Flinders Ranges · Council (LGA)
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 4.4% average slope means the terrain in Flinders Ranges is about the same as the South Australian average, yet the area remains mostly car-dependent. Only 31.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 67.0%. This makes it a place where most residents rely on vehicles for daily trips.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Flinders Ranges — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Flinders Ranges | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 3.2 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Flinders Ranges 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 2.4, which is far below the South Australian figure of 5.5. On average, there are only 2.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, also far below the state average of 5.4.
2.4
Mostly car-dependent of council (lga) 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.
2.6
Lower than 82% of council (lga) 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.
31.2%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) 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 far below state levels, with parks being the most reachable amenity at 52.2% of homes. Other services are much harder to reach, as 87% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from the nearest service and 52% are over 30 minutes from public transport.
34.9%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
16.3%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) 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.
38.5%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
52.2%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) 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.
28.2%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) 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.
There are 27.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the South Australian figure of 16.3. However, there are 0 intersections per square kilometre across the area.
27.3
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
0
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.4%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) 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 Flinders Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41830/flinders-ranges/topic/walkability
