Coffs Harbour - Nambucca · Indigenous Area
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.
Fewer than half of homes in Coffs Harbour - Nambucca are within a 15-minute walk of a '15-minute-city' layout, a figure far below the New South Wales average. This makes the area generally less walkable than other parts of the state, with a score of 4.3 which is considered somewhat walkable.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Coffs Harbour - Nambucca — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Coffs Harbour - Nambucca | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 2454, NSW | 3.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Coffs Harbour - Nambucca 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 somewhat walkable with a score of 4.3, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 48.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, far below the state average of 71.9%.
4.3
Somewhat walkable of indigenous area 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.
4.2
Higher than 57% of indigenous area 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.
48.1%
Higher than 51% of indigenous area 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 daily needs is far below state levels, especially for schools where only 49.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. While 73% of homes can reach a park in 15 minutes, only 39.4% can reach health services in the same time.
49.2%
Higher than 51% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
65.7%
Higher than 62% of indigenous area 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.
49.4%
Lower than 63% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
73.0%
Lower than 52% of indigenous area 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.
39.4%
Higher than 51% of indigenous area 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.
The average terrain slope is 7.3%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average of 6.8%. There are 3 intersections per square kilometre.
3
Higher than 57% of indigenous area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.3%
Higher than 85% of indigenous area 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 Coffs Harbour - Nambucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE104005/coffs-harbour-nambucca/topic/walkability
