Johnston · 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 very high percentage of homes in Johnston are within a short walk of essential services, making it a very walkable area. Nearly every resident can reach a grocery store, park, or public transport stop within 15 minutes, which is far above the Northern Territory average.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Johnston — very walkable of areas.
| Johnston | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 5.9 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Johnston 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.
Johnston is considered very walkable with a score of 7.5, well above the Northern Territory figure of 5.1. Almost every home here (99.6%) has a 15-minute-city walkshed, far exceeding the 61.8% seen across the territory.
7.5
Very 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.
7.4
Higher than 84% 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.
99.6%
Higher than 98% 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.
Every home is within a 15-minute walk of public transport and parks, while nearly 90% can reach a school or health service in the same time. This access is far above territory figures, though most residents find parks and transport the easiest to reach, with 85% to 96% of homes just a 5-minute walk away.
99.9%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
89.3%
Higher than 72% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
89.4%
Higher than 89% 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 228 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 3.4%, which is about the same as the Northern Territory average. There are 29.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure well above the territory average of 19.0.
29.2
Higher than 95% 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.
228
Higher than 80% 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.
3.4%
Lower 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 Johnston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70015/johnston/topic/walkability
