Tasmania · State / Territory
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.
Grocery shopping is the hardest task to do on foot in Tasmania, where only 53.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a store. This is the lowest rate for groceries among similar areas. While many residents can easily reach a park, getting to basic services often requires a car.
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Tasmania — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tasmania 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.
Tasmania is considered somewhat walkable, with a score of 4.7. Just over half of all homes (53.9%) have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the typical area has only 4.5 types of amenities within a short walk.
4.7
Somewhat walkable of state / territory 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.
4.5
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.
53.9%
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.
Public transport and parks are the easiest to reach, with 70% and 78.6% of homes within walking distance. In contrast, health services are the hardest to access, with only 39.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk.
53.4%
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
70.0%
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.
53.3%
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
78.6%
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.
39.3%
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 landscape is quite steep with a mean terrain slope of 8.8%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and there are 20.5 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents.
20.5
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.
1
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.8%
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 Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/6/tasmania/topic/walkability
