Macquarie Fields - Glenfield · 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 Macquarie Fields - Glenfield is within a short walk of public transport and parks, but health services are much harder to reach on foot. The area is considered somewhat walkable, with a score of 6.0. While basic infrastructure is close by, fewer homes have a full range of 15-minute-city amenities compared to the New South Wales average.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Macquarie Fields - Glenfield — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Macquarie Fields - Glenfield | 6.0 |
|---|---|
| 2564, NSW | 6.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Macquarie Fields - Glenfield 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.
A walkability score of 6.0 makes the area somewhat walkable, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. However, 66.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result well below the state average.
6.0
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.
5.7
Higher than 73% 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.
66.5%
Higher 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 transport, parks, and schools is far above the state average, with nearly all homes within a 15-minute walk of each. In contrast, health services are far below the state average, with only 35.8% of homes within reach and 23% of residents living more than 30 minutes away.
63.8%
Higher than 61% 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.
99.1%
Higher than 89% 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.
88.2%
Higher than 75% 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.
99.4%
Higher than 82% 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.
35.8%
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 streets are relatively flat with a mean terrain slope of 4.5%, which is a little below the New South Wales average. There are 122 intersections per square kilometre.
122
Higher than 79% 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.
4.5%
Higher than 50% 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 Macquarie Fields - Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10700708/macquarie-fields-glenfield/topic/walkability
