Lewiston · Urban Centre

Walkability in Lewiston

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.

Almost no one in Lewiston can reach daily essentials on foot, making it far less walkable than most of South Australia. The area is car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.1 and nearly no homes within a short walk of a school, shop or doctor.

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Where Lewiston sits — Walkability score

0.1 Car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.3: 67 areas
  • 0.3–0.6: 47 areas
  • 0.6–0.9: 42 areas
  • 0.9–1.1: 49 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 52 areas
  • 1.4–1.7: 48 areas
  • 1.7–2.0: 50 areas
  • 2.0–2.3: 49 areas
  • 2.3–2.6: 57 areas
  • 2.6–2.9: 51 areas
  • 2.9–3.1: 67 areas
  • 3.1–3.4: 64 areas
  • 3.4–3.7: 71 areas
  • 3.7–4.0: 96 areas
  • 4.0–4.3: 85 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 89 areas
  • 4.6–4.9: 105 areas
  • 4.9–5.1: 100 areas
  • 5.1–5.4: 105 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 124 areas
  • 5.7–6.0: 100 areas
  • 6.0–6.3: 92 areas
  • 6.3–6.6: 66 areas
  • 6.6–6.9: 56 areas
  • 6.9–7.1: 32 areas
  • 7.1–7.4: 19 areas
  • 7.4–7.7: 9 areas
  • 7.7–8.0: 6 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Lewiston — car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Lewiston0.1
5501, SA 1.4
South Australia 5.5

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lewiston by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

Lewiston is car-dependent with a score of 0.1, which is far below the South Australian figure of 5.5. No homes in the area have a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 67% across the state.

0.1

Car-dependent of urban centre 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.

0.1

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Parks are the only amenity available, but only 14.3% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of one. For everything else—including groceries, health services, schools and public transport—0% of homes are within a 15-minute walk.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The terrain is a little flatter than the state average with a 2.3% slope. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre, and there are only 1.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the state figure of 16.3.

1.4

Lower than 97% of urban centre 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.

2.3%

Lower than 94% of urban centre 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Lewiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415019/lewiston/topic/walkability