4,999 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 to reach on foot in 4,999 or less, where only half of all homes are within a 15-minute walk of a clinic or doctor. Other essentials are more accessible, leaving the area with a walkability score of 5.2, which is considered somewhat walkable.
All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is 4,999 or less — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in 4,999 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.
About 66.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, with an average of 5.4 different types of amenities within a short walk.
5.2
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.
5.4
Higher than 75% 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.
66.8%
Higher than 81% 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.
Getting to a park is easiest, with 88.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk. This contrasts with health services, where 26% of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest provider.
65.6%
Higher than 73% 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.
73.3%
Higher than 62% 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.
59.5%
Lower than 54% 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.
88.9%
Higher than 55% 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.
49.8%
Higher than 73% 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 area has 34 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 5.8%. There are 14.9 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
14.9
Lower than 67% 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.
34
Lower than 55% 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.
5.8%
Higher than 64% 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 4,999 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR615/4-999-or-less/topic/walkability
