Kempsey · Council (LGA)
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.
Fewer than 35% of homes in Kempsey are within a 15-minute walk of health services, marking the hardest-to-reach essential amenity in the area. Most residents are mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.8 that is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 42.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state average of 71.9%.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Kempsey — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Kempsey | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 4.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Kempsey 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 is 3.8, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent and far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Residents have access to only 3.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state average of 5.8.
3.8
Mostly car-dependent of council (lga) 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.
3.7
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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.
42.5%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) 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 needs is far below state levels, with only 49.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 48.2% near a school. While 62.4% of homes can reach a park in 15 minutes, health services are the least accessible, with half of all homes more than 30 minutes away on foot.
49.1%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
61.7%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) 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.
48.2%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
62.4%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) 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.
34.5%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) 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 figure. There is one intersection per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 24.4, which is far above the state average of 14.7.
24.4
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
1
Higher than 57% of council (lga) 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 78% of council (lga) 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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14350/kempsey/topic/walkability
