Northern Areas · 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.
Far fewer residents can walk to local services in Northern Areas compared to the rest of South Australia. The area is mostly car-dependent, with only 39.8% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed. This is far below the state figure of 67.0%, meaning most people here rely on a vehicle for daily trips.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Northern Areas — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Northern Areas | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 3.2 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Northern Areas 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 3.0 means the area is mostly car-dependent, which is far below South Australia's score of 5.5. On average, there are only 3.4 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the state average of 5.4.
3.0
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.
3.4
Lower than 68% 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.
39.8%
Lower than 65% 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 essentials is far below state levels, most notably for public transport, where only 36.2% of homes are within a 10-minute walk. While 50.1% of homes are within 15 minutes of a park, only 30.4% can reach health services in that time.
40.0%
Lower than 64% 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.
36.2%
Lower than 56% 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.
38.0%
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.
50.1%
Lower than 79% 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.
30.4%
Lower than 65% 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.
The terrain slope is 4.0%, which is about the same as the South Australian average of 4.6%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and the area has 31.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure of 16.3.
31.6
Higher than 74% 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.
1
Lower than 56% 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.
4.0%
Lower than 62% 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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/walkability
