Blackstone - Prospect Vale · 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.
Far more homes have easy walking access to daily needs in Blackstone - Prospect Vale than in other Tasmanian areas. The neighborhood is considered somewhat walkable, with 62.9% of homes sitting within a 15-minute walk of several useful amenities.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Blackstone - Prospect Vale — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Blackstone - Prospect Vale 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 the area is 5.0, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure of 4.7. On average, there are 4.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk.
5.0
Somewhat walkable 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.
4.6
Higher than 56% 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.
62.9%
Higher than 63% 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.
Walking access is strongest for public transport, parks, and groceries, which are all far above the state average. However, access to health services and schools is far below the state figure, with 58% of homes more than 30 minutes' walk from a health service.
72.5%
Higher than 69% 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.
92.0%
Higher than 73% 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.
31.9%
Lower than 75% 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.
90.6%
Higher than 56% 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.
0.7%
Lower than 85% 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 average terrain slope is 6.3%, which is a little below the Tasmanian average of 8.8%. There are 41 street intersections per square kilometre.
41
Higher than 64% 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.
6.3%
Higher than 77% 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 Blackstone - Prospect Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC60100701/blackstone-prospect-vale/topic/walkability
