Major Urban · Section of State
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 gentle terrain slope of 4.7% helps make Major Urban a very walkable area. Most people here can reach a wide range of services on foot, with 85.5% of homes situated within a 15-minute walk of a variety of local amenities.
All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Major Urban — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Major Urban 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 area earns a walkability score of 7.3, which is considered very walkable. On average, residents have nearly seven different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk of their front door.
7.3
Very walkable of section of state 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.
6.8
Higher than 99% of section of state 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.
85.5%
Higher than 99% of section of state 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 nature and transport is excellent, with nearly 99% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 93.5% near public transport. While most can reach a school or the groceries in 15 minutes, health services are the hardest to reach, with 75.5% of homes within that walking distance.
84.3%
Higher than 97% of section of state areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
93.5%
Higher than 85% of section of state 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 99% of section of state areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
98.9%
Higher than 94% of section of state 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.
75.5%
Higher than 99% of section of state 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 street network features 235 intersections per square kilometre. There are 14.3 walkable amenities available for every 1,000 residents.
14.3
Lower than 78% of section of state 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.
235
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.7%
Lower than 68% of section of state 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS20/major-urban/topic/walkability
