Harvey and Surrounds · 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.
Few local services are within a short stroll for most people in Harvey and Surrounds, making it a mostly car-dependent area. While many homes are near parks, just 38.1% of households can walk to groceries within 15 minutes, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Harvey and Surrounds — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Harvey and Surrounds | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 6220, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Harvey and Surrounds 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 area is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.5, well below the state average of 5.4. Only 32.1% of homes have a variety of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the 64% seen across Western Australia.
3.5
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.
3.6
Lower than 60% 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.
32.1%
Lower than 64% 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 everyday needs is limited, with health services being the hardest to reach for 45% of homes. While 74.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, far fewer can reach groceries or schools in the same time, both falling far below state figures.
38.1%
Lower than 62% 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.
55.1%
Higher than 52% 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.
52.7%
Lower than 61% 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.
74.2%
Lower than 59% 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.
30.5%
Lower than 58% 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 terrain has a mean slope of 5.1%, which is about the same as the Western Australian average of 5.7%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre.
2
Lower than 68% 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.
5.1%
Higher than 60% 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 Harvey and Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC50700601/harvey-and-surrounds/topic/walkability
