Tapping · 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.
Flat terrain with a slope of 5.5% makes Tapping roughly the same as the state average, but the area remains only somewhat walkable. While almost every home is within a short stroll of a park or transport, many residents still struggle to reach health services on foot. Only 50.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Western Australia figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tapping — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Tapping | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| 6065, WA | 4.8 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tapping 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 Tapping is 4.9, which is considered somewhat walkable and a little below the state figure of 5.4. On average, there are 4.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, slightly fewer than the Western Australian average of 5.2.
4.9
Somewhat 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.
4.3
Higher than 79% 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.
50.5%
Higher than 80% 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 parks and public transport is excellent, with nearly 100% of homes within a 15-minute walk of both. However, this is contrasted by a lack of nearby medical care, as the 21.6% of homes within walking distance of health services is far below the state figure.
63.6%
Higher than 83% 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.
99.9%
Higher 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.
79.0%
Higher than 85% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
21.6%
Higher than 77% 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 241 intersections per square kilometre. Despite the easy terrain, there are only 5.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 16.6.
5.8
Lower 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.
241
Higher than 92% 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.
5.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Tapping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51435/tapping/topic/walkability
