Port Darwin · 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.
Almost every home in Port Darwin passes the 15-minute city test, with 90.5% of residents able to reach multiple amenities on foot. This makes the area a walker's paradise, as it sits far above the Northern Territory average for accessibility and convenience.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Port Darwin — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Port Darwin | 8.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 5.9 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Port Darwin 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.
The walkability score is 8.3, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 5.1. Residents have access to 7.3 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well above the territory average of 5.0.
8.3
A walker's paradise 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.
7.3
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.
90.5%
Higher than 75% 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.
Almost all homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park (99.9%) and public transport (97.6%), both far above the territory average. While health services are accessible for 82.8% of homes, this is the lowest access rate among the main amenities.
91.3%
Higher than 82% 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.
97.6%
Higher than 70% 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.
85.3%
Higher than 65% 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 84% 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.
82.8%
Higher than 83% 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 262 intersections per square kilometre. There are 18.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is about the same as the Northern Territory figure, and the terrain slope is a little above the territory average at 5.5%.
18.3
Higher than 74% 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.
262
Higher than 86% 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.
5.5%
Higher than 52% 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 Port Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70022/port-darwin/topic/walkability
