West Beach · 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.
Just over half of homes in West Beach fail the 15-minute-city test, with only 56.4% able to reach five or more key amenities on foot. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 64%, making the area mostly car-dependent. While parks are very accessible, the lack of nearby shops and health services creates a significant gap in local walkability.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is West Beach — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| West Beach | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 6450, WA | 3.6 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in West Beach 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.
West Beach is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.7, which is well below the state figure of 5.4. The area has far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than the Western Australian average.
3.7
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.
3.8
Higher than 77% 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.
56.4%
Higher than 81% 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.
Almost every home is within a short 15-minute walk of a park, but no one can walk to groceries and almost no one can reach health services within the same time. This is far below the state average for both. Public transport is more accessible, with 79.3% of homes within a 10-minute walk.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
67.0%
Higher than 81% 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.
95.2%
Higher than 83% 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.
0.3%
Higher than 71% 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 in West Beach is a little steeper than the state average, with a typical slope of 8.3%. There are 8 intersections per square kilometre and 24.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the Western Australian figure.
24.9
Higher than 68% 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.
8
Higher than 72% 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.
8.3%
Higher than 73% 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 West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51567/west-beach/topic/walkability
