Huntfield Heights in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huntfield Heights in context

2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Huntfield HeightsSouth Australia (Region)Australia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huntfield Heights plotted against South Australia and Australia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Huntfield Heights's incremental SNDi fell from 5.29 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huntfield Heights ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in South Australia and 19th out of 35 in Australia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in Australia
31st of 35
Rank in South Australia
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Australia
19th of 35
Rank in South Australia
2nd of 3

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Huntfield HeightsChenchaKabondo-Dianda

In new street additions, Huntfield Heights and Kabondo-Dianda both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chencha built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Huntfield Heights and Chencha both became progressively more disconnected, while Kabondo-Dianda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Huntfield Heights and Chencha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.