Brewarrina - Surrounds · 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.
Zero per cent of homes in Brewarrina - Surrounds pass the 15-minute-city test, making this a highly car-dependent area. Almost no residents can reach basic services or shops on foot, as the region is sparsely populated and largely non-residential.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Brewarrina - Surrounds — car-dependent of areas.
| Brewarrina - Surrounds | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| 2839, NSW | 4.5 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Brewarrina - Surrounds 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 this area is 0.1, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2 and identifies the region as car-dependent.
0.1
Car-dependent 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.
0.1
Lower than 98% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Access to amenities is very limited, with only 2.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 0% within reach of groceries or health services. For most residents, the nearest school or public transport stop is more than a 30-minute walk away.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
2.5%
Lower than 70% 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.
0.7%
Lower than 99% 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.
2.8%
Lower than 96% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 terrain is relatively flat, with a mean slope of 2.8%, which is well below the state figure of 6.8%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
2.8%
Lower than 86% 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 Brewarrina - Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10300206/brewarrina-surrounds/topic/walkability
