Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport · 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 no homes in Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport are within a 15-minute walk of any local amenities. The area is completely car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.1, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1. Residents rely almost entirely on vehicles to reach basic services.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport — car-dependent of areas.
| Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| 0838, NT | 0.2 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport 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 car-dependent, scoring 0.1, which is far below the Northern Territory's 5.1. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the 61.8% seen across the Territory.
0.1
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.
0.0
Lower 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 daily needs is very limited, with only 1.2% of homes near a park and just 0.1% near public transport or a school. This is far below Territory levels for all services; for example, 97% of homes are more than 30 minutes' walk from groceries.
0.9%
Lower than 85% 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.
0.1%
Lower than 71% 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.
0.1%
Lower than 99% 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.
1.2%
Lower than 98% 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.
0.8%
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 terrain is mostly flat with a mean slope of 3.0%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory's 3.7%. There is one intersection per square kilometre.
1
Lower than 76% 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.
3.0%
Lower than 81% 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 Darwin River - Berry Springs - Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC70300703/darwin-river-berry-springs-southport/topic/walkability
