Glenfield · 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 essential services are within walking distance in Glenfield compared to other Western Australian areas. Most residents are mostly car-dependent, with only 12% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed. While public transport is accessible for many, other daily needs like groceries and health services are typically far away.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glenfield — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Glenfield | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6532, WA | 1.2 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Glenfield 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 2.8 makes Glenfield mostly car-dependent, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4. Only 2.2 types of amenities are typically found within a 15-minute walk, far below the state average of 5.2.
2.8
Mostly 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.
2.2
Higher than 67% 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.
12.0%
Higher than 67% 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.
Public transport is the most accessible amenity, with 79.3% of homes within a 10-minute walk. In contrast, access to other needs is much lower, with only 10.4% of homes within 15 minutes of a school and 12.3% near groceries, both far below state figures.
12.3%
Higher than 66% 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.
79.3%
Higher than 81% 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.
10.4%
Higher than 61% 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.
77.6%
Higher than 73% 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.
12.0%
Higher than 74% 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 terrain slope is 5.8%, which is about the same as the Western Australian average. There are 17 intersections per square kilometre and 25.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 16.6.
25.8
Higher than 69% 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.
17
Higher than 73% 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.
5.8%
Higher than 51% 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 Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50557/glenfield/topic/walkability
