Gingin · 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.
Very few essential services are within walking distance for people in Gingin (L), making it a car-dependent area. Only 18% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 64%. Residents generally rely on vehicles to access basic needs.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gingin — car-dependent of areas.
| Gingin | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 6503, WA | 0.8 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Gingin 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.
A walkability score of 1.9 means the area is car-dependent, far below the Western Australian average of 5.4. On average, there are only 2.2 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.2 across the state.
1.9
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.
2.2
Lower than 80% 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.
18.0%
Lower than 66% 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.
Walking access is limited, with 0% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or health services. While 44.6% of homes are near a park and 43.6% are near a school, these figures are far below the state averages of 88.9% and 71.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
24.2%
Lower than 62% 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.
43.6%
Lower than 67% 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.
44.6%
Lower than 86% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
There are 11 intersections per square kilometre, and the average terrain slope is 6.6%, which is about the same as the state figure of 5.7%. The area has 11.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, well below the Western Australian average of 16.6.
11.1
Lower than 73% 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.
11
Lower than 83% 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.
6.6%
Higher than 74% 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 Gingin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521021/gingin/topic/walkability
