Lake Alexandrina · Suburb / Locality
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 amenities are within walking distance in Lake Alexandrina than in most South Australian areas. The region is car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.1, which is far below the state figure of 5.5. Almost no homes have the basic services needed for a 15-minute city lifestyle.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lake Alexandrina — car-dependent of areas.
| Lake Alexandrina | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| 5259, SA | 0.9 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lake Alexandrina 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 of 0.1 means the area is car-dependent, a figure far below the South Australian average of 5.5. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 67% across the state.
0.1
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.
0.2
Lower than 56% 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to services is very limited; for example, 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes from the nearest health service or school. Only 6.8% of residents can walk to a park within 15 minutes, while 0% have public transport within a 10-minute walk.
2.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
6.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 is 3.4%, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 4.6%. There are 0 street intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
3.4%
Lower than 81% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Lake Alexandrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40735/lake-alexandrina/topic/walkability
