Remainder of State/Territory · 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.
Steep terrain with an average slope of 10.8% makes the Remainder of State/Territory a car-dependent area for most people. Only 3.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning almost everyone relies on a vehicle to get around.
All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is Remainder of State/Territory — car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Remainder of State/Territory 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.
A walkability score of 0.7 classifies this area as car-dependent. On average, there are fewer than one type of amenity within a 15-minute walk of a typical home.
0.7
Car-dependent 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.
0.7
Lower than 95% 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.
3.4%
Lower than 95% 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 most accessible amenity, with 24.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, with 94% of homes located more than 30 minutes away on foot.
5.2%
Lower than 87% 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.
8.9%
Lower than 80% 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.
3.7%
Lower than 95% 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.
24.8%
Lower than 92% 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.
1.9%
Lower than 86% 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.
Street connectivity is recorded at 0 intersections per square kilometre. There are 28.0 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents across the region.
28.0
Higher than 85% 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.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
10.8%
Higher than 99% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR631/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/walkability
