Nightcliff · 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 walkable environment defines Nightcliff, where 97.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed. This is far above the Northern Territory figure of 61.8%. While most daily needs are just a short stroll away, health services are much harder to reach on foot than in other parts of the territory.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Nightcliff — very walkable of areas.
| Nightcliff | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 5.9 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Nightcliff 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.
Nightcliff is rated as very walkable with a score of 7.1, which is well above the territory's 5.1. Residents typically have access to 6.7 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
7.1
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.
6.7
Higher than 73% 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.
97.8%
Higher than 91% 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 here is within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a 15-minute walk of a park. While 97.4% of homes are close to groceries, health services are a major gap, with only 28.4% of residents within a 15-minute walk of care.
97.4%
Higher than 94% 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.
90.2%
Higher than 74% 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.
28.4%
Lower than 81% 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 291 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 3.2%, which is about the same as the territory average. There are 10.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure far below the Northern Territory's 19.0.
10.7
Lower than 83% 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.
291
Higher than 88% 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.
3.2%
Lower than 90% 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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/walkability
