Black · State Electorate
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 lack of health services is the main gap in Black, where just 26.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a clinic—far below the state figure of 52.4%. Despite this, the area is considered somewhat walkable, as almost every home is within a short stroll of a park or public transport.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Black — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Black | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | 6.6 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Black 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.
About 56.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the South Australian figure of 67.0%. On average, residents have access to 5.2 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is about the same as the rest of the state.
5.6
Somewhat walkable of state electorate 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.
5.2
Lower than 55% of state electorate 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%
Lower than 62% of state electorate 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.
Walking to a park or public transport is easy, with 99.9% and 97.0% of homes within a 15-minute walk, both far above state levels. However, grocery access is far below the state average, and over half of residents live more than 30 minutes away from health services.
54.0%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
97.0%
Higher than 68% of state electorate 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.
80.4%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
99.9%
Higher than 83% of state electorate 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.
26.5%
Lower than 84% of state electorate 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 Black is steeper than most of South Australia, with a mean slope of 8.1%. There are 119 intersections per square kilometre and 22.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 16.3.
22.8
Higher than 87% of state electorate 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.
119
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.1%
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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 Black [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40003/black/topic/walkability
