ACT Remainder - Kowen · Suburb / Locality

Walkability in ACT Remainder - Kowen

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 slightly steeper slope of 8.3% marks the terrain in ACT Remainder - Kowen, where the area is entirely car-dependent. With a walkability score of 0.0, it sits far below the territory average. This is a largely non-residential area where almost no homes have a 15-minute walk to any local amenity.

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📍 ACT Remainder - Kowen, Suburb / Locality

Where ACT Remainder - Kowen sits — Walkability score

0.0 Car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 7643 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 936 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 607 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 409 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 339 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 286 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 268 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 253 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 267 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 273 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 281 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 291 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 311 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 280 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 308 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 296 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 271 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 257 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 245 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 204 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 211 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 167 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 188 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 145 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 126 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 95 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 62 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 23 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is ACT Remainder - Kowen — car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
ACT Remainder - Kowen0.0
2620 crosses NSW/ACT 5.1
Australian Capital Territory 6.9

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in ACT Remainder - Kowen by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score is 0.0, which means the area is car-dependent. This is far below the territory figure of 6.9, and 0% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed.

0.0

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.

0.0

Lower than 67% 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to basics is very low, with 0% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries, schools, health services, or public transport. While 4.8% of homes are near a park, this is far below the territory's 99.4%.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

There are 12 intersections per square kilometre. While the area has 200 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents—far above the territory's 19.2—the terrain is a little steeper than the territory average.

200.0

Higher than 92% 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.

8.3%

Higher than 72% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in ACT Remainder - Kowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80009/act-remainder-kowen/topic/walkability