Coffs Harbour · 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.
Fewer than half of homes in Coffs Harbour are within a 15-minute walk of a school, highlighting a significant gap in local access. The area is considered somewhat walkable, though its overall walkability score of 4.5 is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. This means many residents rely more on cars for daily trips than people in other parts of the state.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Coffs Harbour — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Coffs Harbour | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 2450, NSW | 4.7 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Coffs Harbour 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.
Only 47.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. On average, residents have access to 4.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the state average of 5.8.
4.5
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.
4.3
Higher than 50% 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.
47.3%
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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 80.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, with only 36.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the state figure of 57.1%.
47.8%
Lower than 54% 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.
66.8%
Higher than 56% 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.
48.6%
Lower than 64% 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.
80.1%
Lower than 54% 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.
36.4%
Lower than 52% 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 area has a mean terrain slope of 7.0%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average of 6.8%. There are 7 street intersections per square kilometre.
7
Lower than 56% 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.
7.0%
Higher than 83% 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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10400503/coffs-harbour/topic/walkability
