Wee Waa · Indigenous Location
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.
Public transport is the biggest gap in Wee Waa, where only 51.7% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of a stop, far below the New South Wales figure of 85.7%. Despite this, the area is very walkable, with 93% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed. Most residents can easily reach a wide range of essential services on foot.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Wee Waa — very walkable of areas.
| Wee Waa | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| 2388, NSW | 3.5 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Wee Waa 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 walkability score for Wee Waa is 6.2, which means the area is very walkable and about the same as the New South Wales average. Residents have access to 7.5 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, well above the state figure of 5.8.
6.2
Very 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.
7.5
Higher than 95% 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.
93.0%
Higher than 86% 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Walking to daily needs is easy, with 96.2% of homes near a school and 92.6% near health services, both far above the state average. Groceries are also within a 15-minute walk for 88.2% of households, which is far above the state figure of 67.7%.
88.2%
Higher than 82% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
51.7%
Higher than 51% of indigenous location 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.
96.2%
Higher than 85% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
96.0%
Higher than 67% of indigenous location 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.
92.6%
Higher than 92% of indigenous location 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 local terrain is quite flat, with a mean slope of 2.7%, well below the New South Wales average of 6.8%. There are 45 street intersections per square kilometre.
45
Higher than 66% of indigenous location areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
2.7%
Lower than 88% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Wee Waa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10201003/wee-waa/topic/walkability
