ACT Remainder - Belconnen · 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 15.6% of homes in ACT Remainder - Belconnen are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, a figure far below the territory average. This area is mostly car-dependent, with very few residents able to reach daily essentials or health services on foot. Most homes lack a 15-minute-city walkshed, making the area much less walkable than other parts of the ACT.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is ACT Remainder - Belconnen — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| ACT Remainder - Belconnen | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2611 crosses ACT/NSW | 6.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6.9 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in ACT Remainder - Belconnen 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 2.2 means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the territory figure of 6.9, with only 18.9% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 81.9% across the ACT.
2.2
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.
2.1
Higher than 66% 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.
18.9%
Higher than 72% 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 basics is limited, with health services being the hardest to reach as only 6.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. Parks are the most accessible amenity for 32% of homes, though this is still far below the territory average of 99.4%.
15.6%
Higher than 69% 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.
27.0%
Higher than 66% 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.
20.5%
Higher than 65% 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.
32.0%
Higher than 58% 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.
6.6%
Higher than 73% 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 15 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 6.9%, which is a little above the territory average. There are 625 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure far above the territory's 19.2.
625.0
Higher than 99% 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.
15
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.
6.9%
Higher than 62% 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 ACT Remainder - Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80001/act-remainder-belconnen/topic/walkability
