Howard Springs - Gunn Point · 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 fewer amenities are within reach on foot in Howard Springs - Gunn Point than in other parts of the Territory. This is a car-dependent area where only 0.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 61.8%. Most residents rely on vehicles to get around because daily needs are rarely within walking distance.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Howard Springs - Gunn Point — car-dependent of areas.
| Howard Springs - Gunn Point | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 1.1 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Howard Springs - Gunn Point 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 is 0.8, meaning the area is car-dependent. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1, with only 0.7 amenity types available within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.0 across the Territory.
0.8
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.
0.7
Lower than 92% 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.
0.1%
Lower than 86% 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 essentials is very limited, as only 10.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and just 4.7% are near health services. Public transport is the most accessible amenity, yet 30% of homes are still more than 30 minutes away from a stop.
10.5%
Lower than 80% 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.
18.3%
Lower than 62% 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.
9.0%
Lower than 88% 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.
4.1%
Lower than 94% 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.
4.7%
Lower than 81% 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 a street connectivity of 2 intersections per square kilometre. Its mean terrain slope is 3.4%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory average of 3.7%.
2
Lower than 69% 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.
3.4%
Lower than 70% 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 Howard Springs - Gunn Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC70300704/howard-springs-gunn-point/topic/walkability
