499 or less · Section of State Range
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 amenity to reach on foot in 499 or less, where only 38.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. Despite this gap, the area is considered somewhat walkable, with nearly 60% of homes having a good mix of services within a short walk.
All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is 499 or less — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in 499 or less 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 has a walkability score of 4.1, which means it is somewhat walkable. On average, there are about 4.7 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk of home.
4.1
Somewhat walkable of section of state range 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.
4.7
Lower than 51% of section of state range 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.
59.4%
Higher than 62% of section of state range 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 easiest to reach, with 77.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are much harder to access, as 56% of homes are more than 30 minutes away on foot.
53.3%
Lower than 59% of section of state range areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
41.0%
Lower than 61% of section of state range 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.
69.8%
Higher than 71% of section of state range areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
77.9%
Lower than 72% of section of state range 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.
38.7%
Lower than 54% of section of state range 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 4.4% and there are 15 intersections per square kilometre. There are 35.7 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
35.7
Higher than 89% of section of state range 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.
15
Lower than 78% of section of state range areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.4%
Lower than 71% of section of state range 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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR522/499-or-less/topic/walkability
