Dowerin · 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.
Only 18.6% of homes in Dowerin are within a 10 minute walk of public transport, a gap that is far below the state figure. This makes the town mostly car-dependent, with just over half of residents able to reach a school or grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Dowerin — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Dowerin | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 6465, WA | 0.2 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dowerin 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.
Dowerin is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.3, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4. Only 55.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the typical number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is 3.7, well below the state average.
3.3
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.7
Lower than 73% 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.
55.1%
Lower than 58% 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.
Access to basic needs is limited, as health services are the hardest to reach with 60% of homes more than 30 minutes away on foot. Parks are the most accessible amenity, though the 60.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of one is still far below the state figure.
52.7%
Lower than 59% 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.
18.6%
Lower than 86% 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.
53.6%
Lower than 67% 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.
60.2%
Lower than 82% 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.
34.4%
Lower than 61% 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 town has 53.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the Western Australian figure. The terrain is slightly flatter than the state average, and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
53.7
Higher than 86% 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.
0
Lower than 98% 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.
4.1%
Lower than 71% 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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021238/dowerin/topic/walkability
