Remote 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 Remote Australia are within a 15-minute walk of a range of local services. This vast region is mostly car-dependent, with only 3.8 types of amenities typically reachable on foot from any given house.
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Remote Australia — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Remote 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.
The walkability score is 3.4, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. Only 46.6% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, where a variety of daily needs can be met without a car.
3.4
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.
3.8
Higher than 60% 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.
46.6%
Higher than 67% 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.
Access to essentials varies widely; while 57.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, only 42.1% can reach health services in that time. For many, the walk is much longer, with 48% of homes more than 30 minutes away from the nearest health service.
44.3%
Higher than 52% 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.
22.1%
Lower than 67% 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.
46.9%
Lower than 51% 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.
57.9%
Lower than 68% 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.
42.1%
Higher than 68% 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 is 3.1%, and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre. There are 28.8 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
28.8
Higher than 64% 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 85% 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.
3.1%
Lower than 87% 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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/walkability
