Mataranka · 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.
A handful of essential services are within easy reach in Mataranka (L), but a low walkability score of 3.1 means the area is mostly car-dependent. While many people can walk to the doctor or the store, the overall variety of nearby amenities is well below the Northern Territory figure.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mataranka — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Mataranka | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 0852, NT | 1.4 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mataranka 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 area is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.1, which is far below the Northern Territory's 5.1. While 61.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, the number of different amenity types within a 15-minute walk is well below the territory average.
3.1
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.
3.2
Lower than 69% 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.
61.3%
Higher than 52% 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 health services is a strong point, with 63.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far above the territory figure. Conversely, no homes are within walking distance of public transport, and access to parks and schools is well below the state average.
64.5%
Higher than 54% 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.
62.9%
Lower than 56% 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.
62.9%
Lower than 78% 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.
63.4%
Higher than 70% 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 21.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the Northern Territory figure. The area has 3 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 3.3%, which is about the same as the rest of the territory.
21.4
Higher than 58% 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.
3
Lower than 98% 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.
3.3%
Lower 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 Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722020/mataranka/topic/walkability
