Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
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.
Only 21% of homes in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Tas.) are within a 15-minute walk of health services, the lowest access rate for any single amenity. This sparsely populated region is mostly car-dependent, with far fewer people able to reach basic services on foot compared to the rest of the state.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Not in any Significant Urban Area 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 walkability score is 2.6, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 4.7, and only 30.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed.
2.6
Mostly car-dependent of urban area 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.
2.8
Lower than 97% of urban area 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.
30.1%
Lower than 93% of urban area 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 essentials is far below state levels, especially for health services and schools. While 54.3% of homes are near a park, only 32.7% are within 15 minutes of groceries, and 68% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from health services.
32.7%
Lower than 91% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
36.5%
Lower than 85% of urban area 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.
28.3%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
54.3%
Lower than 98% of urban area 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.
21.0%
Lower than 90% of urban area 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 slope is 8.4%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 24.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, though street connectivity is 0.
24.7
Higher than 87% of urban area 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 urban area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.4%
Higher than 92% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/walkability
