Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
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.
High accessibility to transport and parks defines the walkability of Major Cities of Australia, though access to health services is less common. The area is considered very walkable, with 82.4% of homes having a wide range of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Major Cities of Australia — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Major Cities of Australia 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 typical home has about 6.6 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, resulting in a walkability score of 7.1, which is very walkable.
7.1
Very walkable of remoteness area 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.
6.6
Higher than 99% of remoteness area 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.
82.4%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area 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.
Almost all homes are within a 15-minute walk of public transport (96.1%) and parks (96.8%), but only 66.3% of residents can reach health services in that same time. Most people have very quick access to basics, with 84% of homes just a 5-minute walk from public transport.
78.0%
Higher than 96% of remoteness area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
96.1%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area 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.
87.0%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
96.8%
Higher than 93% of remoteness area 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.
66.3%
Higher than 97% of remoteness area 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 87 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 7.0%. Across these cities, there are 13.4 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
13.4
Lower than 92% of remoteness area 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.
87
Higher than 88% of remoteness area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.0%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area 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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA10/major-cities-of-australia/topic/walkability
