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.
Health services are the hardest to reach on foot in Major Urban, where only 53.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. Despite this gap, the area is overall very walkable, with 70% of homes meeting the '15-minute city' standard for daily needs.
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 is considered very walkable with a score of 6.2. On average, residents have 5.8 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk of their front door.
6.2
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.
5.8
Higher than 83% 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.
70.0%
Higher than 81% 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 97.6% of homes near a park and 94.7% near public transport. In contrast, only 65.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, and health services are the least accessible everyday amenity.
65.9%
Higher than 74% 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.
94.7%
Higher 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.
73.3%
Higher 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.
97.6%
Higher 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.
53.1%
Higher than 78% 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 local landscape has a typical slope of 10.2% and a street connectivity of 80 intersections per square kilometre. There are 20.6 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
20.6
Higher than 50% 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.
80
Higher than 75% 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.
10.2%
Higher than 93% 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/SOS60/major-urban/topic/walkability
