Apatula · 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.
Far fewer people in Apatula can walk to local services compared to the rest of the Territory, with a walkability score of 2.8 making it mostly car-dependent. While some residents live close to parks and schools, overall access to amenities is far below the state average.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Apatula — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Apatula | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 2.3 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Apatula 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.
A walkability score of 2.8 means Apatula is mostly car-dependent, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1. Only 25.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the state average of 61.8%.
2.8
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.2
Lower than 81% 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.
25.4%
Lower than 86% 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.
Access to parks is the strongest, with 64.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while public transport is the weakest as 0% of homes are within 10 minutes of a stop. Around 60% of homes are within 15 minutes of both schools and groceries, but half the population lives more than 30 minutes from health services.
60.7%
Higher than 75% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
61.5%
Higher than 58% 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.
64.6%
Lower than 76% 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.
49.0%
Higher than 73% 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 average terrain slope is 3.4%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory average of 3.7%. There are 0 street intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 98% 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.
3.4%
Lower than 74% 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 Apatula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG709/apatula/topic/walkability
