ACT Remainder - Gungahlin · 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 gentle slope of 5.2% defines the landscape of ACT Remainder - Gungahlin, though the area remains mostly car-dependent. Only 35.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the territory figure. This makes it a place where most daily trips require a vehicle rather than a stroll.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is ACT Remainder - Gungahlin — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| ACT Remainder - Gungahlin | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 2912, ACT | 8.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6.9 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in ACT Remainder - Gungahlin 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 is 3.8, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the territory's score of 6.9, with residents having access to far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than the rest of the ACT.
3.8
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.
3.5
Higher than 75% 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.
35.9%
Higher than 76% 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 essentials is limited, as only 15.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school and 17.9% are near health services. While 92.3% of homes are near a park, this is still well below the territory average.
48.7%
Higher than 79% 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.
51.3%
Higher than 73% 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.
15.4%
Higher than 63% 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.
92.3%
Higher than 81% 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.
17.9%
Higher than 76% 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.
There are 19 intersections per square kilometre. The area has 1,157.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the territory figure of 19.2.
1,157.9
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.
19
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.
5.2%
Lower than 56% 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 - Gungahlin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80006/act-remainder-gungahlin/topic/walkability
