Inner Regional 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.
Fewer than half of the homes in Inner Regional Australia have a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning most residents cannot reach a variety of daily needs on foot. The area is considered somewhat walkable with a score of 4.2. While many people can walk to a park or transport, accessing health services and groceries is much harder for the typical resident.
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Inner Regional 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.
About 47.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, with a typical resident having access to 4.1 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
4.2
Somewhat 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.
4.1
Higher than 73% 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.
47.2%
Higher than 69% 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.
Parks and public transport are the most accessible, with 73.7% and 67.0% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, as 45% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from the nearest one.
44.1%
Higher than 51% 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.
67.0%
Higher than 78% 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.
50.1%
Higher than 58% 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.
73.7%
Higher than 72% 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.
34.8%
Higher than 52% 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.
The terrain has an average slope of 6.4%, with 2 intersections per square kilometre and 17.7 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
17.7
Lower than 63% 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.
2
Higher than 61% 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.
6.4%
Higher than 79% 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/walkability
