Hardwicke Bay · Suburb / Locality

Walkability in Hardwicke Bay

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 daily amenities are within reach in Hardwicke Bay than in other South Australian areas. The town is car-dependent, with no homes located within a 15-minute walk of a school, grocery store, or health service. While some residents can easily walk to a park or transport, most essential services are beyond a 30-minute walk.

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📍 Hardwicke Bay, Suburb / Locality

Where Hardwicke Bay sits — Walkability score

1.6 Car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 7643 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 936 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 607 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 409 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 339 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 286 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 268 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 253 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 267 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 273 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 281 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 291 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 311 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 280 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 308 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 296 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 271 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 257 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 245 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 204 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 211 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 167 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 188 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 145 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 126 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 95 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 62 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 23 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hardwicke Bay — car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Hardwicke Bay1.6
5575, SA 1.9
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Hardwicke Bay 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.

A walkability score of 1.6 makes Hardwicke Bay car-dependent, which is far below the South Australian figure of 5.5. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 67% across the state.

1.6

Car-dependent of suburb / locality 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.

1.6

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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.

While 75.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, access to other needs is much lower. No one can walk to a school, health service, or groceries within 15 minutes, and 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from these essentials.

Streets & terrain

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

The terrain in Hardwicke Bay is a little flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 2.9%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre and 20.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the state figure of 16.3.

20.1

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality 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.

2.9%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality 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 Hardwicke Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40565/hardwicke-bay/topic/walkability