Hastings · 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 massive gap in access to health services marks the walking experience in Hastings, where only 23.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a clinic. This is a mostly car-dependent area where few residents can reach daily essentials on foot. The typical home has access to fewer than three different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Hastings — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Hastings | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Hastings 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 Hastings is 2.8, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, and only 30.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state's 71.9%.
2.8
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.
2.9
Lower than 68% 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.
30.3%
Lower than 66% 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 basic services is far below state levels across the board, with only 28.9% of homes near a school and 31.2% near groceries. While parks are the most accessible amenity for 58.8% of residents, health services are the hardest to reach, with 62% of homes located more than 30 minutes away.
31.2%
Lower than 68% 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.
29.9%
Lower than 57% 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.
28.9%
Lower than 76% 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.
58.8%
Lower than 68% 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.
23.1%
Lower than 65% 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 average terrain slope is 7.6%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre.
2
Lower than 70% 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.
7.6%
Higher than 87% 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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10401501/hastings/topic/walkability
