Mid West · 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.
Far fewer residents can walk to local services in Mid West compared to the state average. This mostly car-dependent area has a walkability score of 3.8, which is well below Western Australia's 5.4. Only 46.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the state's 64.0%.
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Mid West — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Mid West | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 3.5 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mid West 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 area is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.8, well below the state average of 5.4. On average, there are only 3.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.2.
3.8
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.
3.8
Lower than 71% 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.
46.3%
Lower than 66% 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 daily needs is limited, with schools and public transport being the hardest to reach; both are far below state levels, with only 49.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school and 58.7% near transport. Parks are the most accessible amenity, though the 75.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk is still far below the state's 88.9%.
42.8%
Lower than 72% 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.
58.7%
Lower than 68% 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.
49.4%
Lower than 72% 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.
75.7%
Lower than 67% 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.
40.5%
Lower than 54% 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 average terrain slope of 4.6% is a little below the state's 5.7%. While there are 22.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 16.6, the street connectivity is 0.
22.5
Higher than 82% 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 99% 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.
4.6%
Lower than 68% 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 Mid West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51104/mid-west/topic/walkability
