Penguin · 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.
Almost 90% of homes in Penguin are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. The area is described as somewhat walkable, though fewer than half of all homes have a full range of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Penguin — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Penguin 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.
Penguin has a walkability score of 4.5, meaning it is somewhat walkable. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure, but 46.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the state's 53.9%.
4.5
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.
4.4
Lower than 53% 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.
46.9%
Lower than 58% 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.
Getting to public transport is easy for most, with 72% of homes just a 5-minute walk away. However, schools are much harder to reach; 36.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, far below the state figure and with 27% of homes more than 30 minutes away.
45.0%
Lower than 59% 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.
89.7%
Higher than 83% 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.
36.8%
Lower than 71% 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.
78.9%
Lower than 72% 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.
43.2%
Higher than 58% 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 63 intersections per square kilometre and the average terrain slope is 8.2%. The number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 15.3, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 20.5.
15.3
Lower than 59% 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.
63
Higher than 82% 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.
8.2%
Higher than 86% 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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/walkability
