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Table 10 Walk score Australia’s 21 largest cities, 2020

Urban area

Walk score
(out of 100)

Classification

Most walkable suburbs

Adelaide

54

Somewhat walkable

Adelaide, Glenelg and Stepney

Albury–Wodonga

58 / 40a

Somewhat walkable / car-dependent

North Albury, South Albury, Glenroy, West Albury, East Albury / Wodonga, West Wodonga and Bandiana

Ballarat

41

Car-dependent

Ballarat Central, Lake Wendouree and Soldiers Hill

Bendigo

39

Car-dependent

Bendigo, Ironbark and Kennington

Brisbane

51

Somewhat walkable

Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill

Cairns

41

Car-dependent

Cairns City, Parramatta Park and Manunda

Canberra

40

Car-dependent

City, Kingston and Barton

Darwin

45

Car-dependent

Darwin City, Wagaman and The Gardens

Gold Coast –Tweed Heads

48 / 39a

Car-dependent

Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta / Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and Tweed Heads South

Geelong

53

Somewhat walkable

Geelong, Geelong West and South Geelong

Hobart

44

Car-dependent

Hobart, Battery Point and Glebe

Launceston

43

Car-dependent

Launceston, East Launceston and Invermay

Mackay

36

Car-dependent

Mackay, Mount Pleasant and West Mackay

Melbourne

57

Somewhat walkable

Carlton, Fitzroy and Fitzroy North

Newcastle–Maitland

49 / 36a

Car-dependent

Newcastle, The Hill and Cooks Hill / Lorn, Maitland and South Maitland

Perth

50

Somewhat walkable

Northbridge, Perth and Highgate

Sunshine Coast

44

Car-dependent

Caloundra, Kings Beach and Moffat Beach

Sydney

63

Somewhat walkable

Haymarket, The Rocks and Sydney

Toowoomba

46

Car-dependent

Toowoomba City, East Toowoomba and South Toowoomba

Townsville

40

Car-dependent

Townsville City, Mysterton and Thuringowa Central

Wollongong

48

Car-dependent

Wollongong, Gwynneville and Fairy Meadow

  1. One score is for the first city listed, and the second score is for the second city.

Source: Walk Score (2021)

Table 11 Livability indicator (access to open spaces) in Australia’s 21 largest urban areas, 2018

Urban area

Access to open space (percentage of dwellings within 400 metres, based on a walkable road network distance; ranking)

Adelaide

47% (11)

Albury–Wodonga

52% (8)

Ballarat

58% (2)

Bendigo

42% (14)

Brisbane

56% (5)

Cairns

43% (13)

Canberra

72% (1)

Darwin

50% (9)

Gold Coast – Tweed Heads

57% (4)

Geelong

44% (12)

Hobart

40% (15)

Launceston

37% (16)

Mackay

55% (6)

Melbourne

49% (10)

Newcastle–Maitland

58% (3)

Perth

57% (4)

Sunshine Coast

53% (7)

Sydney

50% (9)

Toowoomba

42% (14)

Townsville

43% (13)

Wollongong

43% (13)

Source: Adapted from AUO (2018)

Table 12 Sample of threatened species by major urban area
Table 13 Total urban threatened species habitat cleared in each state and territory, 2000–17
Table 14 Average annual residential water supplied (kL/property)

Major urban centrea

2013–14

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

Change, 2016–17 to 2017–18 (%)

Adelaide

183

186

206

171

195

14

Canberra

203

188

195

190

197

4

Darwin

407

409

405

361

368

2

Melbourneb

150

149

154

149

148

–1

Perth

254

244

240

223

219

–2

South East Queenslandb

164c

160

159

158

155

–2

Sydney

206

201

201

206

215

4

kL = kilolitre

  1. The figures exclude bulk utilities because they do not supply to customers.
  2. Melbourne and South East Queensland figures are the weighted averages for the respective retailers (i.e. W8/C2 – total connected residential properties: water supply).
  3. Redland City Council did not report against this indicator in 2013–14.

