Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is. · 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.
A little more than 3.6 amenity types are within a 15-minute walk for residents of Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is., which is a little above the figure for other territories. While the area is mostly car-dependent, it stands out for having very high access to groceries. However, other essentials like schools and parks are much harder to reach on foot.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is. — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is. | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 6798, OT | 3.7 |
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is. 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 3.6, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. About 27% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is about the same as other territories.
3.6
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.
3.6
Lower than 67% 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.
27.0%
Lower than 84% 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.
Grocery access is a major highlight, with 85.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far above the 58.2% seen in other territories. In contrast, access to parks (44.4%) and schools (13.5%) is well below those territories, and no homes are within 10 minutes of public transport.
85.1%
Higher than 99% 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.
13.5%
Lower than 95% 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.
44.4%
Lower than 89% 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.
26.2%
Lower than 85% 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 terrain has a mean slope of 13.7%, which is a little above the 11.8% found across other territories. There are 5 intersections per square kilometre.
5
Higher than 76% 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.
13.7%
Higher than 99% 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 Christmas - Cocos (Keeling) Is. [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG901/christmas-cocos-is/topic/walkability
