Borroloola · 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.
Flat terrain of 3.7% slope does not make for easy walking in Borroloola, which is considered car-dependent. Only 1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the Northern Territory average of 61.8%. Most residents must rely on vehicles to reach basic services.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Borroloola — car-dependent of areas.
| Borroloola | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 0854, NT | 1.9 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Borroloola 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.
Borroloola has a walkability score of 1.9, meaning it is car-dependent. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 5.1, with only 2.4 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.0 across the territory.
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.
2.4
Lower than 78% 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.
1.0%
Lower than 71% 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 essentials is limited; for example, 53.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries and schools, but 0% are near public transport. While over half the homes can reach a park or shop in 15 minutes, 100% of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest food and drink or general services.
53.4%
Lower than 55% 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.
53.4%
Lower than 62% 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.
52.3%
Lower than 83% 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.
41.8%
Higher than 57% 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 14 intersections per square kilometre and 9.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 19.0.
9.3
Lower than 79% 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.
14
Lower than 79% 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.
3.7%
Lower than 66% 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 Borroloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721003/borroloola/topic/walkability
