Fremantle · 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.
Almost every home in Fremantle is within a short walk of a wide range of services, making it a walker's paradise. Nearly 98% of dwellings sit within a 15-minute walk of essential amenities, a figure far above the Western Australian average.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Fremantle — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Fremantle | 8.2 |
|---|---|
| 6160, WA | 8.8 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Fremantle 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.
The walkability score for Fremantle is 8.2, which is well above the state figure of 5.4. On average, people here have access to 7.6 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.2 across Western Australia.
8.2
A walker's paradise 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.
7.6
Higher than 96% 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.
98.0%
Higher than 96% 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 basics is exceptional, with 99.8% of homes near a park and 96.1% near health services, which is far above the state average. While nearly all residents can reach transport and groceries quickly, schools are the least accessible amenity, though 93.8% of homes are still within a 15-minute walk.
94.7%
Higher than 90% 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.
99.2%
Higher than 90% 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.
93.8%
Higher than 82% 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.
99.8%
Higher than 85% 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.
96.1%
Higher than 96% 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 terrain has a mean slope of 6.5%, which is about the same as the rest of Western Australia. There are 407 street intersections per square kilometre.
407
Higher 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.
6.5%
Higher 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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC50500701/fremantle/topic/walkability
