Break O'Day · 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 homes have a 15-minute walk to local needs in Break O'Day compared to the rest of Tasmania. Only 21.1% of residences have a diverse range of amenities nearby, making the area mostly car-dependent. While parks are often close by, most other essential services are a significant distance from where people live.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Break O'Day — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Break O'Day | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 4.1 |
| Tasmania | 4.7 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Break O'Day 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 area is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 2.3, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 4.7. Only 2.4 types of amenities are typically within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.5 across the state.
2.3
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.
2.4
Lower than 86% 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.
21.1%
Lower than 89% 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 69% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, schools are the hardest to reach, as only 15.3% of homes are within 15 minutes of one, a figure far below the state average of 53.3%. Access to groceries and public transport is also far below Tasmanian levels.
23.6%
Lower than 87% 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.
24.9%
Lower than 65% 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.
15.3%
Lower than 93% 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.
69.0%
Lower than 51% 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.
24.1%
Lower than 76% 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 typical terrain slope is 8.4%, which is about the same as the state average. There is one intersection per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far above the Tasmanian figure at 32.9.
32.9
Higher than 75% 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 58% 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.
8.4%
Higher than 89% 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 Break O'Day [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60210/break-o-day/topic/walkability
