Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens · 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 every home in Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens is within a short stroll of public transport and parks, though others are harder to reach. This makes the area somewhat walkable, with 74.9% of homes having a wide range of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens | 5.7 |
|---|---|
| 2768, NSW | 6.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens 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 rated as somewhat walkable with a score of 5.7, which is a little below the New South Wales average of 6.2. On average, there are 5.5 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, about the same as across the state.
5.7
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.
5.5
Higher than 70% 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.
74.9%
Higher than 72% 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 transport and nature is excellent, as 99.6% of homes are near public transport and 99.9% are near a park, both far above state levels. However, health services are a weakness, with only 50.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk, well below the New South Wales figure.
70.6%
Higher than 67% 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.
99.6%
Higher than 95% 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.
76.6%
Higher than 63% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 86% 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.
50.8%
Higher than 62% 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 local terrain is relatively flat with a mean slope of 5.4%, which is a little below the state average. There are 169 street intersections per square kilometre.
169
Higher than 85% 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.
5.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Parklea - Glenwood - Acacia Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10700316/parklea-glenwood-acacia-gardens/topic/walkability
