George Town · 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.
Only 33.8% of homes in George Town are within a 15-minute walk of a variety of services, a figure far below the Tasmanian average. The area is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 2.9. This means most residents rely on vehicles to reach basic needs and daily destinations.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is George Town — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in George Town 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 George Town is 2.9, which is well below the state figure of 4.7. On average, residents can reach 3.1 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.5 across Tasmania.
2.9
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.
3.1
Lower than 66% 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.
33.8%
Lower 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 69% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while health services are the hardest to reach, with only 24.6% of homes nearby. Both figures are far below the state averages, and over half of all homes are more than 30 minutes away from health services.
39.1%
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.
34.8%
Lower than 55% 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.
40.5%
Lower than 70% 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.
69.0%
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.
24.6%
Lower than 63% 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 in George Town is relatively flat, with a mean slope of 5.0%, which is well below the Tasmanian average of 8.8%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre.
1
Lower than 71% 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.
5.0%
Higher than 58% 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 George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC60100804/george-town/topic/walkability
