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 1.7 amenity types are within a 15-minute walk for those in Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT), making it a car-dependent region. While many people live near a park, almost no one can walk to a shop or health clinic, leaving a huge gap in local access compared to the rest of the territory.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — car-dependent of areas.
| Not in any Significant Urban Area | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 5.1 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6.9 |
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 2.0, which means the area is car-dependent. This is far below the territory figure of 6.9, with only 15.2% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed.
2.0
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.
1.7
Lower than 99% 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.
15.2%
Lower than 99% 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 72% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, access to essentials is very low; only 1.6% of homes are near groceries and 0.8% are near health services, both far below territory levels.
1.6%
Lower than 99% 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.
23.1%
Lower than 90% 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.
2.3%
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.
72.0%
Lower than 87% 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.
0.8%
Lower than 99% 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 is a little steeper than the territory average with a 6.9% mean slope. There are 3 intersections per square kilometre and 108.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the territory figure.
108.6
Higher than 99% 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.
3
Lower than 93% 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.
6.9%
Higher than 82% 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/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/walkability
