Bellingen · 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.
A mostly car-dependent score of 3.7 defines the walkability of Bellingen, where few residents can reach a variety of services on foot. Only 41.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 71.9%. This means the majority of the area relies on vehicles to get around.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Bellingen — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Bellingen | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bellingen 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 Bellingen is 3.7, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Residents have access to only 3.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state average of 5.8.
3.7
Mostly 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.
3.6
Lower than 59% 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.
41.8%
Lower than 56% 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 everyday needs is far below state levels, with parks being the most reachable amenity for 57.6% of homes and health services the least reachable for 38.1%. For many, the walk is long; for example, 45% of homes are more than 30 minutes from the nearest school.
49.5%
Lower than 52% 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.
44.2%
Lower than 52% 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.
41.0%
Lower than 69% 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.
57.6%
Lower than 69% 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.
38.1%
Higher than 50% 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 in Bellingen is a little steeper than the New South Wales average, with a mean slope of 8.5%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre.
1
Lower than 71% 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.
8.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Bellingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10400501/bellingen/topic/walkability
