Tasmania · Indigenous Region
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.
About 53.9% of homes in Tasmania pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning they can reach five or more essential amenities on foot. This level of access matches the state average, and the area is generally considered somewhat walkable.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Tasmania — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tasmania 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 Tasmania is 4.7, which is about the same as the state average and describes the area as somewhat walkable.
4.7
Somewhat walkable of indigenous region 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.
4.5
Higher than 73% of indigenous region 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.
53.9%
Higher than 72% of indigenous region 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 easiest to reach, with 78.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the least accessible, with only 39.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk, matching state figures.
53.4%
Higher than 62% of indigenous region areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
70.0%
Higher than 78% of indigenous region 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.
53.3%
Lower than 59% of indigenous region areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
78.6%
Higher than 67% of indigenous region 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.
39.3%
Higher than 57% of indigenous region 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 mean terrain slope is 8.8%, which is about the same as the state average, and there is 1 intersection per square kilometre.
1
Higher than 63% of indigenous region areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.8%
Higher than 92% of indigenous region 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 Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG601/tasmania/topic/walkability
