Raby - St Andrews - Kearns · 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.
Only 31.9% of homes in Raby - St Andrews - Kearns meet the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 71.9%. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, the overall walkability score of 4.6 is well below the state figure. Most residents can easily reach parks and transport, but many struggle to find basic services within a short walk.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Raby - St Andrews - Kearns — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Raby - St Andrews - Kearns | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| 2566, NSW | 5.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Raby - St Andrews - Kearns 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 4.6 means the area is somewhat walkable, though this is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Residents have access to far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than those in the rest of the state.
4.6
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.
3.8
Lower than 58% 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.
31.9%
Lower than 65% 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.
Almost all homes are within a 15-minute walk of public transport, parks, and schools, which is far above the state average. However, access to health services is a major gap, with no homes within a 15-minute walk and 100% of residents living more than 30 minutes away on foot.
31.1%
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.
98.9%
Higher than 86% 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.
94.1%
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.
99.0%
Higher than 79% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 area has 49 street intersections per square kilometre. The typical terrain slope is 6.1%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
49
Higher than 67% 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.
6.1%
Higher than 75% 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 Raby - St Andrews - Kearns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC10700710/raby-st-andrews-kearns/topic/walkability
