Nunile · 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.
A steeper terrain than the state average helps explain why Nunile is mostly car-dependent. Only 13.3% of homes have a 15-minute walkshed, a figure far below the Western Australian average. Most residents rely on vehicles to reach basic services and amenities.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nunile — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Nunile | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6566, WA | 1.8 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Nunile 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 Nunile is 2.3, which means it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.4, with residents having far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than people in other parts of the state.
2.3
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.
2.6
Higher than 70% 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.
13.3%
Higher than 68% 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 67.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while health services are the hardest to reach, with only 12.4% of homes nearby. No homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, and 33% of the area is more than 30 minutes away from schools, groceries, and health services.
59.3%
Higher than 82% 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.
46.9%
Higher than 74% 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.
67.2%
Higher than 69% 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.
12.4%
Higher than 75% 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 8.0%, which is a little above the state figure. There is one intersection per square kilometre, and there are 21.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the Western Australian average.
21.9
Higher than 64% 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.
1
Lower than 53% 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.
8.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Nunile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51170/nunile/topic/walkability