Source: BOM (2019b)

Table 15 Total water use and Australian area average rainfall, 2014–15 to 2019–20
Table 16 Recycled water supplied (megalitres), 2015–16 to 2019–20

Major urban centre

2015–16a

2016–17a

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

Change, 2018–19 to 2019–20 (%)

Adelaide

28,481

21,564

26,564

30,533

23,803

–22

Canberra

4,053

4,404

77

60

75

25

Darwin

80

541

451

488

0

–100

Melbourneb

34,892

32,442

38,147

45,535

42,877

–6

Perth

10,212

9,568

12,100

9,817

20,681

111

South East Queenslandb

19,822

14,755

13,056

15,445

14,874

–4

Sydney

43,342

28,340

42,833

44,020

46,919

7

  1. Data for 2016–17 and earlier are sourced from the 2016–17 published National Performance Report, as the definition of W26 changed from 2017–18.
  2. Melbourne and South East Queensland figures for W26 are the aggregated figures for the bulk utility and the retailers.
  3. Seqwater and Redland City Council did not report against this indicator in 2015–16.

Source: BOM (2021b)

Table 17 Australian energy consumption by fuel type
Table 18 Average number of days above 35 °C, under various climate change scenarios

City

1995

2030 RCP4.5

2090 RCP2.6

2090 RCP4.5

2090 RCP8.5

Adelaide

20.0

26.0

28.0

32.0

47.0

Alice Springs

94.0

113.0

119.0

133.0

168.0

Amberly

12.0

18.0

18.0

27.0

55.0

Broome

56.0

87.0

95.0

133.0

231.0

Cairns

3.0

5.5

5.5

11.0

48.0

Canberra

7.1

12.0

13.0

17.0

29.0

Darwin

11.0

43.0

52.0

111.0

265.0

Dubbo

22.0

31.0

34.0

44.0

65.0

Hobart

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.6

4.2

Melbourne

11.0

13.0

14.0

16.0

24.0

Mildura

33.0

42.0

44.0

52.0

73.0

Perth

28.0

36.0

37.0

43.0

63.0

St George

40.0

54.0

58.0

70.0

101.0

Sydney

3.0

4.3

4.5

6.0

11.0

Wilcannia

47.0

57.0

60.0

67.0

87.0

Note: The table shows 2030 under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5, and 2090 under RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, based on model changes for 2020–39 and 2080–99 relative to 1986–2005.

Source: CSIRO & BOM (2015)

Table 19 Minimum height (metres) structures would need to be raised to avoid sea level rise, in selected locations, in 2030, 2050, 2070 and 2090

Location

2030

2050

2070

2090

Albany

0.13–0.14

0.24–0.28

0.36–0.50

0.50–0.81

Bunbury

0.12–0.13

0.22–0.27

0.34–0.47

0.47–0.75

Darwin

0.12–0.13

0.21–0.26

0.32–0.45

0.43–0.71

Fremantle

0.12–0.13

0.22–0.28

0.34–0.47

0.47–0.76

Geraldton

0.12–0.13

0.22–0.27

0.35–0.48

0.49–0.78

Mackay

0.13–0.14

0.22–0.28

0.33–0.47

0.44–0.73

Newcastle

0.14–0.15

0.24–0.30

0.36–0.53

0.49–0.86

Port Adelaide

0.13–0.14

0.24–0.28

0.36–0.50

0.50–0.81

Port Hedland

0.12–0.13

0.21–0.26

0.32–0.44

0.43–0.70

Sydney

0.14–0.15

0.24–0.30

0.35–0.52

0.48–0.84

Townsville

0.13–0.14

0.23–0.28

0.33–0.47

0.44–0.74

Victor Harbor

0.12–0.13

0.21–0.25

0.32–0.44

0.43–0.69

Note: Covers all Representative Concentration Pathway emissions scenarios.

Source: CSIRO & BOM (2015)