Mount Lawley - Inglewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
Health services are far easier to reach on foot in Mount Lawley - Inglewood than in the rest of Western Australia. This area is a walker's paradise with a walkability score of 8.4, and nearly every home has a wide range of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Lawley - Inglewood — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Mount Lawley - Inglewood | 8.4 |
|---|---|
| 6050, WA | 7.9 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mount Lawley - Inglewood 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 vast 99.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the state figure of 64.0%. Residents also have access to 7.9 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, well above the Western Australian average of 5.2.
8.4
A walker's paradise of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
7.9
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
99.3%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 health services, schools, and parks, with the gap for health services being the most striking at 51 points above the state. Public transport is the most common nearby amenity, with 84% of homes just a 5-minute walk from a stop.
95.7%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
99.9%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
99.5%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
100.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
99.6%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 area has 227 intersections per square kilometre, and the terrain slope is about the same as the state average. There are 13.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 16.6.
13.9
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
227
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.5%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Mount Lawley - Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021039/mount-lawley-inglewood/topic/walkability
