Christmas Island · 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.
Only 26.6% of homes on Christmas Island pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning most residents cannot reach five key amenity types on foot. While the area is mostly car-dependent, a huge 83.4% of households can walk to groceries within 15 minutes, which is far above the figure for other territories.
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Christmas Island — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Christmas Island | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Christmas Island 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 overall walkability score is 3.7, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is a little above the 3.0 score seen in other territories, with residents having access to about 3.6 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk.
3.7
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.
3.6
Lower than 76% 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.
26.6%
Lower than 90% 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.
Walking to the shops is easy, with 48% of homes just 5 minutes from groceries, but getting to school or transport is much harder. While health services are well above the territory average for accessibility, 48% of homes are more than 30 minutes from a school and no homes are within 10 minutes of public transport.
83.4%
Higher than 74% 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.
10.7%
Lower than 99% 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.
40.5%
Lower than 96% 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.
30.9%
Lower than 73% 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.
Steeper terrain makes walking more challenging here, as the typical slope of 15.6% is well above the territory average. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre, though the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below other territories.
28.4
Higher than 88% 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.
4
Lower than 69% 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.
15.6%
Higher than 99% 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 Christmas Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/90101/christmas-island/topic/walkability
