Lake Burley Griffin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Walkability in Lake Burley Griffin

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.

Zero per cent of homes in Lake Burley Griffin meet the 15-minute-city test, a result far below the territory figure. This area is considered somewhat walkable, but it lacks the variety of daily services found elsewhere. While parks and transport are close by, essential services are missing from the immediate neighborhood.

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📍 Lake Burley Griffin, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Lake Burley Griffin sits — Walkability score

5.4 Somewhat walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 41 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 31 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 51 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 56 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 55 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 65 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 78 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 65 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 93 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 90 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 82 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 119 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 122 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 113 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 127 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 140 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 127 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 149 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 137 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 130 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 121 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 99 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 79 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 103 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 69 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 52 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 44 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 15 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Lake Burley Griffin — somewhat walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Lake Burley Griffin5.4
2601, ACT 9.3
Australian Capital Territory 6.9

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lake Burley Griffin by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score is 5.4, which is well below the territory average of 6.9. Residents have access to only 4 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 6.5 across the ACT.

5.4

Somewhat walkable 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.

4.0

Lower than 69% 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Every home is within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a 15-minute walk of a park. However, no homes are within 15 minutes of a school, health service, or grocery store, which is far below the territory average for these essentials.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The terrain is slightly flatter than the territory average, with a mean slope of 4.0%. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre.

4.0%

Lower than 73% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Lake Burley Griffin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061066/lake-burley-griffin/topic/walkability