Meekatharra · 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.
Much better access to groceries and health services than the state average makes Meekatharra a unique spot for local errands. While most homes are within a 15-minute walk of the shops, the area remains mostly car-dependent overall. This reflects a layout where essential services are concentrated, but other amenities are harder to reach on foot.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Meekatharra — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Meekatharra | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 6642, WA | 3.2 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Meekatharra 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 for Meekatharra is 4.0, which means it is mostly car-dependent and well below the Western Australian figure of 5.4. About 65.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a little above the state average of 64.0%.
4.0
Mostly 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.
4.8
Higher than 54% 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.
65.9%
Higher than 55% 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.
Almost every home (96.5%) is within a 15-minute walk of groceries, far above the state figure, while 65.8% can walk to health services. In contrast, access to public transport is far below the state average, with only 47.2% of homes within a 10-minute walk of a stop.
96.5%
Higher than 92% 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.
47.2%
Lower than 51% 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.
66.1%
Lower than 53% 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.
90.5%
Lower than 56% 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.
65.8%
Higher than 72% 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 terrain is a little flatter than the state average with a mean slope of 3.0%. There are 56 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 11.9, which is well below the state figure of 16.6.
11.9
Lower than 71% 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.
56
Higher than 76% 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.
3.0%
Lower than 79% 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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521032/meekatharra/topic/walkability
