Outer 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 all homes in Outer Regional Australia pass the 15-minute-city test, with only 40.9% of dwellings able to reach five or more amenity types on foot. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, as the typical resident has access to only 3.4 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Outer Regional Australia — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Outer 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.
A walkability score of 3.3 means the region is mostly car-dependent. Only 40.9% of homes are located within a 15-minute walk of enough essential services to meet the 15-minute-city standard.
3.3
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.4
Lower than 61% 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.
40.9%
Lower than 57% 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 are the easiest amenity to reach, with 56.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to access, with only 31.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk and 54% of residents living more than 30 minutes away from the nearest one.
36.4%
Lower than 77% 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.
39.5%
Lower than 51% 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.
43.4%
Lower than 60% 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.
56.8%
Lower 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.
31.9%
Lower than 58% 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 average terrain slope across the region is 6.0%. There are 20.6 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents, and the street connectivity is 0 intersections per square kilometre.
20.6
Higher than 50% 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.
0
Lower than 66% 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.
6.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA12/outer-regional-australia/topic/walkability
