Newcastle - Inner City · 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.
Almost 94% of homes in Newcastle - Inner City pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning residents can easily reach a wide range of services on foot. The area is described as a walker's paradise with a walkability score of 8.3, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.2.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Newcastle - Inner City — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Newcastle - Inner City | 8.3 |
|---|---|
| 2304, NSW | 7.3 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Newcastle - Inner City 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 area is exceptionally walkable, with a typical resident having access to 7.5 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, well above the state figure of 5.8.
8.3
A walker's paradise 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 94% 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.
94.1%
Higher than 88% 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 is strongest for public transport and parks, with over 97% of homes within a 15-minute walk of both. Health services are the hardest to reach, though 88.4% of homes are still within a 15-minute walk, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 57.1%.
92.8%
Higher than 86% 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.
97.8%
Higher than 84% 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.
94.2%
Higher than 83% 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.
98.2%
Higher than 74% 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.
88.4%
Higher than 88% 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 about the same as across New South Wales, with a mean slope of 5.8%. There are 144 intersections per square kilometre.
144
Higher than 82% 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.
5.8%
Higher than 71% 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 Newcastle - Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10401401/newcastle-inner-city/topic/walkability
