Wheat Belt - North · Sub-region (SA3)
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.
A small number of amenities are available per person in Wheat Belt - North, but most are far too scattered to reach on foot. The area is mostly car-dependent, with only 31.6% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 64%. This means very few residents can easily walk to the things they need for daily life.
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Wheat Belt - North — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Wheat Belt - North | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 3.5 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Wheat Belt - North 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 2.4, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Western Australian average of 5.4, reflecting that the typical home has access to only 2.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.2 across the state.
2.4
Mostly car-dependent of sub-region (sa3) 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.
2.7
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
31.6%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) 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 only 28.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and just 26% are near health services. While parks are the most accessible amenity, with 50.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk, public transport is the least accessible, reaching only 15.7% of residents.
28.5%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
15.7%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
37.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
50.2%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
26.0%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) 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 terrain slope is 5.0%, which is about the same as the Western Australian average. There are 25.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 16.6, though street connectivity is 0.
25.5
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) 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 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.0%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Wheat Belt - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50902/wheat-belt-north/topic/walkability
