Myponga · Urban Centre
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.
A gentle terrain slope of 2.9% makes Myponga (L) a very walkable place, with a score of 6.4 that is a little above the South Australian figure. Nearly every home here is within a 15-minute walk of essential services, from health care to groceries.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Myponga — very walkable of areas.
| Myponga | 6.4 |
|---|---|
| 5202, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 5.5 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Myponga 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.
Almost 99% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the state figure of 67%. Residents have access to about 7 different types of amenities within a short walk, well above the South Australian average of 5.4.
6.4
Very walkable 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.
6.9
Higher than 90% 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.
99.2%
Higher 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to health services is the strongest point, with 99.6% of homes within 15 minutes of care, far above the 52.4% state average. However, general services are the hardest to reach, as every home is more than 30 minutes away from them.
98.8%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
96.3%
Higher than 94% of urban centre 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.
98.8%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
98.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre 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.
99.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 area has 29 intersections per square kilometre. There are 22.6 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents, which is well above the South Australian figure of 16.3.
22.6
Higher than 60% 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.
29
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
2.9%
Lower than 82% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Myponga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422035/myponga/topic/walkability
