Perth - Central · 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 Perth - Central is within a short stroll of essential services, though schools are the hardest amenity to reach. This area is a walker's paradise with a walkability score of 8.9, which is far above the Western Australia figure of 5.4.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Perth - Central — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Perth - Central | 8.9 |
|---|---|
| 6003, WA | 9.3 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Perth - Central 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.
Nearly all homes here (98.9%) have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far above the 64% seen across Western Australia. Residents have access to about 7.9 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well above the state average.
8.9
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.
7.9
Higher than 99% 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.
98.9%
Higher than 98% 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.
Every single home is within 10 minutes of public transport and 15 minutes of a park. While health services and groceries are within a 15-minute walk for over 98% of residents, schools are slightly less accessible, with 95.1% of homes within range.
98.3%
Higher than 97% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
95.1%
Higher than 84% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
98.4%
Higher than 98% 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 area has 377 intersections per square kilometre. The typical terrain slope is 9.7%, which is well above the Western Australia figure of 5.7%.
377
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.
9.7%
Higher than 94% 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 Perth - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC50501401/perth-central/topic/walkability
