Rural Balance · 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.
Almost no essential services are within walking distance for people in Rural Balance, which is rated as car-dependent. Only 2.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning the vast majority of residents must drive to access basic needs.
All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Rural Balance — car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Rural Balance 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's walkability score is 0.5, which is considered car-dependent. On average, there are only 0.5 amenity types within a 15-minute walk of a typical home.
0.5
Car-dependent 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.
0.5
Lower than 90% 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.
2.9%
Lower than 86% 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 16.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk, but health services are the hardest to reach, with 95% of homes more than 30 minutes away on foot.
3.7%
Lower than 86% 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.
2.1%
Lower than 86% 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.
8.2%
Lower than 76% 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.
16.1%
Lower than 86% 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.
1.6%
Lower than 77% 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 terrain has a mean slope of 7.5% and there are zero intersections per square kilometre. There are 13.7 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
13.7
Lower than 85% 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.
0
Lower 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.
7.5%
Higher than 81% 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS33/rural-balance/topic/walkability
