Holmes · 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.
Only 25% of homes in Holmes pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 61.8%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent for daily needs, as few residents can easily walk to a variety of essential services. While parks are common, most other amenities are out of reach on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Holmes — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Holmes | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 0812, NT | 6.8 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Holmes 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 Holmes is 3.7, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1, with only 3.4 types of amenities typically available within a 15-minute walk.
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.
3.4
Higher than 74% 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.
25.0%
Higher than 73% 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 easiest amenity to reach, with 87.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk, well above the territory average. In contrast, access to health services and groceries is far below the Northern Territory, with only 12.5% and 25% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively.
25.0%
Higher than 73% 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.
62.5%
Higher than 77% 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.
62.5%
Higher than 79% 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.
87.5%
Higher than 79% 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.
12.5%
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 area has 18 intersections per square kilometre. The typical terrain slope is 3.1%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory's 3.7%.
18
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.
3.1%
Lower than 86% 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 Holmes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70126/holmes/topic/walkability
