5091, SA · Postcode

Walkability in 5091, SA

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.

Almost every home in postcode 5091 is within a short walk of public transport or a park, though the area's very walkable rating of 6.2 is offset by fewer grocery stores nearby. While most residents can easily reach basic amenities, a smaller share can walk to a supermarket compared to the state average.

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📍 5091, SA, Postcode

Where 5091, SA sits — Walkability score

6.2 Very walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 143 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 114 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 116 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 123 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 114 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 136 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 104 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 131 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 161 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 142 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 137 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 126 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 110 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 100 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 92 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 81 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 95 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 93 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 69 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 59 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 79 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 62 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 64 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 58 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 49 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 36 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 35 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 10 areas

All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 5091, SA — very walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
5091, SA6.2
Tea Tree Gully 6.2
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in 5091, SA by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

About 80% of homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the South Australian figure of 67%. On average, residents have 5.9 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, a little above the state average of 5.4.

6.2

Very walkable of postcode 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.

5.9

Higher than 76% of postcode 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.

79.7%

Higher than 77% of postcode 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to schools (92.7%) and public transport (94.4%) is far above state levels, and 98.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park. However, access to groceries is well below the state average, with only 60.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a store.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The local terrain has a mean slope of 6.9%, which is a little above the South Australian average of 4.6%. There are 71 intersections per square kilometre, and there are 13.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little below the state figure of 16.3.

13.2

Lower than 69% of postcode 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.

6.9%

Higher than 74% of postcode 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in 5091, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5091/5091-sa/topic/walkability