Dubbo - East · Indigenous Location

Walkability in Dubbo - East

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 very gentle terrain makes Dubbo - East easy to navigate on foot, though its walkability score of 4.8 is well below the New South Wales figure. While nearly all homes are close to parks and transport, far fewer residents can walk to a doctor or a grocery store. This makes the area somewhat walkable overall.

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📍 Dubbo - East, Indigenous Location

Where Dubbo - East sits — Walkability score

4.8 Somewhat walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 75 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 43 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 38 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 34 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 42 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 43 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 39 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 38 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 51 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 66 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 54 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 48 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 52 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 44 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 56 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 61 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 53 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 42 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 37 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 36 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 28 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 24 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 21 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 14 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 12 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 8 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 5 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 3 areas

All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Dubbo - East — somewhat walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Dubbo - East4.8
2830, NSW 5.1
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dubbo - East by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

Fewer than half of homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state average. This is reflected in a walkability score of 4.8, well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2.

4.8

Somewhat walkable of indigenous location 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.

4.6

Higher than 55% of indigenous location 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.

47.6%

Lower than 51% of indigenous location 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access is a mixed bag; 97.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park and 94.5% are near public transport, both well above the state. However, access to health services and groceries is far below the state, with only 27.3% and 31.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The land is quite flat, with a mean terrain slope of 3.1%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 60 street intersections per square kilometre.

3.1%

Lower than 78% of indigenous location 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Dubbo - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10100201/dubbo-east/topic/walkability