Araluen · 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.
About 74% of homes in Araluen can reach five or more different amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. This makes the area somewhat walkable, as most residents have a wide variety of services and parks just a short trip from their front door.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Araluen — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Araluen | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Araluen 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.
Araluen's walkability score is 5.5, meaning it is somewhat walkable. The typical resident has access to 5.5 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is a little above the Northern Territory average of 5.0.
5.5
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.
5.5
Higher than 50% 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.
73.9%
Higher than 56% 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.
Access to essentials is far above the territory average, especially for public transport (90% of homes) and parks (95.4%). While 69.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, only 67.2% can easily reach groceries.
67.2%
Higher than 52% 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.
90.0%
Higher than 52% 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.
84.1%
Higher than 63% 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.
95.4%
Lower than 54% 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.
69.1%
Higher than 71% 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 area has 90 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 2.9%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory average. However, there are only 12.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure well below the territory average.
12.7
Lower than 63% 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.
90
Higher than 51% 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.
2.9%
Lower than 96% 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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70002/araluen/topic/walkability
