Katherine · 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.
Far fewer homes in Katherine are within walking distance of basic needs than in other parts of the Northern Territory. The area is mostly car-dependent, with only 34% of households having a variety of amenities within a 15-minute walk. While parks are relatively accessible, getting to health services or groceries on foot is a challenge for many residents.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Katherine — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Katherine | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Katherine 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.
Katherine is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.1, which is far below the Territory figure of 5.1. Only 3.4 amenity types are typically within a 15-minute walk, well below the state average of 5.0.
3.1
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.4
Lower than 85% 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.
34.0%
Lower than 88% 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.
Parks are the easiest to reach, with 75.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, access to health services is far below the Territory average, with only 24.4% of homes nearby and 48% of residents facing a walk of over 30 minutes to reach care. Public transport is entirely unavailable within a 15-minute walk of any home.
40.8%
Lower than 81% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
66.2%
Lower than 61% 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.
75.1%
Lower than 79% 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.
24.4%
Lower than 87% 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 is about the same as the rest of the Northern Territory with a mean slope of 2.8%. There are 14.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well below the state figure of 19.0, and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
14.7
Higher than 53% 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.
0
Lower than 98% 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.
2.8%
Lower than 98% 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/walkability
