Sydney - Inner West · 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.
Health services are the least accessible amenity here, though they are still far more reachable than in the rest of New South Wales. Sydney - Inner West is a walker's paradise where almost every home has a 15-minute-city walkshed. This means daily needs are within a short stroll for 97.2% of residents.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney - Inner West — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Sydney - Inner West | 8.2 |
|---|---|
| 2135, NSW | 8.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Sydney - Inner West 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 has a walkability score of 8.2, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Residents have an average of 7.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across the state.
8.2
A walker's paradise 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.
7.6
Higher than 98% 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.
97.2%
Higher than 97% 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 essentials is far above state levels, with 100% of homes within 15 minutes of a park and 96.2% near groceries. While 81.4% of people can walk to health services, this is the lowest reach among key amenities. Most homes are very close to basics, with 89% within a 5-minute walk of a park and 87% near public transport.
96.2%
Higher than 97% 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.
95.9%
Higher than 86% 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.
95.4%
Higher than 93% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
81.4%
Higher than 89% 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 terrain is a little flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 5.5%. There are 301 intersections per square kilometre.
301
Higher than 97% 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.
5.5%
Higher than 61% 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 Sydney - Inner West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE107027/sydney-inner-west/topic/walkability
