Whyalla Norrie · 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 more homes are within easy reach of shops and services in Whyalla Norrie than in the rest of South Australia. It is a very walkable area where nearly 88% of residents have a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning a wide range of daily needs are accessible on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Whyalla Norrie — very walkable of areas.
| Whyalla Norrie | 6.7 |
|---|---|
| 5608, SA | 6.7 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Whyalla Norrie 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 for Whyalla Norrie is 6.7, which is very walkable and a little above the state figure of 5.5. Residents have access to 6.8 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well above the South Australian average of 5.4.
6.7
Very walkable 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.
6.8
Higher than 93% 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.
87.9%
Higher than 93% 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 is strongest for schools, with 98.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far above the state's 68.4%. Health services are the hardest to reach by comparison, though 68.2% of homes are still within 15 minutes of care, which is far above the state figure.
81.9%
Higher than 90% 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.
98.2%
Higher than 94% 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.
98.6%
Higher 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.
90.4%
Higher than 80% 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.
68.2%
Higher than 89% 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 area has 118 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 2.4%, which is a little below the state average of 4.6%. There are 20 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little above the South Australian figure of 16.3.
20.0
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.
118
Higher than 87% 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.
2.4%
Lower than 97% 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 Whyalla Norrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41588/whyalla-norrie/topic/walkability
