Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem · 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 people can walk to basic services in Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem compared to the rest of the Northern Territory. Only 30.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the territory figure of 61.8%. This makes the area largely car-dependent for daily needs.
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem — car-dependent of areas.
| Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem 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 walkability score of 1.9 marks this region as car-dependent, which is far below the Northern Territory's 5.1. On average, there are only 2.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, far below the territory's 5.0.
1.9
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.
2.3
Lower than 92% 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.
30.9%
Lower than 88% 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 services is far below the territory average, with no homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. While parks are the most reachable amenity for 43.1% of homes, 55% of residents live more than a 30-minute walk from health services.
35.9%
Lower than 84% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
39.4%
Lower than 84% 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.
43.1%
Lower than 95% 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.
33.4%
Lower than 68% 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 3.9%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory's 3.7%. There are 17.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents and 0 intersections per square kilometre.
17.6
Higher than 64% 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.
3.9%
Lower than 79% 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 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70203/daly-tiwi-west-arnhem/topic/walkability
