7212, TAS · Postcode
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.
Fewer than half of the homes in postcode 7212 have a 15-minute walk to multiple amenities, making the area mostly car-dependent. While some essential services are closer than in other Tasmanian areas, overall access to parks and transport remains well below the state average.
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 7212, TAS — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| 7212, TAS | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Northern Midlands | 4.0 |
| Tasmania | 4.7 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in 7212, TAS 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 3.2, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. Only 46.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 53.9%.
3.2
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.5
Lower than 56% 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.
46.3%
Lower than 51% 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to health services and groceries is well above the state average, but public transport and parks are far below, with 40.4% and 49.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively. For many, the distance is great; half of all homes are more than 30 minutes from the nearest school or health service.
56.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
40.4%
Lower than 57% of postcode 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.
45.1%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
49.3%
Lower than 72% of postcode 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.
45.3%
Higher than 62% of postcode 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 is flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 5.0%. There are 35.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the Tasmanian figure, despite there being 0 intersections per square kilometre.
35.4
Higher than 77% 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.
0
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.0%
Higher than 50% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in 7212, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7212/7212-tas/topic/walkability
