 59% 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.
61.1%
Higher than 61% 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.
While 69.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries—well above the state average—access to other services is far lower. No homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, and only 10.9% are near public transport, far below the 80.9% seen across Western Australia.
69.4%
Higher than 66% 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.
10.9%
Lower than 66% 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.
62.3%
Lower than 52% 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.
69.5%
Lower than 62% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 local area has a mean terrain slope of 3.1%, which is a little below the state average. Street connectivity is recorded at 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
3.1%
Lower than 79% 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 Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC50200202/mount-magnet/topic/walkability
