Dwellingup · 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.
Zero homes in Dwellingup are within walking distance of health services or public transport, creating a sharp contrast with the rest of the town. While most residents can easily reach a school or shop on foot, the overall walkability score is 4.3, making it somewhat walkable. Nearly all homes sit within a 15-minute walk of several key amenities.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Dwellingup — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Dwellingup | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 6213, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dwellingup 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 huge 95.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the Western Australia figure of 64.0%. On average, there are 5.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, a little above the state average.
4.3
Somewhat 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.
5.8
Higher than 71% 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.
95.8%
Higher than 92% 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 is within a 15-minute walk of groceries, schools, and parks, all of which are far above state levels. However, this ease of access does not extend to health services or public transport, where 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes away on foot.
96.2%
Higher than 91% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
96.2%
Higher than 88% 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.
96.2%
Higher than 63% 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.
The area has 71 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 6.9%, which is a little above the state average. There are 24.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, well above the Western Australia figure of 16.6.
24.1
Higher than 63% 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.
71
Higher than 86% 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.
6.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Dwellingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522023/dwellingup/topic/walkability
