Southern Tablelands · 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 defines the Southern Tablelands, where only 22.3% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a doctor or clinic. This region is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 2.3 that is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Southern Tablelands — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Southern Tablelands | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2581, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Southern Tablelands 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 32.7% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the 71.9% seen across New South Wales. On average, residents have access to just 2.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across the state.
2.3
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.
2.6
Lower than 72% 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.
32.7%
Lower than 64% 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.
Walking to basic needs is difficult here, with health services being the hardest to reach and parks the most accessible. Only 21.5% of homes are near public transport and 31.3% are near groceries, both far below state figures. For most, a 30-minute walk is not enough to reach health services (66% of homes) or transport (63% of homes).
31.3%
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.
21.5%
Lower than 61% 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.
33.6%
Lower than 74% 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.
40.0%
Lower than 76% 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.
22.3%
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 6.8%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre for street connectivity.
0
Lower than 83% 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.
6.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Southern Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10600502/southern-tablelands/topic/walkability
